By Allan Kreda
NEWARK, N.J. — Nico Sturm scored late within the first interval and Mackenzie Blackwood made 44 saves because the San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Sunday evening.
Sturm scored his third purpose of the season when his backhand caromed off New Jersey’s Timo Meier and previous Devils netminder Jake Allen with lower than 4 minutes to play within the opening interval. Carl Grundstrom and Henry Thrun assisted.
Blackwood, who performed 5 seasons for the Devils earlier than he was traded to the Sharks in June 2023, recorded the eleventh shutout of his profession in his first sport as a visiting netminder at Prudential Middle.
The loss ended the Devils’s three-game successful streak. New Jersey was coming off Saturday’s 4-3 comeback additional time street win towards the Islanders.
Allen made 26 saves.
Takeaways
Sharks ahead Macklin Celebrini, the highest general choose in final June’s draft, made his debut towards an Jap Convention opponent in his fourth sport and first street sport this season. The 18-year-old Celebrini has three objectives and 4 factors general. He just lately returned after lacking 12 video games with a hip harm.
Key moments
Blackwood stopped former teammate Jesper Bratt on a partial breakaway within the final minute of the second interval. He denied Devils main scorer Jack Hughes with a pad save halfway by way of the third and stopped a protracted shot by defenseman Brenden Dillon at 12:28 of the third.
Key stat
The Sharks got here into the sport with a 1-5-1 street document. Their victory Sunday was their first street win in regulation. San Jose’s different win away from dwelling was a 5-4 additional time victory at Utah on Oct. 28.
New Jersey fell to 4-3-2 on dwelling ice. The Devils are 6-3-0 on the street.
Up Subsequent:
Sharks: Go to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday evening to proceed a four-game street journey.
Devils: Go to Florida Panthers on Tuesday evening.
