Evgeni Nabokov made 22 saves for New York, which fell to 1-3-0 in the preseason.
The Devils improved to 2-1-0 in the preseason.
The game drew 14,689 fans, including "26 per cent of ticket buyers are from Brooklyn," according to Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark.
League officials were in Barclays Saturday night to observe the first NHL game in the one-year old building. New York will move into $1 billion arena for the 2015-16 season.
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