Devils wallop Winnipeg 5-1

The New Jersey Devils returned home from their road trip and promptly laid a whipping on the visiting Winnipeg Jets in a lopsided 5-1 win.
New Jersey scored the first four goals of the game before swapping goals in the final period with Winnipeg.
Devils goals to Ilya Kovalchuk (18 and 19 power play),Patrik Elias (17),David Clarkson (16) and Petr Sykora (11).
Martin Brodeur had 20 saves in the victory.
The Devils are off tomorrow before hosting the Boston Bruins in what will hopefully be a better game than the 6-1 Bruins win in the last game between the teams.

Hell Raisers

1) Ilya Kovalchuk continues his sizzling streak of scoring with two goals and an assist in the win.
The first goal for Kovalchuk and the first of the game was off a beautiful breakaway that left Chris Mason grasping at air.
A motivated Kovalchuk is a dangerous man,

2) Patrik Elias finished with a goal and two assists,but again Elias was sharper with the pass as his pass from tape to tape to David Clarkson was a perfect one.
Elias is another that has stepped his play up of late.

3) Adam Henrique missed another game with a groin pull,which is supposed to be a mild one.
I would rather the Devils show caution and have Henrique ready,even if it means a short term stay on the IR.
The team was a bit too quick to return Travis Zajac (as was Zajac reportedly) and Zajac was soon back on the IR.
I would hate to see that error happen again....

4) The Devils returned Jacob Josefson from an rehab assignment in Albany and added Brad Mills from the A-Devils as well.
Josefson is back from an ugly broken clavicle from hitting the boards hard earlier in the season.
Nick Palmeiri was returned to Albany in order to add Mills to the roster...

5) All five goal scorers finished the night with multiple points as Patrik Elias,David Clarkson and Petr Sykora each finished with an assist to go with their goals.
Balanced scoring is often the preferred way to go and keeping the load off the Parise/Kovalchuk line is going to pay dividends in the long run...

6) The Devils honored Patrik Elias before the game for his 1000th game with the team.Elias passed the number on the road trip,so this was the first chance to honor the veteran.
Elias received a jersey with Elias 1000 on it as well as a piece of artwork covering his career.

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