The Boston Bruins fell to the New Jersey Devils, 5-3, despite a late third-period push to come within one score with minutes remaining at the TD Garden.
Here are the game’s highlights:
First period:
The Devils opened the scoring at 18:10 of the first period.
Connor Clifton was flatfooted on the blue line and beat by Jack Hughes entering the zone. Hughes threw a backhander out front through traffic which in the slot, Alexander Holtz put a quick shot over Linus Ullmark’s blocker. 1-0 Bruins.
Second period:
The Bruins tied the game at 7:59 of the second period on the power play.