Kovalchuk gives and then takes!

Ilya Kovalchuk's defensive miscue allowed the Pittsburgh Penguins their only goal of the evening and then took their hopes for a win away with a power play goal (23) over with 24 seconds to go in overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to another two points with a 2-1 win.
Travis Zajac's second period score (10) was the other Devils goal.
New Jersey takes today off before tomorrow's afternoon game on Long Island against the Islanders,who always seem to play the Devils tough...

Hell Raisers

1) Worst part of the game?Because the game was broadcast by NHL Network,who used the Pittsburgh feed,the Devils network was blacked out.
Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey aren't quite as bad as the Washington pair,but they are pretty close.
I miss the days when Pittsburgh used the fun to listen to Mike Lange as their TV voice.
I always enjoyed Lange,who does the Penguin play by play on radio currently.....

2) The Kovalchuk misplay was only partially his fault,the linesman got in the way of Kovalchuk once and forced the pass from the corner to Kovalchuk to be placed on a bad angle in order to avoid the ref.
Bad luck,but part of the game....

3) The game winning power play was on the first penalty on Pittsburgh all game.
Of course their announcers thought it was a bad call on Zbynek Michalek for hooking Travis Zajac,but they had a choice on interference or hooking.
Either could have been called on the play....

4) Pittsburgh had plenty of shots on Martin Brodeur (26),but Brodeur never seemed in serious trouble except for the goal by Tyler Kennedy,who played very well in the loss for Pittsburgh.
Kennedy was the Penguin that seemed to be all over the ice...

5) Carolina lost to Chicago,so the Devils gained two points in the standings.
The Devils are in 12th place and nine points behind 8th place Carolina.Next on the list to pass for 11th?
Atlanta,who the Devils trail by one point and will play the Devils twice in the next ten days....

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