Devils goalie Cory Schneider made 19 saves on 21 shots before leaving with an undisclosed injury 2:41 into the third period. Schneider, who had surgery to repair a core muscle injury in May 2016 and surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left hip in May 2018, was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood, who allowed two goals on nine shots.
"It's tough trying to find your game while you're trying to hold the fort down," Blackwood said. "It's tough to go in there and try and find it while you're in that situation, but you can only do so much. It could have been better for sure, but that's what tomorrow is for."
Pionk scored the tying goal after the Jets maintained possession in the Devils zone for 2:18.
"We're not looking for the perfect play; we knew that they were tired so we're going to select our shots," Pionk said. "I think it's a fine line. You can't just throw stuff at the net, but at the same time someone's got to go to the net eventually. That was kind of my mindset. We were circling around for a while and I saw Scheifele go in front of the net and I just threw it on net."
Coleman gave the Devils a 2-0 lead on a shot from the slot at 1:42, and Vatanen made it 3-0 on a slap shot from the right point at 12:34. Coleman pushed it to 4-0 with a one-handed wrist shot while falling to the ice at 13:52.
