Devils 4, Capitals 1: Mackenzie Blackwood saved 15 of 16 shots through two periods for the New Jersey Devils in a 4-1 preseason win against the Washington Capitals at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday.
Michael McLeod had a goal and an assist, and Janne Kuokkanen had two assists for the Devils, who are 4-0-0 in the preseason.
Blackwood has allowed one goal in each of his past two games; he made 15 saves in a 2-1 overtime win against the New York Islanders in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday.
Connor McMichael scored for the Capitals, who have lost their first four games of the preseason (0-3-1). Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves.
Washington defenseman
Martin Fehervary
left the game in the second period because of an upper-body injury.
Blue Jackets 5, Sabres 3: Jakub Voracek had a goal and two assists for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-3 preseason win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Monday.
Voracek, who was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 24, scored his first goal of the preseason on the power play to make it 1-0 at 3:31 of the first period.
Patrik Laine and Oliver Bjorkstrand each had a goal and an assist, and Zach Werenski had two assists for Columbus. Joonas Korpisalo made 17 saves before being replaced at the start of the third period by Daniil Tarasov, who allowed two goals on 10 shots.
Casey Mittelstadt scored twice, Jeff Skinner had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for Buffalo.