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The New Jersey Devils held off the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Tuesday night in Newark, N.J.
Declan Chisholm scored his first goal for the Devils on a power play at 12:33 of the second period, providing the go-ahead tally. Luke Evangelista opened the scoring at 6:40 of the first period with his third goal, and Arseny Gritsyuk extended the lead at 4:39 of the third with his fourth. Jesper Boqvist added an empty-net goal at 16:05. Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog tied the game 1-1 at 14:32 of the first with his fourth of the season, but Artturi Lehkonen's two late goals, including his team-leading eighth with 3.5 seconds remaining, came up short.
Jake Allen made 31 saves to improve to 4-2-0. The 34-year-old was honored pregame for his 500th career game earlier this month. Colorado's Scott Wedgewood, a former Devil who entered 5-0-0 with a 1.52 goals-against average against New Jersey, stopped 37 shots.
New Jersey defenseman Brent Burns, 41, played his 1,015th consecutive game and 1,589th overall, moving 49 shy of Phil Kessel's ironman record. The Devils bounced back from a 4-2 loss at Washington. Colorado, which fell for the third time in four games following a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia on Monday, saw Landeskog return after an absence of more than three seasons due to a significant operation on his right knee; he produced 14 goals in 60 games last season.
Source: ESPN - Tue Oct 20, 10:07 PM ET
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