Frozen in the third

The New Jersey Devils collapsed in the third period,allowing three goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins turned a close game into a runaway 5-1 win in Pittsburgh.
Andy Greene scored the only Devils goal (1 shorthanded) in the second period.
The Devils travel to the beautiful Nassau Coliseum Sunday at three against the Islanders.

Hell Raisers

1) Bad backchecking is the story here.
Bad.
The Devils defenders were simply too passive against the Pittsburgh forecheck in the New Jersey zone.
The defensemen were very weak today and need to pick things up...

2) Martin Brodeur was very good in the first two periods,but not so strong in the third.
As stated,the defense was little help,as Marek Zidlicky screened his own man on one goal and Anton Volchenkov botched a clear on another...

3) Andy Greene did score shorthanded so that was something....

4) The Devils recalled Bobby Butler from Albany after the game in an attempt to inject some offense into the team or something else,maybe.

5) Sorry,I'm done for today,
The Devils played terrible and I was only able to half watch the first two at best after a wonderful day trying to get my furnace fixed.
What an awful day,but at least Art Modell didn't make the Hall of Fame,so there's your silver lining...

Photo Credt:AP