Someone breaks through...

The New Jersey Devils had won back to back games for the first time this year.
The New York Islanders had not won in the month of November and had dropped fourteen games in a row,so this one looked promised for the Devs despite historic troubles with the Islanders.
The result was a 2-0 win for the Gorton Gang breaking both streaks.
The Devils host Philadelphia today in another ice matinee and then will have until Thursday to prepare for the Montreal Canadiens at the Rock...

Hell Raisers

1) About the only bright spot in this one was Colin White's one punch KO of Bruno Gervais.
White doesn't fight much since he injured his eye,but I guess he knows a soft touch when he sees one in Gervais.


2) The Islanders scored just 92 seconds into the game and that was all that they needed.
Frankly,New Jersey looked lackadaisical and slow for two periods.
The effort and quality was improved in the third,but games aren't won with 20 minutes of effort even against the New York Islanders..

3) Five shots in the first period? Against the Islanders?
Talk about mailing it in early.
The Devils did outshoot the Islanders 13-1 in the third,but the Islanders were clearly in clock management mode by then.
Pathetic.

4) The Devils did have one chance to get back in the game with 58 seconds of a 5 on 3 man advantage and produced zero shots on goal.
That is as close as it got...

5) Not much else to write after a game like this except this- a 2-0 loss to the worst team in the league and today the division leaders are in town-lets hope for some improvement or this could get ugly.

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