The home team “Devils” celebrated their victory with 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0), giving the newcomers of the league their first loss in four games.
Sheamus Casey, Stefan Nessen and Niko Hischier scored for the winners, while goalkeeper Jake Allen saved all 20 shots from the opponents and played the 25th “dry” game of his career.
In another match, the Ottawa “Senators” defeated the Los Angeles “Kings” in extra time in a productive duel with 8:7 (1:2, 4:3, 2:2, 1:0), winning the second victory in three games.
Josh Norris stood out for the “Senators” with the winning goal in extra time and 2+1, Zack McEwan scored two goals, Drake Batterson scored 1+2, Tomás Chabo and Jake Sanderson recorded 1+1 each, and Claude Giroux scored another goal.
Alex Laferriere and Kevin Fiala scored two goals each for the visitors, while Adrian Kempe, Tanner Jeaneau and Trevor Lewis each scored.
Meanwhile, the Colorado Avalanche started the new season unsuccessfully, losing to the New York Islanders 2:6 (1:2, 0:2, 1:2) at home on Monday, suffering the third loss in the first three championship games.
Calum Ritchie and Casey Mittelstad scored for the home team, who had not had such a bad start to the season since the 2008/2009 season, while Brock Nelson stood out for the winners with two accurate shots, while Antoni Duclair, Matthew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri and Anders Lee.
It has already been announced that the Florida “Panthers” represented by Latvian hockey player Uvja Balinska won on Monday, beating the Boston “Bruins” 4:3 (2:1, 2:2, 0:0).
Balinsky was on the ice for ten minutes and 16 seconds, of which he played in the majority for one minute and 36 seconds. The Latvian, who also had to act in the forward position in this match, scored in the statistics with one shot on goal, a power play and a negative efficiency coefficient of -1.
“Panthers” has a 2-2 record at the start of the season and will play their next match on Tuesday, visiting the Columbus “Blue Jackets” represented by Latvian goalkeeper Elvja Merzlikina.