Jesper Bratt got his second career hat trick, Stefan Noesen scored twice and the New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game series with the Stanley Cup champions.
Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists for the Devils, who also won 4-1 in Florida on Tuesday. Jake Allen stopped 25 shots for New Jersey, which got three power-play scores - along with a short-handed empty-netter with 512 left, Bratt's third of the night - and is now 7-2-0 in its last nine games.
Sam Reinhart - the first player with 13 goals this season - and Jesper Boqvist scored for Florida, which hadn't dropped two straight since Oct. 10 and 12. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.
Takeaways
Devils New Jersey became the first team this season to get two goals in the final 12 seconds of periods. Both were power-play tallies Bratt scored with two seconds left in the first, Noesen with 11 seconds left in the second.
