Turn the dimmer on,Rangers shut out Devils

In a game that the New Jersey Devils HAD to win,they didn't as the teams offensive woes continued at the Rock in a 2-0 win by the visiting New York Rangers.
The Devils put just 21 shots on net against Henrik Lundqvist with few of them being quality chances.
Martin Brodeur picked up the hard luck loss allowing just one goal on 27 Ranger shots.
Sadly,on this night-only perfection would have been enough.
The Devils host Toronto this evening.

Hell Raisers

1) Martin Brodeur was excellent in net,but the one goal that he allowed was a wicked awful angle shot by Rick Nash that was a little bit lucky,but it does seem that through the years,Marty has let his share of those nutty shots go by.
Brodeur was great last night and these things happen,but he has been vulnerable to those types of shots on occasion in the past.

2) That may describe the goal that Brodeur allowed,but it barely touches the spectacular stops that he made to allow the Devils to stay into the game with a chance until the end.
This was the best game that Brodeur played this season-it's too bad that it wasn't good enough.

3) The Devils almost tied it with 39 seconds to go when the puck was stuck under Henrik Lundqvist,but video reviews did not show that the puck went in.
It may have done so,but you just couldn't see it to KNOW so.

4) With a nick under two minutes to play,Andy Greene was called for tripping Rick Nash off a faceoff.
I thought Nash dove a bit,but I still blame Greene putting the referees in a position to make that call.

5) Just five shots in the second period?
Give the Rangers and Lundqvist credit for a good night,but the Devils lack of attempts were typical of an offensively challenged team.
Look for the Devils to make some off season moves to attempt to rectify that situation.

6) I think that's it for the playoffs.
When you give a team that you need to catch two points and you cannot even muster one,that will make it almost impossible to do and the Devils put themselves that situation.
Don't get me wrong,since the Devils are locked in at 30 in the draft's first round,I hope they win as many as possible as tanking would have no advantage,but I think any realistic chances of the postseason ended in Newark last night...