Devils Get 3 Power Play Scores, Top Panthers 6-2 To Finish Sweep Of Cup Champs

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 5:12 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.