Finally a Devils win!

I suppose it took a return home to finally put the New Jersey Devils in the win column as the Devils scored twice in the first period and twice in the second to put away the New York Rangers 4-0 at the Rock in Newark.
Cory Schneider finished with the shutout behind 22 saves of Ranger shots.
Devils goals to Michael Ryder (3 power play), Adam Henrique (2),Dainius Zubrus (2) and Andrei Loktionov (1).
The Devils go back on the road Tuesday night against new division opponent Columbus....

Hell Raisers

1) Cory Schneider didn't have to make many difficult saves in his 22 stops,but he made the basic ones.Sounds simple,but Martin Brodeur did not do that basic task in Ottawa and it was the difference in winning and losing.
From what I have seen-for now-Cory Schneider is a better goalie than Martin Brodeur.

2) The bigger question is this-If Schneider is the better goalie for the next few months,how will Marty Brodeur handle that.
Can Brodeur be the backup and do gracefully? Interesting to ponder...

3) Rostislav Olesz was in the lineup after Patrik Elias fell ill and Olesz hit Adam Henrique with a light touch to set up Henrique's goal from the wing that beat Henrik Lundqvist.
The Henrique goal essentially put the game away and showed that the one time first rounder Olesz still has the offensive talent that can help the Devils,even on a sporadic basis...

4) More Olesz as he got in the way with a super screen on Lunqvist on the Michael Ryder power play goal.Ryder's shot was a good one,but Olesz showed good instincts by getting his butt in front of the goalie and screening him out.

5) Strong night from the defense with Andy Greene standing out to me.
I thought Greene was on screen all night with some nice hits and strong defense and showed some offensive touches as well.

6) More on the teams new goal song as the evenings "tryout song" was "Seven Nations Army" which to me makes me think of soccer ,but whatever.
The song was take or leave,but the best part was by the Ryder goal as the fans figured out where to inject a "you suck" in the song.
Being that is the issue with management to begin with,I am sure that they were thrilled with.
Considering the issues on the ice,the timing of the team worrying about the goal song looks bad...

7) One win,three teams as those three overtime losses combined with the win over the Rangers allowed the Devils to leap over the Rangers,Blue Jackets and Flyers.
See things aren't that bad!
Yet...