The offensive woes of the New Jersey Devils continued in a 3-1 loss in Washington to the Capitals.
I'll add my thoughts,but this is getting closer and closer to panic time....
Patrik Elias scored the only Devil goal(5) on a breakaway that was caused by Washington making a line change at the wrong time,allowing Elias to beat Jose Theodore one on one.
The two teams meet up again at the Rock tonight.
Hell Raisers
1) Scott Clemmensen played very well in net and deserves the start tonight.
Neither Washington goal (3rd was into the empty net) was a stoppable shot and Clemmensen did what he had to do-keep the game close...
2) From the No Kidding Dept.
Brent Sutter on the Devils offense "We don't finish"
In further news,Sun rises in East....
3) From the Say What? dept
Jamie Langenbrunner on the same:"we're playing well, but we're not finishing".
Playing well means finishing and scoring!!!
4) Zach Parise continued a recent Devil trend of having a goalie beaten and out of position and being unable to lift the puck over the prone goalie.
I bet I have seen that happen at least once a game over the last five games....
5) Paul Martin returned to the lineup and played 22 minutes.
One step to health down,more to go!
Bonus Round
Under four minutes of ice time for Petr Vrana and Nicklas Bergfors.
If you cant find ice time for them now,then when???
Ohio State visits Illinois today in an attempt to pay the Illini ba
ck for their upset of the Buckeyes in Columbus.Juice Williams was the nemesis last year and for Illinois to pull another surprise,he will need to be so today.
Put Marcus Freeman in shadow mode on Williams and let Chris Wells run wild and things should take care of themselves.
Our prediction;
Buckeyes 28-13
Slow day,so just one note of I told you so to the Tampa Bay Lightning,who fired Barry Melrose after under a quarter of a season!
Way to go guys!
Until tomorrow
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