Love it when a plan comes together! Devils win in OT!

With under five seconds to play in overtime,Peter DeBoer called a timeout to design a play off the faceoff deep in the Florida Panthers zone.
These plays rarely result in goals,but Travis Zajac won the faceoff by topping the puck to Jaromir Jagr,who passed to the waiting Marek Zidlicky.
Zidlicky's shot then eluded the screened Tim Thomas for the game winner with two seconds left in overtime (8) for the 2-1 New Jersey win.
Michael Ryder gave the Devils the early lead with his first period goal (16) before Florida tied it in the second.
Cory Schneider earned the win with an excellent 30 save performance.
The Devils will be in Toronto tonight...

Hell Raisers

1) The game winner was drawn up by Peter DeBoer off the timeout and took perfect execution by all three players involved,but it all starts with the faceoff win by Travis Zajac.
Zajac is the Devils top faceoff man and has been winning more faceoffs than usual of late.

2) Second great game in a row from Cory Schneider,who allowed just one goal,which wasn't his fault and finished the evening with 30 saves.
Schneider was almost perfect in this one and made several excellent saves....

3) Marek Zidlicky showed the inconsistency that makes him Rachel's least favorite Devil.
Zidlicky notched the game winner,but also was involved in the Florida goal by not taking care of business on the defensive end.
Zidlicky is what he is going to be at 36 with his highs and lows,but that is what can make him so frustrating...

4) Zidlicky and Jon Merrill showed how to be befuddled by defending a 3 on 2 rush on the Nick Bjugstad goal.
Both defensemen did not exactly cover their zone,moved out of position and gave Cory Schneider no chance to make a stop...

5) The assist to Jaromir Jagr moved Jagr ahead of Mario Lemieux on the all time points list..

6) I couldn't leave without giving credit to Tim Thomas for a super game at the age of 39.
Thomas was terrific in getting Florida a point and prime Thomas was not stopping either of the Devils goals and made several spectacular saves.

I plan on being back with a look at the Saints loss in Seattle,but that may wait a day with an unexpected day of work tomorrow and more Devils action to come.