Tonight we're gonna party like it's 2003?

Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise each scored in the shootout for the only goals of the evening against either Martin Brodeur and Jean-Sebastian Giguere and the New Jersey Devils earned a 1-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche at the Rock.
Martin Brodeur made 28 saves in his second shutout of the season.
The Devils will be off Friday before a Saturday afternoon game against the Penguins on a St.Patrick's Day special that will be the Devils annual throwback uniform day.

Hell Raisers

1) Jean-Sebastian Giguere is the backup goalie for Colorado,but this rematch of goalies from the 2003 Stanley Cup finals showed both goalies at top form.
Giguere has lost much of his edge since the rule that regulated pad size went into effect,but he was more than a match for New Jersey on this night,

2) Martin Brodeur was excellent as well as both goalies repelled several shots from rushes inside the crease.
Neither goalie had to do with too many shots from the outside or breakaways,but both were peppered often from short range and made several excellent saves in keeping the other off the board..

3) Ilya Kovalchuk continued his shootout success with his goal against Giguere. Kovalchuk is now 10 of 12 on the season in the shootout...

4) The game could have ended sooner,but Jacob Josefson missed on two different chances inside the crease against Giguere,
Josefson continues to look for his first goal of the season and these misses could prove one or two things-either Josefson is awfully close to a breakthrough or is snakebitten this year...

5) The game moved very quickly and when the referees call just one penalty on each team,games tend to speed along.
Considering the game was finished in under two and a half hours and included a shootout and overtime,that is a short night...

6) Travis Zajac skated with the team today and looks to be closer to a return to action.
A return of a healthy Zajac and this team could be pretty tough in rolling threatening scoring line come playoff time...

Back later with a look at the move that the Cavaliers made and the one that they did not.

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