Since this is two days late,I'll keep this post short as I will the follow up post on the Cavaliers loss from Saturday as well...The New Jersey Devils lost their second straight game to a quality team at the Rock in a row with a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The newest Devil (at that time) Alexei Ponikarovsky scored the only Devils goal (8) off a deflected shot of Adam Larsson's.
The Devils will finish off the first half tomorrow night against Buffalo before taking a week off for the All-Star game and "professional days...
Hell Raisers
1) Alexei Ponikarovsky's goal highlighted his first game as a Devils after being obtained from Carolina for minor league defensemen Joe Sova and a fourth round draft pick.
Ponikarovsky should help the third or fourth line's scoring pop a bit and the cost was not prohibitive,so I am on board with the pickup.
2) The Devils sent Mattias Tedenby to Albany before the game to make space for Ponikarovsky after a disappointing season for the Swede.
Tedenby had scored just one goal and perhaps a stint in Albany will wake up Tedenby's offensive game..
3) New Jersey returned Steve Zalewski to the A-Devils and added defenseman Peter Harrold to the team from the AHL unit.
The Devils were down to just six defensemen with their latest injury hits and needed someone with NHL experience to fill the seventh slot.
Harrold was the choice as he had NHL time with the Los Angeles Kings...
4) The disappointment in the loss for me was allowing two power play goals.
The Devils penalty killers has dropped in status a bit lately as the team has allowed nine PP goals in the last 12 games...
5) The other downside for the special teams was an anemic 0 for 6 on the power play.
The Devils just cannot seem to get things going on the power play and in this game looked even more out of sync than usual..
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