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Devils drop Flyers behind emerging No. 1 goalie

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Nine games into his NHL career, Mackenzie Blackwood is starting to emerge as the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender. Blackwood returned to the lineup after missing…
Nine games into his NHL career, Mackenzie Blackwood is starting to emerge as the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender.
Blackwood returned to the lineup after missing three games with an injury and made 32 saves in leading the Devils to a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Saturday at Prudential Center.
“I can’t imagine how much pressure you have as a goalie if you make a mistake, it’s back in the net,” said Nico Hischier, who got the game-winning goal on a breakaway in the second period.
“If you do a mistake as a forward, you have a defenseman usually still there and you have the goalie. So what he’s doing is pretty impressive for me.”
The 22-year-old Blackwood, who was called up from Binghamton after Cory Schneider went on injured reserve, is 4-2 in seven starts and two relief appearances. He has allowed two or fewer goals in eight of his nine appearances, including one where he had to leave after one period because of a lower body injury that forced him to miss three games.

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