Breaks of the game

Sometime the breaks bounce your way and for the New Jersey Devils they did just that as a shattered stick on Adam Larsson's shot attempt on a power play saw the puck go straight to a waiting Petr Sykora for the games only goal (5) in a 1-0 win over the Islanders on Long Island.
Johan Hedberg had 23 saves including a penalty shot stop on Michael Grabner in the third period to lead the Devils to a shutout.
The same two teams "Hook em up" at the Rock today at 1:00....

Hell Raisers

1) Give the credit to this all to Johan Hedberg.
Hedberg was fantastic with save after save that bailed the Devils out during the game.
The shutout was the second of the season for the "Moose" and he clearly was the key reason for the win....

2) The Devils have been getting solid netminding from both Hedberg and Martin Brodeur recently.
Even though Brodeur has been strong as he gets into form,I would not be against Hedberg seeing more time than the usual PT that Brodeur's backups have seen in the past.
It might be the best thing considering the age of both players.

3) Adam Larsson made two huge mistakes that Hedberg bailed him out of and he was benched as a result.
The intercepted pass by Michael Grabner that led to the penalty shot was off a Larsson pass and earlier in the game Grabner did the same thing.
I realize it is part of the learning process,but still frustrating to watch.

4) Speaking of frustrating to watch-the Nassau Coliseum just is a tough place to watch a game from on television.The lighting was so poor that on the Islanders new jerseys (Did not care for them),I could hardly read the player names on the back.
Either get them a new arena or allow them to move,this place gets worse by the second...

5) Adam Henrique played well,but the rest of his line did little to impress.
Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk are the highest paid skaters on the team,it would be nice to see a little more production....

6) I feel for Al Montoya of the Islanders.
Every time that I have seen him play,he plays well in a close loss.
Some team is eventually going to grab Montoya and have themselves a decent little goalie....

7) Nick Palmeiri was sent to Albany and Tim Sestito called up from the A-Devils.
Sestito did see some ice time yesterday...

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