Late Langenbrunner goal lifts Devils to win

Jamie Langenbrunner redirected a Andy Greene shot by Antero Nittimaki with 38 seconds remaining to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Langenbrunner goal (6) came just over two minutes after a Steve Downie power play goal tied the game for the Lightning.
The Devils used the man advantage for their remaining goals from Brian Rolston (9) and Nicklas Bergfors (8).
The Devils host Detroit tonight and then have Sunday off before a Monday game against Buffalo.

Hell Raisers

1) What a bullet off the stick of Brian Rolston for the first Devil goal of the game off the faceoff win by Rob Niedermayer.
Powerful and accurate says all that I need to type....

2) 30 minutes of ice for Andy Greene,who continues to impress every night on both the offensive and defensive ends.
Could the development of Greene (if it continues) mean the Devils suddenly could make a trade involving defensemen later in the season,since the team would suddenly be dealing from a stronger depth position than expected?

3) Speaking of defensemen,Colin White missed the last half of the final period with "lower body soreness".
If White is out,it negates the return of Johnny Oduya,which is expected for tonight's game against the Red Wings.

4) Jay Pandolfo and Oduya are both expected to be activated tonight,which means at least one or two players are returning to Lowell.
Figure on one being either Matt Corrente or Mark Fraser and the other could be Vladimir Zharkov.

5) Zharkov earned his first NHL point when he assisted on Nicklas Bergfors goal and he has been impressive in his play since his recall.
Zharkov could be a contributor to the Devils as soon as later this season,although I wouldn't mind seeing him get a bit more seasoning at Lowell..

6) Both Matt Corrente and Mark Fraser must know that one of the two is headed back as both went all out to impress last night with physical play.
Corrente hammered Jamie Wright and fought evenly with Zenon Konopka,while Fraser pounded Ryan Malone after Malone whacked Patrik Elias.
Nice to see from both young blueliners...

7) The Devils were not exactly firing pucks at the net at will as they shot just 11 times on net in the first two periods.
Not enough!

Photo Credits:Andy Marlin-Getty Images