Devils corraled in Calgary 6-3

An awful first period by the New Jersey Devils to crawl into a four goal hole that they were never able to clear out of against the Calgary Flames in Alberta and as such lost to the Flames 6-3 in a game that saw Martin Brodeur chased from the game early in the first period.
Devils goals to Ilya Kovalchuk (16),Patrik Elias (15 power play) and Adam Henrique (13 shorthanded).
The Devils stay in province tonight against Edmonton at 9;00,which means I will see the first period and then depart for work.
If the game is close,unlike last night,when I leave,I might take the XM box so I can do some coverage.

Hell Raisers

1) Martin Brodeur allowed two soft,early goals and was pulled by Johan Hedberg after just seven and a half minutes.
The hook was not a bad one to me as Brodeur was stymied by both shots,neither of which seemed to be overly difficult.

2) The Devils shorthanded strength continued with a Adam Henrique goal.
New Jersey continues to have opportunities when a man down and continues to lead the league in shorthanded goals.

3) Speaking of Adam Henrique,the rookie finished the evening with the "Gordie Howe" hat trick of a goal,assist and a fight with Jarome Ignila.
Henrique hit Ignila cleanly,had Curtis Glencross want to fight him over it and then Ignila stepped in and fought.
Smart decision by Henrique to decide Ignila was worth removing from play for five minutes rather than Glencross.

4) I thought Adam Larsson's play has become more consistent of late and Larsson did have an assist in the game.
Larsson continues to develop,has been avoiding a huge mistake to swing a game recently and shows why he could be the defensive building block for the Devils for years...

5) I was pleased to see that the Devils hung in there and tried hard throughout the loss,twice getting to within two goals.
The second and third periods were fairly evenly played and that is encouraging to me.
All too often,teams just roll over and play out the string and the Devils did not do that.

I have not watched the Cavaliers game yet,but will be doing so this afternoon,so will try to be back later with a post.

Editor's Note-Due to a Directv mishap ( my pass was not kicked in after their free preview weekend),I did not see the Cavaliers loss in Utah.
Things have been since corrected.
I will miss the game against Phoenix,but may do the Lakers game via XM....

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