Devils snap 5-game losing streak, Kinkaid earns 1st career win
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Keith Kinkaid picked up his first career NHL win as the New Jersey Devils put an end to their five-game losing skid with a 3-2 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night.
Kinkaid stopped 26-of-28 shots in regulation and overtime, then made saves on Lightning forwards Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Jonathan Drouin in the shootout.
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The goaltender said he doesn't quite remember making the final save.
"It felt like slow mo," he told reporters after the game. "I saw the puck coming in and I think I got a really good piece of it and then blacked out."
Kinkaid's teammates mobbed him after he stopped Drouin to preserve the victory.