Two firsts pull Devils out of the fire

The New Jersey Devils had two players score their first goals of the season with Anssi Salmela's goal (1) in overtime being the game winner as New Jersey dropped the New York Islanders in overtime for the second time in a week by a 3-2 margin.
Jacob Josefson scored his first career goal (1) less than two minutes into the game,while David Clarkson tied the game at two (10) in the third period.
The Devils are off until Tuesday when the Devils will host the Atlanta Thrashers.


Hell Raisers

1) Nice to see Anssi Salmela finally score and he has the skills for more of this,but give Mattias Tedenby credit for a sharp pass to the breaking Salmela for the game winner.

2) Jacob Josefson's first career goal might not have been flashy,but it did get his scoring moving as he added an assist later in the game.
Josefson had his first NHL assist in the previous game against the Islanders.

3) The new line of Tedenby,Josefson and David Clarkson not only provided two goals,but style wise they seem to be a nice fit.
Clarkson's net crashing will work much better when paired with scorers that will be putting the puck on the net and creating rebounds....

4) Adam Mair was wiped out in a fight against Michael Haley and he got extra punishment as well.
Mair was pounded and after the refs were about separate them,Mair fired a cheap shot at Haley,who then pummelled Mair further....

5) Jacques Lemaire often uses five forwards on the PP and it backfired tonight with the Islanders scoring shorthanded and Brian Rolston feebly attempting to break the play.
Five forwards is high risk/high reward and these things can happen at times.

6) The Devils are now just six points out of eighth place.
I'll start considering things as possible when they get to three or four...