Devils battered by Boston

 The flickering hope that is the playoff hopes of the New Jersey Devils took a gust of air Tuesday night in Newark as the Devils were defeated by the second period flurry of the Boston Bruins and lost a 4-2 decision.
After Patrik Elias scored (16 power play) on a five on three man advantage to tie the game in the second period,the bear from Boston was awakened as the Bruins scored two goals in less than a minute to grasp a death grip on the game that they would not allow to go away.
Travis Zajac (13) scored the second Devils goal in third period garbage time.
New Jersey returns on Thursday to host Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild.
Good luck.

Hell Raisers

1) The Devils did wear their original red and green colors that they have been breaking out for St.Patrick's Day,which are always favorites of mine.
That was about the highlight of this one.

2) Well,Patrik Elias and his wrister just before the five on three expired to tie the game was pretty sweet,but it almost had the opposite affect.
Kinda of like poking a bear or bruin in this case with a stick.

3) Martin Brodeur's work ranged from brilliant to dull.
Marty made some tremendous saves,especially early in the game,but the first Boston goal and the third one that essentially put the game away from Jarome Ignila were especially weak.
Both goals wobbled through the five hole and should have been stopped.

4) Not a good night from the Devils defense.
I thought Mark Fayne had a nice game and he made a play in the first that kept Boston from having one on one near the net against Martin Brodeur,but the rest?
Andy Greene had an off night and Bryce Salvador had his typical game of skating with concrete skates among others

5) Credit for Ryane Clowe trying to incite the team with a fight.
Problem was that he picked Milan Lucic,who I described to the lovely Cherie as the league's best mix of scoring and punching since the late Bob Probert.
Not a great choice for a bout,especially for a guy with concussion issues,but he tried...

6) I hate to keep going back to the loss in Miami,but it's been one big spiral down since then.
Five points out of the wild card and seven behind for the Metropolitan third position,the playoffs are beginning to slip away.
With 13 games to play,I'd wager it's going to take a minimum of 9-4 to get into the postseason.
One word-Unlikely.