By DENIS P. GORMAN
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Brandon Pirri had a goal and two assists, Jussi Jokinen and Logan Shaw each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Thursday night.
Florida has won two in a row. Vincent Trocheck had two assists, Dmitry Kulikov and Reilly Smith also scored and Al Montoya made 15 saves for the Panthers.
Cory Schneider made 21 saves and New Jersey lost for the second time in three games.
New Jersey’s Sergey Kalinin made it 4-1 with a power-play goal with 6:22 left, but Shaw scored an empty-net goal with 4:44 remaining.
The Panthers went into the first intermission up 2-0 on Jokinen’s power-play goal and Kulikov’s tally.
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