nhl Game Recap
New Jersey Skates Past Los Angeles 5-2 - Recap
MacKenzie Blackwood made 35 stops Saturday to lead the Devils over the Kings 5-2 at Crypto.com Arena.
New Jersey won as a +114 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Ryan Graves, Erik Haula, Tomas Tatar, Jesper Bratt, and Nikita Okhotiuk each scored for the Devils in the victory. Tatar opened the scoring for New Jersey.
MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 35 of 37 Los Angeles shots in the victory.
Anze Kopitar, and Kevin Fiala scored for the Kings, finding the net behind MacKenzie Blackwood.
Jonathan Quick stopped 23 of 27 shots for the Kings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
New Jersey scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Los Angeles went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.
New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 37-28.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act on the road to face San Jose looking for another win. For Los Angeles, they head home to face Dallas.