Recap: Bruins drop last preseason game to Devils, 5-3

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesThe 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.

From the corner boards, David Krejci found David Pastrnak camped out inside the…