NEWARK, N.J. – Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in a four-goal third period that carried the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Defenseman Andrew Ference tied it at 3:01 of the period, and Horton and Campbell put the Bruins ahead for good as they beat New Jersey for the third time in three games this season. Chris Kelly added an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Tim Thomas made 30 saves as Boston snapped the Devils’ three-game winning streak with the three-goal outburst in a 4:44 span.

Petr Sykora scored for the Devils, who limited the defending Stanley Cup champions to 12 shots against Martin Brodeur in the opening 40 minutes at the Prudential Center.

The final 20 minutes were dominated by the Bruins, and when things broke down Thomas was there to protect the lead.

Ference tied it with his third goal of the season. Shawn Thornton made a cross-ice pass to the left point and Ference blistered a shot high into the top corner of the net that Brodeur never had a chance to stop.

Brodeur, who was looking for his first shutout of the season, didn’t have a chance on either Horton’s 17th goal of the season or Campbell’s fifth.

With the Bruins putting sustained pressure on Brodeur during a power play, David Krejci slid a pass from the left circle in front of the net and Horton redirected it past Brodeur. For a split second it appeared that the puck might have hit off the skate of defenseman Matt Taormina.

It was more confusing when it was announced that Milan Lucic, who was standing at the side of the net, was awarded the goal, but eventually Horton got credit.

Before the debate was over, Campbell had made the score 3-1. Brodeur made a save on a shot by Thornton, but Campbell deposited the rebound into an open net.

GAME NOTES: Bruins center Patrice Bergeron played in his 500th NHL game. … Boston defenseman Johnny Boychuk celebrated his 28th birthday. … Sykora has scored in consecutive games after going eight games without a goal. … Devils defenseman Henrik Tallinder will be sidelined six to eight weeks because of a blood clot in his left leg. … The Bruins had 13 shots in the third period … The four goals gave Boston 19,000 as a franchise.

PENGUINS 4, RANGERS 1: Richard Park scored the go-ahead goal 2:23 into the third period, Evgeni Malkin padded the lead with two goals, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves to carry Pittsburgh past host New York.

ISLANDERS 4, FLYERS 1: Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves and New York snapped a 13-game losing streak in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia had won 23 of its previous 24 games against the Islanders.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, WILD 1: Phil Kessel scored his team-leading 25th goal and Joffrey Lupul picked up three assists to lead Toronto past visiting Minnesota.

PREDATORS 3, BLUE JACKETS 0: Pekka Rinne turned aside 38 shots — including 18 in the third period — for his fourth shutout, and Martin Erat had a goal and an assist in a two-minute burst in the second period to lift visiting Nashville over Columbus.

BLUES 1, OILERS 0: Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves for his second straight shutout, and Alex Pietrangelo scored with 5:14 left in St. Louis’ victory over visiting Edmonton.

St. Louis has earned points in a franchise-record 14 straight home games. The Blues are 7-0-1 in January.

NOTES

The Nashville Predators claimed forward Brandon Yip off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche and activated forward Jerred Smithson off injured reserve. Yip, 26, has 41 points in 113 career NHL games, all with Colorado. … The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that defenseman Radek Martinek will miss the rest of the season because of post-concussion symptoms. To fill his spot on the roster, the club signed Brett Lebda, a veteran defenseman, to a one-year contract.