Then with three minutes to go in the second, Ryan Getzlaf broke in all alone on Schneider but his shot was turned away.
"Making the key saves at the right times, up 2-0 late in the second, it's big for momentum and big for our room to have that confidence," said Schneider. "It's fun to play that role, make important saves again and contribute to a game like that."
Nasreddine also referred to this stop and others as key in preserving the team's win.
"The game was pretty tight and he made those big saves. We said it about Blackie a lot and here Schneids is doing the same thing," he said. "He made some huge saves today."
Midway through the third, Schneider made an outstanding glove save on a one-timer by Christian Djoos from the left circle. On the play, Josh Jacobs was called for high sticking to give Anaheim its first power play of the game.
Shorthanded, Travis Zajac and Joey Anderson skated in on a two-on-one. Zajac's shot was steered away by Gibson.
With two seconds left in the Jacobs penalty, Rooney was called for slashing to extend the Ducks man advantage but Devils were able to kill that one off as well.
Four seconds after the penalty expired, Connor Carrick's shot from the point was tipped by Nico Hischier to put the Devils up by three. It was Hischier's first point after going scoreless for six games.
"It's gonna happen sometime for sure," Hischier said of breaking his slump. "The thing is, you've got to find a way to help the team in other ways if you're not scoring and not producing. It feels good to score again but we won, that's important."
Shots on goal in the game were even at 34-34.
