The New Jersey Devils for the second game in a row,started uninspired,picked up the pace and then failed to finish the score as the Devils lost to Tampa 3-2.
Devil goals went to John Madden in the second and Zach Parise in the 3rd.
Tampa goals by Brad Richards,Vincent LeCavalier and the game winner to Vinny Prospal.
LeCavalier has been allowed to use his skills at will,as the Devils seem to not want to put a body on him.The Devils need to crowd LeCavalier and St. Louis and not allow the Tampa stars to dictate the pace.
Thus far they are doing just that.
Zach Parise has been the shining star for New Jersey,scoring 4 goals in 3 games.
Without Parise,I shudder to think what the scores could be,let alone the series at this point.
Tampa has scored some lucky goals in the series,but one creates their own luck IMO.
Tampa shoots the puck at the goal and tries to create something out of nothing and once in each of the 2 TB wins,good things have happened.
The Devils ,on the other hand, are not doing enough of that,overpassing and not trying to create goals,instead they look for the perfect situation.
IMO-That is difficult to win playoff hockey games using that style.
Game 4 at the Citrus Bowl Wednesday at 7.
Photo Credit-Doug Benc-Getty Images
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