NHL \ Monday’s game

Rangers 3, Devils 2

NEWARK, N.J. — Rookie defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Matt Gilroy both scored, and the New York Rangers broke out of early power-play woes. After a season-opening loss at Pittsburgh, the Rangers have won two straight. Del Zotto and Ales Kotalik scored power-play goals in the first period, and Gilroy tallied at even strength in the second for New York, which erased two one-goal deficits. Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves. The 19-year-old Del Zotto has scored in consecutive games. Rob Niedermayer scored his first goal with the Devils, and Travis Zajac added a power-play score in the first, but the Devils dropped to 0-2. Both losses have come at home following the return of coach Jacques Lemaire. David Clarkson assisted on both goals, and Martin Brodeur stopped 23 shots. Gilroy, last season’s Hobey Baker Award winner as the top NCAA player, took a pass in the right circle and smacked a shot that beat Brodeur between the pads with 2:10 left in the second. Gilroy’s first NHL point gave the Rangers their first lead of the night. New York carried the 3-2 lead into the third, something that seemed unlikely in the opening minutes. The Devils had several scoring chances right away and took advantage just 1:10 in when Niedermayer took a short pass in the right circle from Jay Pandolfo and fired in a shot. When Dainius Zubrus crashed into Lundqvist 14 seconds later, Rangers coach John Tortorella used his only timeout. With his players on the ice and hanging over the bench, Tortorella yelled at the club and punctuated his points by punching his open palm.