The New Jersey Devils invaded Raleigh and their jam-packed crowd of 623 people and dominated the Hurricanes in a battle of division leaders in a 4-1 victory.
The Devils scored the only goal of the first period when Travis Zajac grabbed a rebound from Zach Parise's rejected shot off Cam Ward and slammed the puck into the net for his 8th goal of the season.
Zajac's goal came on a Devil power play.
The Hurricanes tied the game early in the second and played most of the stanza on even terms before Patrik Elias broke the tie with a wrister from the outside that beat Ward.
Elias reached double digits in goals,as the goal was his tenth.
The Devils dominated play in the third and the Canes simply could not keep up.
Brian Gionta's power play goal (13) put the game away and Sergei Brylin added a late insurance goal to complete the scoring with his 4th lamp lighter of the year.
A great performance by the Devils against a team that usually gives them a great deal of trouble.
Nice to see Elias and Zajac both picking up their play over the last few games,they are badly needed to score on this team.
As the Captain Jamie Langenbrunner said after the contest "We don't have to score a lot of goals to win,".
Dead right,Captain-the Devils wont lose many games that they score 3 or 4 goals in-that is certain!
The Devils return to action Saturday in Buffalo against the Sabres.
Bullpen Notes
Bill Maher returns to the airwaves on HBO tonight at 11 with Real Time.
The writers strike has forced a few changes in the show though.
No monologue or New Rules.
Instead he will take audience questions and lengthen the panel talk.
Still well worth watching!!
For those of you that watch Fox news,anyone notice that Democratic analyst Kirsten Powers often looks like she is in pain during her appearances??
The smart and witty Powers should know the stuff she will have to stomach when you take the $ from Fox.....
Speaking of Fox News,watch for them during our next poll!
Finally.in case you were wondering-I watch Fox news sometimes for the same reason coaches watch game films of their opponents-To exploit weakness in them!LOL!
Photo Credit
Devils-Jim Bounds-AP Photo
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