Nick Lappin and Kyle Palmieri scored in the second period to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.
Kyle Quincey and John Moore also scored for the Devils, and Cory Schneider stopped 21 shots. Taylor Hall, Adam Henrique and Damon Severson had two assists each as New Jersey completed a sweep of the two-night, home-and-home set and won its season-high fourth straight.
Marcus Foligno and Matt Moulson scored for the Sabres, who have lost four straight. Robin Lehner finished with 23 saves.
Lappin gave the Devils a 2-1 lead at 6:11 of the second as he took a pass from Hall on a 2-on-1 and fired a shot past Lehner for his second career goal.
Palmieri made it 3-1 from the right circle with 8:47 left in the second for his third of the season. The goal withstood a video review after the Sabres challenged for an offside call.
Moore's shot off a pass from Henrique on a 2-on-1 trickled by Lehner 6 1/2 minutes into the third to give the Devils a three-goal cushion.
The goal came during 4-on-4 play. Buffalo's Evander Kane was sent to the penalty box for hooking Vernon Fiddler at 5:32. However, the Devils' power play was short-lived as Severson was whistled for cross-checking the Sabres' Johan Larsson 42 seconds later.
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Moulson capped the scoring at 9:43 of the third period with William Carrier getting his first NHL point on the play.
Quincey scored his first goal with New Jersey for a 1-0 lead 4:01 into the game as his slap shot from right in front of the blue line found the back of the net.
The Sabres tied it 3:41 into the second period as Brian Gionta picked off a pass by Jacob Josefson and found Folingo, who had a clear path to the goal.
