Quack,Quack,Mr Ducksworth

The injury plagued New Jersey Devils kept on rolling with a 3-1 home win over the Anaheim Ducks.
The Devils goals went to Jamie Langenbrunner in the first,while David Clarkson (5) and Zach Parise (8 Shorthanded) added theirs in period 2.
The victory lifts the Devils to first place in the Atlantic Division with Pittsburgh,although the Penguins have played two more games than New Jersey.
The two teams play tomorrow night in Pittsburgh.....

Hell Raisers

1) Nice job by the defense in this game.
Only Colin White's lapse in not sweeping Corey Perry away from the net before he scored the only Anaheim goal spoiled the evening....

2) Two assists for Andy Greene,who seems to be turning the corner as a passer/puck mover.
Greene has positioned himself as the top beneficiary of the injuries to Paul Martin and Johnny Oduya with his play thus far this season.

3) What a move on the David Clarkson goal by the right winger with the toe drag around James Wisnewski and then whipping the puck by Jonas Hiller.
Now that is the type of progress that I hoped to see from Clarkson,who is seeing time on both the power play and penalty kill units.


4) Six wins in a row for the Devils despite all the injuries and the team has allowed just seven goals in that span.
This run has been amazing all things considered.

5) The backbreaker for the Ducks was the Zach Parise shorthanded goal late in the second.
Jonas Hiller made the initial stop,but couldn't stop Parise from slamming the home through by the post on the followup.
The goal was the first ever for Parise shorthanded and that is because he was seldomly used on the PK in the past.
Jacques LeMaire is giving Parise time on the kill and when your faster players are on the ice,one has a better chance on shorthanded opportunities.

Bonus Round
Nice event before the game as the Devils honored the 2003 championship team and brought back some of the retired players for the evening.
Turner Stevenson,Grant Marshall,Ken Daneyko and Bob Carpenter were all in attendance.
The Devils plan to honor the 95 and 2000 champs later in the season....

Photo Credits
Clarkson:Rich Schultz-AP Photo
Parise:Andy Marlin-Getty Images