VANCOUVER -- Cory Schneider made 36 saves against his former team and Mike Cammalleri had a goal and two assists to help the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Sunday.
Cammalleri opened the scoring 65 seconds into the second period, set up Andy Greene's power-play goal 91 seconds into the third and assisted on Adam Henrique's goal eight minutes later for the Devils (11-8-1), who finished their three-game Western Canadian road trip.
Henrik Sedin ended Schneider's shutout bid with a shorthanded goal 7:21 into the third period after the Devils goalie misplayed the puck to Daniel Sedin in front of the net, and Radim Vrbata scored a power-play goal on a deflection with 0.6 seconds left.
Schneider played three full seasons for the Canucks, who selected him 24th at the 2004 NHL Draft before trading him to the Devils in 2013.
Schneider made 17 saves in the third period, including a Vrbata penalty shot at 5:14, but saved his best for the Sedin twins, who combined for nine points in a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. Schneider denied Daniel Sedin several times on a Canucks power play that was 1-for-7, getting his blocker on a couple of one-touch shots from the slot off slap passes from Henrik Sedein, and sliding left to right to deny Daniel Sedin on a rebound chance.
Schneider was traded to New Jersey for the ninth pick at the 2013 NHL Draft, which was used to select Bo Horvat. The 20-year-old center almost pulled the Canucks within a goal late with a nice pass that left the Devils goalie diving headfirst to stop Alexandre Burrows.
Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves for the Canucks (8-8-6), who ended a four-game losing streak against Chicago the night before but have one win in their past six games (1-4-1).
Cammalleri opened the scoring after being knocked down in a scramble around the Canucks net early in the second period, but got back up and was all alone atop the crease when Kyle Palmieri knocked to him from the side of the net. Cammalleri waited patiently for Markstrom to kick his leg up anticipating a high shot so he could slide it in along the ice.
Greene scored a power-play goal on a deflected point shot early in the third period after Markstrom got caught moving to his right anticipating a pass to a one-time option.
Henrik Sedin ended the shutout after Schneider's errant pass went to Daniel Sedin with the Devils on a power play. He passed across to his brother for a quick shot over Schneider's blocker.
Henrique caught Markstrom getting up and beat him under the blocker on a second chance from the right face-off circle after his first shot off the rush was blocked.
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