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NEWARK Authentic Mikael Backlund Jersey , N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils‘ highest-scoring game of the season came on a night the Chicago Blackhawks may have played one of their worst games.Kyle Palmieri and Blake Coleman each scored twice, and the Devils rode a five-goal second period to an 8-5 victory over the struggling Blackhawks on Monday night.“There (were) things in our game plan that we didn’t execute and weren’t detailed enough on,” said Palmieri, who had the first two goals in the big second period. “You’re not going to score eight goals every night. There’s definitely some stuff to tighten up but it was a win. It was good we found a way to win.”Travis Zajac, Sami Vatanen, Kevin Rooney and Brett Seney also scored as the Devils won consecutive games for only the third time since opening the season with four straight wins. Rookie goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves in winning for the fifth time in seven decisions.Despite the win, the Devils are 11 points out of a playoff spot.“Sometimes we will play really well and win,” Devils forward Brian Boyle said. “Sometimes it will come ugly. It’s going to come different ways, but we have to stay with it because we’ve dug ourselves a pretty big hole.”Patrick Kane scored twice and set up two others for the Blackhawks, who are 1-3-3 in their last seven. Brent Seabrook, Dominik Kahun and Brandon Saad also scored for Chicago, which left goaltenders Cam Ward and Collin Delia defenseless most of the game in giving up at least seven goals for the fifth time this season. The eight goals against tied the most given up by the Blackhawks this season.Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton wants his team to forget the game but realize it can’t happen again.“That wasn’t us Mike Smith Jersey ,” he said. “Those were valuable points and a winnable game and we just didn’t have near our best effort. So learn not to do that again.”After Kane tied the game 1-all with a power-play goal at 3:07 of the second period, Palmieri and the Devils took over.Palmieri beat Ward on a breakaway to put the Devils ahead a little more than two minutes after the Kane goal. He stretched the lead to two goals 3:11 later with a shot Ward didn’t seem to see. The goal originally was credited to Boyle but later was awarded to Palmieri for his 22nd of the season.Zajac tapped in a rebound, Vatanen tallied on a power play and Rooney scored on a rebound for his first NHL goal to stretch the lead to 6-1.Kane closed the gap with his second goal and set up Seabrook’s 100th career goal in the final 1:41 of the second period, but the Blackhawks never threatened until Saad scored late to make it 7-5.Chicago pulled Delia, but Coleman, who had scored the Devils’ first goal on a breakaway, tallied into an empty net.“We got to learn from that. We did lots of good things but we played somewhat an immature game at times,” Devils coach John Hynes said. “We get up 6-1 and we just go to sleep at the end of the second and you can’t do that. It’s excellent that we found a way to win the game.”Veteran Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said games like this sometimes happen.“I know when we were competing hard and playing as a team, we can play with other teams, every team in the league, be competitive and have a chance to win,” said Keith Sean Monahan Jersey , who was minus-5 in the game. “I don’t think tonight we really did that, to give ourselves a chance.”NOTES: The Devils placed F Stefan Noesen (lower body) on injured reserve and recalled D Egor Yakovlev from Binghamton earlier in the day. … Chicago will play host to New Jersey on Feb. 14. … Kane has 14 goals and 22 assists on the road this season. … Chicago’s Alex DeBrincat had a four-game goal-scoring streak snapped and defenseman Erik Gustafsson had a career-best eight-game assist streak ended.UP NEXTBlackhawks: At the New York Rangers on Thursday.Devils: At the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — After fading down the stretch last season, the Calgary Flames are determined not to let it happen again.Mikael Backlund scored 15 seconds into overtime Tuesday night to give the Flames a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Calgary (33-13-5) heads into the All-Star break as the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, six points up on San Jose.“It’s good that we take the time early on to completely shut hockey off and just relax and then the closer we get to coming back, we’ve got to get the minds ready,” Backlund said.“Most guys were here last year and we learned a lesson from last year when we weren’t as good after the break. We know what to do this time and what not to.”Calgary went 12-18-2 after Feb. 1 last season and missed the playoffs.Oliver Kylington and Mark Jankowski also scored Tuesday for the Flames, who finished 9-1-1 in January. David Rittich made 33 saves to improve to 8-0-2 in his last 10 starts.All-Star representative Sebastian Aho tied it for Carolina with 44 seconds left in regulation. Dougie Hamilton also scored for the Hurricanes (23-20-6), who are trying to work their way into the wild-card race in the East.Peter Mrazek stopped 22 shots and denied the Flames on several prime chances.“He enabled us to at least hang in there and get a point out of this game,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said.“The positive is you came in here against one of the best teams and in my opinion, we could have had that game.”It was the first game between the teams since Bill Peters resigned as coach of the Hurricanes after four seasons and was hired by the Flames in April 2018.Carolina led 26-11 in shots on goal after two periods but trailed 2-1.Jankowski scored 4-on-4 at 6:40 of the second. Backlund dished T.J. Brodie’s cross-ice pass to Jankowski lurking at the corner of the Hurricanes net, where he batted the puck over Mrazek.Hamilton drew the Hurricanes even at 15:48 of the first when he wristed a drop pass from Brock McGinn by Rittich.Kylington darted out of the corner and beat Mrazek’s glove with a backhand at 1:58 of the opening period. The Hurricanes challenged for goaltender interference TJ Brodie Jersey , but were denied.After scoring 12 power-play goals in 10 games this month, Calgary was blanked on four chances thanks in large part to Mrazek’s acrobatics.The Flames didn’t get a lot of sustained pressure in Carolina’s zone until the third period.“I don’t think we played our best game, but again, we found a way to win and I think that’s a big key,” Backlund said“That was one of our weaknesses last year. We couldn’t find ways to win and this year, it’s the opposite. Good teams, they find ways to win.”The All-Star break and bye week will provide an eight-day breather for the Flames, with the exception of All-Star participants Johnny Gaudreau and Peters.“Going into the break it’s important to go in with a good taste in your mouth,” Peters said. “I like the direction which we are trending and the contributions throughout the lineup.“We played the best when the game was on the line in the third and I thought we had some great looks that made Mrazek make some big saves for them. … We’ll take the two points heading into the break and we’ll come back refreshed and ready to go.”NOTES: Gaudreau was kept off the scoresheet for the first time since Dec. 29. … Hamilton and forward Micheal Ferland also played their first game in Calgary since they were dealt to the Hurricanes for right wing Elias Lindholm and defenseman Noah Hanifin at the 2018 draft. Ferland didn’t finish the game because of an upper-body injury, Brind’Amour said.UP NEXTHurricanes: Finish their three-game road trip Wednesday night at Vancouver.Flames: Off until Feb. 1 against the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals before a rematch with the Hurricanes in North Carolina two days later.