CHICAGO — Travis Zajac scored a hatrick for the Devils, but it wasn’t enough.
Marian Hossa scored his team-leading 12th goal through a screen at 1:31 of overtime to lift the Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Devils on Thursday night.
Hossa’s shot through traffic from high in the slot beat Cory Schneider on the glove side, moments after Mike Cammalleri hit the post on a prime chance against Chicago’s Corey Crawford.
Zajac scored his third goal of the game at 8:49 of the third to tie it 3-all after scores by Chicago’s Artem Anisimov and Niklas Hjalmarsson late in the second period had put the Blackhawks ahead.