Arron Asham rebounded from his game-ending shootout miss against Atlanta Friday with goals in each of the first two periods and added an exciting fight with Senator tough guy Chris Neil in leading the Devils to a 3-2 win in the Canadian capital.
Asham's first period goal (5) deflected off the Senators Daniel Alfredsson to elude Ray Emery,but his blazing shot in the second was all Asham as his goal (6) gave New Jersey a 2-0 lead.
Zach Parise then added a power play goal(22) later in the period and the 3-0 lead looked secure as the Devils were playing well.
However Ottawa began to pick up the pace and the Devils began to play the Senators game and the game became a up and down battle and that does not favor New Jersey.
It was fun to watch though and Marty Brodeur stepped up and saved the day.
A rare puck-handling miscue by Brodeur gave Ottawa their first goal in the 2nd period to cut the lead to 3-1 and the Senators trimmed the deficit to a goal with the third period's only goal.
A great game to watch and to the Devils doubters that believe that they can only play dull games,this was proof against that.
The Devils play tomorrow at 1 on President's Day at the Rock vs Carolina.
Devils Pitchforks
Gold:Marty Brodeur-Great game and kept a strong Ottawa rally from the win
Silver:Arron Asham-2 goals and a good fight
Bronze:Zach Parise-Power play goal proved to be the game winner
Kelly Pavlik earned a unanimous decision over Jermain Taylor in their Super Middleweight battle last night in Las Vegas.
The fight will be replayed next Saturday night on HBO with the live coverage of the Wladimir Klitschko-Sultan Imbragimov fight from New York.
Bullpen Notes
Doug Mientkiewicz must be desperate to earn a roster spot with the Pirates,as he is taking grounders at both second and third base and shagging outfield flies to increase his versatility.
Smart move by the veteran,as the more things he can do makes it easier to keep him on the roster.
The same column notes that Josh Shortslef was moved from major league camp to minor camp with weakness in his shoulder.
Shortslef was a long shot to make the club to begin with,so this does not appear to change much in Bradenton.
The lovely Cherie sends us this slide show from Newsweek that relates to our note earlier this week on the shrinking Lake Mead.
Lake Mead and several others are shown on the "Losing our Lakes" feature.
Take a look at these and tell me that we do not have a problem.
And finally for all you Carpenters fans out there,looks like their former home will be torn down as the current owners have had enough of fans always peeping around.
A group of fans are attempting to have the home declared a historic landmark for the Carpenter fans version of Graceland as one fan was quoted in the article.
Until tomorrow
Photo Credits
Asham-Sean Kilpatrick-Canadian Press
Pavlik-Eric Jamison-AP Photo
Tragic.
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