Devils keep rolling in visit to Pittsburgh

The New Jersey Devils fell behind a struggling Pittsburgh team early,but then sped by the Penguins with four unanswered goals to earn a 4-1 win in the Steel City.
Devils goals to Zach Parise (9),David Clarkson (6 Empty Net),Nicklas Bergfors (5) and Andy Greene (3 Power Play).
The Devils host Washington tomorrow night at seven....

Hell Raisers

1) The win over Pittsburgh was the Devils seventh in a row and their ninth road win in a row to start the season.
A road win on Monday night over the Flyers would tie the record for most road wins to start a season held by the 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres.

2) Fair warning,the Monday game against the Flyers is a Versus game,so the coverage will be limited at best.....

3) On to last night's game and the Devils had quite a few standouts and three of them dominated the scoring as Nicklas Bergfors and Zach Parise each scored a goal and added two assists,while Travis Zajac earned three assists on the evening.The three played together most of the evening and were not only the best Devils line,but the best line from both teams on this night.

4) But for the numbers that Nicklas Bergfors put up,Jacques Lemaire was unimpressed as he pulled the Swede from the line and used David Clarkson in the slot in the third period.
Apparently the the Devil bench boss was far from thrilled with his rookies play defensively,although I didn't see any glaring issues during the game.

5) Andy Greene continues his excellent play,but here is a stat that put Greene into the Devils history books.
Greene is the first player in Devils’ history to score the game-winning goal or get an assist on the game-winner in each of five consecutive team games.
And from a defenseman no less!

Bonus Rounds

Nice all around game by Bryce Salvador,who blocked shots,harassed Penguins and was solid in a non scoresheet way.

Had to watch the Penguin feed since the game was on the NHL Network.
Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey aren't nearly as bad as Washington's Beninati/Laughlin pairing,but listening to them whine about the Penguin injury issues all night,when the Devils are similarly battered grew tiresome.
I do like watching games at the soon to be gone Igloo though.
There is something that they do to the ice or lighting there that just makes the ice glisten and shine on TV...

Photo Credits
Bergfors:Justin Aller-Getty Images
Salvador:Gregory Shamus-Getty Images