Overview
- Timo Meier forced overtime by scoring with 1:10 left after New Jersey pulled Jacob Markström.
- Cody Glass opened the scoring in his return from a seven-game absence with an upper-body injury.
- Rookie Jakub Dobeš made 24 saves in his first regular-season loss as Montreal’s four-game point streak ended.
- New Jersey went 0-for-5 on the power play as Montreal killed five penalties.
- Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton left with a lower-body issue and will be evaluated.