In New Jersey Tuesday night. Jake Allen made 21 saves to backstop the St Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Devils.
“I’m just giving the boys a chance every night; that’s my job,” Allen said. “That’s what me and [backup goalie Carter Hutton] want to do all year. We do our job and let the boys do the rest, and they’ve played well. We have a long way to go, but I think we’ll take where we’re at right now.”
Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz and Brayden Schenn scored for the Blues as the top line dug in and carried the team to the win.
“[Tarasenko and Schwartz] are two guys with tons of skill,” Schenn said. “Each guy brings something different. [Tarasenko] is a shooter and can pretty much score at any given time. Schwartz is so good on the forecheck and with taking away pucks.
“The three of us complement each other, but at the same time we’re working as a five-man unit and working as a team. That results in winning hockey.”
Blake Coleman had the lone goal for the Devils who yielded the go-ahead goal early in the third period and had to play from behind the rest of the way.
Schwartz scored on the power play with less than a minute gone in the final frame for the lead.
“We wanted to stay with it and keep going and didn’t want to give them any momentum or chances coming back our way,” Schwartz said. “The defense did a good job of boxing guys out and keeping them to the outside. Brayden made a really good pass to me on the goal.”
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Cory Schneider made 37 saves in taking the loss.
“We were in control of the situation and then a harmless play goes in off [Mueller] and the power play starts the third and that just turns the game around,” Schneider said of the Schwartz goal. “We talk about getting good as the game goes on, and St. Louis got better as the game went on. It wasn’t us.”
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