Ondrej Palat scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Monday night. Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist, and Paul Cotter also scored to help New Jersey snap a four-game losing streak.

Ondrej Palat scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Devils beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Monday night.

In a perfect world, the Seattle Kraken would have won Monday’s game (4-3) over the visiting New Jersey Devils. That would have halted a two-game slide, and they could have ventured off for a road swing with some wind in their sails (or waves pushing the Kraken in the right direction).

Another strong game from Sergei Bobrovsky was the backbone as the Panthers took down Utah 4-1. The first period in Utah was mostly uneventful as both teams appeared to be feeling out one another. An early power play during the second period gave Florida the opportunity to break the ice at the Delta Center,

Reinhart gets power-play goal; Utah has dropped 7 of 8 SALT LAKE CITY -- Jesper Boqvist scored twice for the Florida Panthers in a 4-1 win against the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Wednesday. Sam Reinhart also scored,