Sorry this is late,but I spent most of Easter at work,so here is the makeup session.
Martin Brodeur earned his eighth shutout of the season as the Devils cruised to a 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Mount Pilot.
Devils goals to Zach Parise (36),Patrik Elias (16),David Clarkson (10 empty net) and Dainius Zubrus (9 Powerplay).
The Devils continue their road trip tomorrow in Atlanta in a big games for the Thrashers,who are fighting for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference....
Hell Raisers
1) Martin Brodeur continued his recent run of excellent play with a shutout,but I think that Carolina contributed to the shutout with a lack of offense.
Both things deserve equal credit.
2) If you want to look up the term mailing it in,the Hurricanes might have written the definition.
A lack of effort would be being far too kind to Carolina,if I was a Canes fan and paid to see this type of performance,I would be furious.
3) We mentioned recently that Anssi Salmela had not played and he still hasn't, but I forgot to mention Mark Fraser,who hadn't been seeing much action either.
Fraser did play against Carolina and led the team with nine hits on the night..
4) Jamie Langenbrunner sat the game out along with Paul Martin as part of Jacques Lemaire's plan to rest some of his veterans before the playoffs.
I am fine with that against Carolina,but the Devils should play all of the best and healthy players on Tuesday against Atlanta because that game has playoff implications for other teams.
No roll over for my teams either!!!!
5) The Atlanta game is the return of Ilya Kovalchuk to Georgia and it will be interesting to see how the fans react to him.
They could be positive for Kovalchuk putting the team on the map,but it could be negative considering the contentious contract talks.
We will see....
Photo Credit:Gregg Forwerck-Getty Images
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