CHICAGO — Defenceman Simon Nemec scored his third goal of the game at 3:28 of overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Dawson Mercer also scored and Jack Hughes had two assists for Eastern Conference leading Devils, 3-0-1 in their last four. Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 shots.

Chicago’s Connor Bedard scored for the fourth straight game and extended his points streak to a career-high nine games, with eight goals and 11 assists in the run. Landon Slaggert connected after being recalled from Rockford of the AHL on Wednesday, Sam Lafferty added a highlight reel goal for his first point of the season and Spencer Knight made 33 saves.

In the extra period, the 21-year-old Nemec took a stretch pass from Markstrom, raced in and beat Knight

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