In Newark, the Seattle Kraken were doubled up by the Devils, 4-2, on Tuesday night.
Dawson Mercer and Damon Severson scored in the first period to stake the Devils to a 2-0 lead.
“I know the guys were really happy and I was just celebrating there in the corner,” Mercer said. “The fans got up, the building erupted and it was a great feeling for me.”
Riley Sheahan and Jared McCann were the Kraken strikers.
Seattle pulled within 1-2 and 2-3 but Pavel Zacha ended the threat in the third period with a goal for New Jersey.
“It’s pretty tough to come in with new linemates, new team, new everything, but we did a good job of simplifying everything, just going north and deep,” Seattle’s Yanni Gourde said. “It didn’t work, we didn’t win, but we had some good looks and we can build from there.”
Jimmy Vesey also scored for New Jersey.
Joey Daccord made 29 saves in the loss.
“We battled hard, and that was the one thing that was missing (in a 6-1 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday),” Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol said. “When you look at all the little pieces of the game, from guys sticking together and taking care of one another, to pushing to get back in the game and come back, we just ran out of time and ran out of gas a little bit.”
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