nhl Game Recap
Recap - Devils Defeat Los Angeles 4-3
Dawson Mercer scored a pair of goals against the Kings as New Jersey handed Los Angeles a 4-3 defeat on Thursday at Prudential Center.
New Jersey won as a -140 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
New Jersey got goals from Dawson Mercer(2), Tomas Tatar, and Nico Hischier in the victory. Tatar opened the scoring at 16:44 of the second period.
Vitek Vanecek stopped 19 of 22 Los Angeles shots in the victory.
Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson, and Sean Durzi scored for the Kings, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.
Pheonix Copley stopped 28 of 32 shots for the Kings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
New Jersey scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Los Angeles went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Los Angeles lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 32-22.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act home to face Philadelphia looking for another win. For Los Angeles, they head on the road to face New York.