Jesper Bratt scores 3 as Devils rally for 5-2 win over Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. — Jesper Bratt scored three targets for his first NHL hat trick because the New Jersey Devils rallied from two targets down and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 Sunday night time to finish a three-game skid.

Nico Hischier and Nolan Foote additionally scored to assist the Devils enhance their league-leading street report to 26-5-4. Vitek Vanecek completed with 22 saves to assist New Jersey get a win after dropping at dwelling to the Lightning on Tuesday and Thursday earlier than blowing a 2-0 lead in a 4-2 loss at Florida on Saturday.

Nikita Kucherov reached the 100-point mark for the third time in his profession with a purpose within the first interval and Alex Killorn additionally scored for the Lightning, who had received three straight. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 34 saves.

Kucherov put Tampa Bay forward 1-0 at 3:26 of the primary interval, one-timing a power-play feed from Steven Stamkos previous Vanecek to achieve the 100-point mark. Kucherov beforehand had 100 factors in 2017-18 after which led the NHL with 128 in 2018-19.

Killorn made it 2-0 at 6:30 of the second, drifting unchecked into the slot earlier than beating Vanecek.

The Devils responded 9 seconds later when Bratt took a move from Hischier and beat Vasilevskiy with a wrist shot from the slot. He tied it one other 2:43 later when his straightaway shot from simply contained in the blue line sailed via site visitors and previous Vasilevskiy.

Hischier, the primary performed taken within the 2017 NHL Draft, grew to become a 30-goal scorer for the primary time and put New Jersey forward with just below eight minutes left within the center interval by beating Vasilevskiy from the excessive slot.

Foote made it 4-2 at 9:51 of the third along with his first of the season, and Bratt accomplished his hat trick with an empty-netter with 11.6 seconds remaining for his thirtieth.

Devils: Host Minnesota on Tuesday night time.

Lightning: At Montreal on Tuesday night time.