In the penultimate preseason game, the Devils topped the Rangers 3-1 at MSG.
GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS
FIRST PERIOD
NJD 1, NYR 0: The Devils get on the board first as Arseny Gritsyuk feeds the puck over to Paul Cotter for a one-timer past Jonathan Quick.
MARKSTROM'S FIRST-PERIOD SAVES
FIRST PERIOD STATS
SECOND PERIOD
NJD 1, NYR 1: With 6:30 to go in the middle frame, the Rangers tied things up on a weird goal. Simon Nemec was the lone Devil back and tried to clear the puck up the middle but it banked in off Adam Edstrom and in past Markstrom.
MARKSTROM'S SECOND-PERIOD SAVES
SECOND PERIOD STATS
THIRD PERIOD
NJD 2, NYR 1: Less than three minutes into the third, Ondrej Palat redirected a point shot from Dougie Hamilton to put the Devils back in front.
NJD 3, NYR 1: Dawson Mercer added an empty-net goal with just over a minute to go to clinch the outcome.