Devils Beat Islanders 5-4

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in overtime on Saturday night at UBS Arena, and Jake Allen made 19 saves.

Anthony Duclair scored at 15:06 in the first period, set up by Simon Holmstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Evan Rodrigues scored at 15:23 in the first period, set up by Anthony Mantha. Matthew Schaefer scored at 17:14 in the first period, set up by Bo Horvat and Emil Heineman.

Declan Chisholm scored at 4:42 in the second period, set up by Jesper Bratt and Arseny Gritsyuk. Simon Holmstrom scored at 5:08 in the second period, set up by Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat.

New Jersey outshot New York 50-23. Jake Allen stopped 19 of 23 shots for New Jersey and Ilya Sorokin stopped 45 of 50 shots for New York.

The Devils improved to 12-5-0. The Islanders dropped to 7-6-3. The crowd was 17,345.

The Devils sit fourth in the Eastern Conference and have won four straight. The Islanders sit 12th in the Eastern Conference and have lost three straight. The season series is tied 1-1. New York won the first meeting 6-0 on Oct. 3.

The Devils next visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Islanders next visit the San Jose Sharks on Monday, Nov. 9, at 10:00 p.m. ET.