Greene goal staves off Wild threat in OT

The New Jersey Devils cannot afford to lose games.
They appeared to be on the verge of a collapse that would have been heartbreaking to Devils fans watching to see the returning Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild vanquished after allowing two third period goals to force overtime.
Andy Greene changed that that when he found a loose puck floating in overtime and slammed it home (8) for a 4-3 New Jersey win and two badly needed points in what appears to be a Quixotesque quest for a playoff spot.
The Devils also received goals from Jaromir Jagr (23 power play), Michael Ryder (17) and Mark Fayne (4 shorthanded) in the victory.
The Devils take today off before weekend home games against the Rangers and Maple Leafs.

Hell Raisers

1) Three assists for Patrik Elias and two for Adam Henrique,but keep in mind-just one at even strength...

2) Tim Sestito was sent from the game from an elbow from Nate Prosser and did not return.
Sestito had just been called up from Albany before the game,so not much of a return for the AHL veteran.
Prosser was given a five minute major (that Minnesota killed off) and a game misconduct.

3) Zach Parise heard boos in his return.
He should have expected them
I get asked on my opinions on Parise's leaving and here they are.
The Devils made a huge mistake in not locking him up a year or two before free agency when he might have amenable to re-signing.
Once you get to within the final year before free agency,players rarely pass on testing the sea waters/
I don't dislike Parise for leaving to play at home-I never held it against Brian Rafalski wanting to play in Detroit or Scott Niedermayer for wanting to play with his brother,I dislike him for dragging the process out when he clearly wanted to be in Minnesota and kept the Devils making a better play on replacing him.
Bye,Zach.

4) Cory Schneider was OK in goal,although the second goal by Mikael Granlund was pretty bad.
The other two goals were re-directions,so I can live with those a bit better.

5) Schneider did make the most popular play of the evening with a huge stop on Zach Parise on a breakway.
Had Parise scored there,it would have deflated what was a pretty loud crowd in Newark and taken the air out of a amped up team that hustled hard throughout...

6) Michael Ryder scored his first goal in just under two months.
Ryder said he was streaky when he was brought here,perhaps this could be a good streak just when the Devils need it...

7) Five points behind Columbus for the final Metro spot,four behind Detroit/Washington for the last wild card position with 12 games to go.I still think it's going to take 9-3 at minimum to catch someone.
Can that happen? I suppose,but it's pretty unlikely.
Giving Minnesota a point didn't hurt because of them being in the other conference,they cannot afford to do that from here on out against Eastern foes....