Late Rally earns Devils a point,but not two

The New Jersey Devils rallied from two separate two goal deficits and forced an overtime against the Toronto Maple Leafs before losing to the Leafs in the shootout 4-3.
The Devils received goals from Zach Parise (29),Adam Henrique (16) and Jacob Josefson (1) in the defeat that saw the Devils salvage a point from a game that looked to be solidly in the loss column.
New Jersey will return to the ice against Pittsburgh on Sunday evening....

Hell Raisers

1) Despite a less than stellar effort for most of the game,the Devils rally to give themselves one point.
The point moved the Devils ahead of seventh place Ottawa by six points for the sixth playoff position.

2) The Devils had a season high for shots on goal in the loss as the team put 46 shots on James Reimer and held Toronto to just 17.
The difference shows the defense had its lulls during the game.
Mark Fayne and Andy Greene stood around on one goal and I did not see much of an effort to clear traffic on the third goal by former Devil Dave Steckel.
Not a great night for the Devils D except for the usual two of Bryce Salvador and Anton Volchenkov.

3) Martin Brodeur struggled in the shootout as he allowed three goals by guys that were not the main Toronto shooters,but were straight from a Newark hot dog stand.
The worst part was that Brodeur was not even close to saving any of the goals.
Not having a book on these guys might have had something to do with it,but still,that bad???

4) Jacob Josefson finally broke his scoreless skid with the first Devils goal.
Josefson slipped a rebound off his own shot in the second period past James Reimer for his first goal of the season.
Hopefully,this will be the beginning of a hot streak for Josefson as sometimes a strong run follows a cold spell....

5) I am not sure if the Devils can make it work under the cap,but I am starting to come around on a return of Bryce Salvador for next season.
Salvador has played so well as of late that I am beginning to think that the Devils should try to work out a deal to bring him back for next season....

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