Lee Stempniak scored late in the second period to snap a tie and the Devils ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the short-handed Rangers on Tuesday night.
Kyle Palmieri, Sergey Kalinin, Adam Larsson and Tyler Kennedy also scored, and rookie Joseph Blandisi assisted on the tying and go-ahead goals in the second period. Cory Schneider made 17 saves as New Jersey beat the Rangers for the third time in four games this season.
Kevin Hayes and Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers, who lost for only the third time in 10 games (7-2-1). Henrik Lundqvist was outstanding in making 31 saves.
The Rangers played without defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Marc Staal and forward Rick Nash. They also played the third period without J.T. Miller, who received a match penalty late in the second for fighting against Kalinin with his hand taped.
The Rangers, who did not get a power play in the game, killed off 6:59 of Devils power play time in the third period with Miller's major and a tripping call against Derick Brassard.
Still, they nearly tied the game early in the period, only to see Schneider stop Moore in close on a short-handed rush.
Kalinin put the game away with 2:44 to play with a breakaway goal, his sixth of the season, and Larsson added an empty-netter in the final minute.
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The Devils turned the game in the second period, taking a season-high 17 shots and limiting the Rangers to five.
Lundqvist kept New York in front for the first half of the period before Palmieri tied it on a power play and Stempniak scored with 1:54 left for a 3-2 lead.
Blandisi, who mixed it up twice with Rangers defenseman Dylan McIlrath, had the primary assist on both goals. He found Palmieri alone in front at 10:28 and Stempniak in the left circle for the lead.
After falling behind early on Kennedy's second goal of the season, the Rangers took a 2-1 lead when Hayes and Moore scored in a 45-second span.
Hayes, who has four goals in seven games, tied it 1-all at 8:17, putting the rebound of Viktor Stalberg's shot into an open net. Stalberg skated the puck up the right side, cut to the middle and unleased a hard shot that Schneider could not control.
Moore put New York ahead at 9:02 with Keith Yandle making a great play to set it up. The defenseman took a pass from Marek Hrivik at the left point and sent a long pass to Moore at the side of the net and he beat Schneider, who appeared to be waiting for a shot.
Kennedy, who didn't score in his first 30 games this season, got his second in four games 4:47 after the opening faceoff. Kalinin won the puck behind the net and sent it to Damon Severson for a point shot that Kennedy deflected.
NOTES: Moore has scored five of his six goals on the road this season. ... Yandle's assist was his 30th of the season, making him the fifth Rangers defenseman to reach that total since 2001-02. ... The Devils scratched defensemen Eric Gelinas and Seth Helgeson and forward Bobby Farnham. ... Hrivik's assist was his first in the NHL. ... The win was Schneider's 26th, a career high. ... The Rangers' 19 shots matched their season low.
