New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning

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New Jersey Devils

1-1-0

Final
5 - 3

Tampa Bay Lightning

0-2-0

Connor Brown scores 2 goals as Devils beat Lightning 5-3 for 1st win

New Jersey Devils vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Jesper Bratt also scored, and rookie Arseny Gritsyuk and Luke Hughes each had two assists for the Devils. Jacob Markstrom finished with 14 saves.

Darren Raddysh, Yanni Gourde and Ryan McDonagh scored for Tampa Bay, which has started 0-2 for the first time under coach Jon Cooper and the first time since 2008-09. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves.

Meier, Brown and Hischier scored 5:18 apart midway through the first period to put the Devils up 3-0. Gourde and McDonagh scored 10 minutes apart in the second to pull the Lightning within one.

With the Lightning on a power play early in the third, Bratt stepped in front of Nikita Kucherov's pass and raced up ice to convert a short-handed breakaway and give New Jersey a 4-2 lead at 4:48.

Brown got his second of the night 1:39 later for a three-goal lead.

Meier got things rolling for the Devils 8:30 into the game, jumping on a loose puck in the blue paint. Brown sccored off the rush at 10:17, deflecting a pass from Gritsyuk. Hischier banked a pass off the skate of Lightning defenseman Max Crozier with 7:12 to go for the 3-0 lead.

Gourde got the Lightning on the scoreboard at 7:31 of the second and McDonagh made it 3-2 with 2:37 remaining in the middle period.

Up next Devils: at Columbus on Monday.

Lightning: at Boston on Monday.

Regular Season Series

NJ leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:30	Timo Meier Goal (1) Poke, assists: Nico Hischier (1), Dawson Mercer (1)
Goal	1st Period 10:17	Connor Brown Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Arseny Gritsyuk (1), Luke Hughes (3)
Goal	1st Period 13:48	Nico Hischier Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Timo Meier (1), Luke Hughes (4)
Goal	2nd Period 7:31	Yanni Gourde Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (3), Max Crozier (1)
Goal	2nd Period 17:23	Ryan McDonagh Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (1), Max Crozier (2)
Goal	3rd Period 4:48	Jesper Bratt Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 6:29	Connor Brown Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Arseny Gritsyuk (2), Simon Nemec (1)
Goal	3rd Period 16:17	Darren Raddysh Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), Gage Goncalves (1)

Statistics

NJ		TB
24	Blocked Shots	17
27	Hits	25
6	Takeaways	3
31	Shots	17
0	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
34	Faceoffs Won	25
57.6	Faceoff Win Percent	42.4
14	Giveaways	16
3	Total Penalties	4
6	Penalty Minutes	8

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Victor Hedman, D	Day-To-Day	Feb 18
Nick Paul, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Anthony Cirelli, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Brayden Point, C	Injured Reserve	Feb 5
Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 25