Devils robbed by Toronto in loss to Islanders

With just five seconds to go and a faceoff upcoming,it looked like the New Jersey Devils needed a miracle to tie the New York Islanders,but for a few minutes,it looked like the Devils had pulled their miracle out of the sky when Zach Parise's net rush slid the puck beneath Al Montoya for the game tying goal.

However,the video replay bunch in Toronto overruled the call on the ice with the ruling that Parise had kicked the puck in,disallowing the goal and handing the Devils a 3-2 defeat.
The Devils received goals from Adam Henrique (5) and Adam Larsson (2) in the loss.
The Devils are off until Wednesday,when they travel to Colorado.
Likely light coverage on that one with a 9:30 start and being a work night for me.

Hell Raisers

1) Clearly,a bad call on the Parise play.
The puck did hit Parise's skates to elude Montoya,but I failed to see the "Discernible kicking motion" that is needed to overrule a call on the ice.
This one hurts because it cost the Devils at least one point and possibly two in the standings..

2) Ilya Kovalchuk had assists on both Devils goals,but his sloppy play continues as he was responsible for handing the puck to Michael Grabner to cruise in for the game winning shorthanded goal.
Kovalchuk has so much talent,but he is (to me) a very frustrating player to watch when he struggles...

3) Kovalchuk also earned a misconduct penalty for complaining about an uncalled high stick on John Tavares.
The timing was bad as with under six minutes to go,the Devils had to kill a penalty instead of trying to tie the game.

4) That play was the second time in the home and homes that John Tavares had been a bit dirty and had the play not been called a penalty.
Friday,Tavares slashed Zach Parise,which was not ruled a penalty,but earned him a 2.500 dollar fine.
That stuff makes me laugh-no penalty,but don't do that....

5) The Grabner goal was the fifth shorthanded goal allowed by the Devils this season.
The PP has almost been a disadvantage between not scoring and allowing goals.
Can you decline a penalty in hockey?/

6) Another great game by Martin Brodeur,who made a save on Grabner earlier in the game and on the Kyle Okposo rebound that saw Marty cartwheel and then catch the puck while down on his side.
That will surely go into the career retro highlight package for sure!

7) As bad as the power play has been,that is how good the penalty killers have been.
If there is one thing that I would applaud for yeoman work this season-it goes to that unit...

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