NEWARK — Alain Vigneault decided to challenge Kyle Palmieri’s goal 1:14 into the third period yesterday, in part to stop a surge that turned the Devils’ 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead.
“They had some momentum there,” said Vigneault, who argued for goaltender interference on Miles Wood. “Antti [Raanta] was in the blue paint, there was contact, you don’t know how it’s going to go. It didn’t go our way [after a review] but maybe slowed up the game a little bit.”
Vigneault forfeited a future timeout with the lost challenge, but the Rangers steadied after the break and Adam Clendening tied it with 4:25 to play.