Devils sink Islanders 5-2

Five different Devils lit the lamp on Long Island and led the New Jersey Devils a 5-2 win over the Islanders.
After the Devils overtime loss to the Panthers (not covered due to work),the Devils have earned seven of a possible eight points over their last four games.
Devils goals to Ilya Kovalchuk (13 power play),Dainius Zubrus (7),Mattias Tedenby (5),Rod Pelley (3) and Vladimir Zharkov (1).
The Devils host Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Hell Raisers

1) Despite the Devils latest hot streak,the Devils are still six points behind the Islanders and currently are the worst team in hockey.
I am not sure how I feel about a late season run.
One way to look at things is that winning is always fun and beats watching the mess of a losing club.
On the other hand,I would hate to see a bunch of what turns out to be meaningless wins be the difference in a top three pick and a top ten pick....

2) Interesting game for Mark Fraser,who had his first ever multi-point game with two assists,fought Zenon Konopka and was beaten on both of the Islander scores.
Plenty of camera time for Fraser...

3) Finally,the first career goal for Vladimir Zharkov!
Zharkov had missed so many chances and luck came into play on a few of them,but sometimes in similar situations the players waits so long to come through that when it happens-a flood of good things happen.

4) Mattias Tedenby finally returned after a parade of scratches and scored a goal with an assist added as well.
Tedenby seemed to have the right attitude after the game as the first thing that he referred to was working more on the defensive end.
When a young player that is a noted scorer realizes what he needs to work on,a good career can be expected...

5) And glad to see former Buckeye Rod Pelley get a two point game as well.
If Pelley could ever get to the 12-15 goal mark in a season,he could eventually be a Selke award contender down the road.....

6) Matt Corrente will miss two to four weeks with a shoulder ailment suffered against Tampa on Friday.
No word on a replacement for the defenseman from Albany...

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