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Jagr, Brodeur lead Devils past Lightning
Oct 30, 2013 - 4:25 AMPatrik Elias added an assist and Martin Brodeur stopped 16 shots for the Devils, winners of two straight.
"I felt like we played a pretty good game defensively. They don't like to play that style. You just have to patient with them," Jagr said.
Steven Stamkos scored his ninth goal of the season for Tampa Bay, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Ben Bishop allowed both goals on 22 shots in the setback.
"We have a game plan in place and it gets a little frustrating when we don't execute our plan," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "If you're going to get less than 20 shots in a hockey game, that's not very hard to play against."
Henrique's shorthanded marker 1:36 into the middle session gave the Devils a 1-0 lead. Henrique corralled a loose puck near center-ice and passed it to Elias on a 2-on-1 break. Elias sent the puck back to Henrique, who stuffed it home.
Jagr then stole the puck from Tampa forward Martin St. Louis took off uncontested before beating Bishop for his third goal of the season for a two- goal New Jersey edge.
Stamkos made things interesting with just over 4 1/2 minutes left in the second period. Teddy Purcell fired a shot from above the left circle and Stamkos redirected it as he was falling to the ice to cut the deficit in half.
The Devils killed off three Lighting power plays in the final session to hold on for the win.
Game Notes
Jagr's marker eventually turned into his 119th career game-winning goal, placing him atop the NHL's all-time list in that category, one better than Hall of Famer Phil Esposito ... The Devils last won two straight April 23-25, 2013 ... Henrique has four goals this season ... Stamkos has a point in all but three games this season and has scored four goals in his last four games.
- TAMPA BAY: 1
NEW JERSEY: 2
Final
Oct 29 10:04 PM - TAMPA BAY: 1
NEW JERSEY: 2
End of 2nd
Oct 29 9:08 PM - Tampa Bay Goal - Steven Stamkos, from Ryan Malone and Martin St. Louis at 15:23.
Lightning 1, Devils 2 2nd - 4:37Oct 29 8:59 PM - TAMPA BAY: 0
NEW JERSEY: 0
End of 1st
Oct 29 8:14 PM - TAMPA BAY: 0
NEW JERSEY: 0
1st Period - 20:00
Oct 29 7:40 PM
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