Defensive breakdowns haunt Devils in OT loss

The New Jersey Devils battled back from two goal deficits and several defensive breakdowns to force overtime before the Montreal Canadiens Andrei Markov scored to hand the Devils their first loss of the season 4-3 in Montreal.
Montreal led 2-0 before a Patrik Elias goal (2) cut the lead in half.
The home squad then increased the lead to 3-1 before third period goals by David Clarkson (3,five on three power play) and Dainius Zubrus (1) tied the game and allowed the Devils to leave Canada with one point on the evening.
New Jersey is off today,will travel to Boston on Tuesday before a Thursday home game against the Islanders to finish the month of January.

Hell Raisers

1) Andy Greene set up the game winner with a penalty for holding one of my least favorite players,Erik "the flopper" Cole.
Greene didn't think he held Cole,who flopped to the ice,but Peter DeBoer had no issue with the call.
I thought it could have gone either way,but Greene needed to be smarter as the referees called the game very close all game for both teams and he should have realized that if it was close,it was going to be called.....

2) Andy Greene had a bad night as his puck miscue in the first period allowed a two on one for the first goal for Montreal.
These things happen,but it is something to keep an eye on.....

3) Martin Brodeur continues his strong play despite allowing four goals.
I would go as far to say that none of the four was his fault and his defense hung him out to dry on several occasions.
I would bet,though,that Johan Hedberg will get a start against either the Bruins or Islanders....

4) Patrik Elias scored his goal deflecting a Mark Fayne shot and kept a fast start alive.
Elias is a free agent at the end of the season and his season will decide the amount of  an investment the team will put into him...

5) David Clarkson keeps his hopes of a strong season going as he too is a free agent at the end of the year.
Clarkson keeps doing the dirty work around the net,which makes him effective.
I was concerned that he might not do what he did last season and attempt to be a flashier player,thus far I am thrilled to say my concerns were for naught...

6) Clarkson filmed a new local commercial for a hockey store after a funny one last season that was shown during the game.
I think this one is even better than last season!