ST. LOUIS -- Ondrej Palat and Stefan Noesen scored and the New Jersey Devils beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday night. Brenden Dillon also scored and Jesper Bratt added an empty-net goal for the Devils, who won their third straight game and fifth out of their last seven. Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves.

Valiant effort in third overcome by shoddy defending; can't string together three wins in a row; offense is percolating, could have used one of a number of Grade A's early