NEWARK, N.J. -- Defenseman Adam Larsson scored his first goal of the season 43 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory against the Arizona Coyotes at Prudential Center on Tuesday.
Larsson turned a transition off a turnover in the Devils' end into a 3-on-1 in the opposite direction before taking a pass from Travis Zajac and firing a shot into the left corner past Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith.
Zajac and Mike Cammalleri also scored for the Devils. Zajac, who finished with a goal and two assists, had his first multipoint game since March 14, when he had two assists in a 4-1 win at Arizona.
Anthony Duclair and Mikkel Boedker had third-period goals for the Coyotes.
Boedker pulled the Coyotes into a 2-2 tie when his shot from the left circle deflected off the leg of Devils defenseman David Schlemko and past goaltender Cory Schneider with 50.9 seconds remaining in the third period and goalie Mike Smith pulled for an extra attacker.
Schneider, who made 26 saves in a 2-1 overtime victory at the New York Rangers on Sunday, made 18 saves against the Coyotes. Smith made 22 saves.
The victory was the second straight for New Jersey (2-3-1). The Coyotes (3-3-0), playing the opener of a five-game East Coast road trip, have lost three straight.
Cammalleri, who had a career-high eight shots on goal, gave the Devils a 2-1 lead at 7:09 of the third period. He took a drop pass from Zajac and fired a wrist shot from the high slot over the left shoulder of Smith.
Schneider made a tremendous left-pad save against Boedker less than two minutes earlier when Arizona had a 5-on-3 power play.
Duclair pulled the Coyotes into a 1-1 tie 47 seconds into the third with a power-play goal. He took a pass from fellow rookie Max Domi at the right hash and beat Schneider with a backhand. Duclair leads all rookies with five goals, and the Coyotes have nine goals by rookies, the most of any NHL team.
Zajac gave the Devils a 1-0 lead by scoring a shorthanded goal with 27 seconds remaining in the second. With Kyle Palmieri serving an interference penalty, Zajac took a pass from Jacob Josefson down the slot and beat Smith with a backhand to give the Devils their first lead of the season. The shorthanded goal was the fourth allowed by the Coyotes this season.
The Coyotes barely missed scoring the game's first goal with 1:38 remaining in the second when Schneider stopped a shot by Antoine Vermette from the right circle and then, while falling backward, denied Shane Doan on the rebound.
Doan was playing in his 1,400th career NHL game. He is the 34th player in League history to play as many games and is seven shy of tying Dale Hunter (1,407).
The Coyotes, who have gotten off to slow starts, didn't have a shot on goal until 1:54 remained in the first period when Jordan Martinook attempted a backhand in the slot. The Devils outshot the Coyotes 5-2 in a tight-checking period.
The Devils play at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. The Coyotes continue their trip against the New York Rangers on Thursday.
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