Fast start,slow finish,Devils upset Blackhawks 4-2

The New Jersey Devils stunned the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks with three first period goals and held on down the stretch for a 4-2 upset win at the Rock in Newark.
Four different Devils scored in the win as part of the balanced offense-
Travis Zajac (6),Mike Cammalleri (4),Kyle Palmeiri (4) and Lee Stempinak (3) led the Devils in the win.
Cory Schneider finished with 27 saves on the night in notching the win in net.
The Devils will host Vancouver on Sunday for their next game...

No Cavalier coverage due to the "Rachel Factor"

Hell Raisers

1) Travis Zajac continued his career resurgence with a goal and an assist.
Zajac has now scored goals in the last three games.but what I liked about the goal was his aggression.
Zajac's shot was saved by Corey Crawford,but Zajac hung in the crease,fought for the rebound and put the second chance shot by Crawford.

2) Kyle Palmieri scored once,but almost scored again when he slammed in a rebound off a Sergei Kalinin shot.
The goal was waved off when Kalinin and Chicago's Trevor Daley knocked down Scott Darling.
The Devils challenged the call and lost the challenge.
It was the first time that the Devils used the new NHL challenge system....

3) The Blackhawks were down 4-1 with over six minutes to go when they pulled goalie Scott Darling.
They would get one goal out of this tactic,but the bigger story is the Devils being unable to score .
New Jersey would get just one shot with Stephen Gionta getting the best chance,but firing wide.
The Devils could have put this game away far easier with just a little more work by the penalty killers.

4) Chicago got its first goal when a Patrick Kane shot hit off Damon Severson's back and past Cory Schneider.
Considering the other goal came with a six on five,the Devils with a little luck could have came up with a shutout win...

5) To the surprise of all,the gloves were dropped between Chicago captain Jonathan Toews and future Devils captain Adam Henrique.
It wasn't the greatest fight in the world,but the combatants tried to the horror of Rachel,who saw her hero and her favorite non-Devil going at it.
To Rachel,this must have been bigger than Mayweather-Pacquiao and as she watched,she hollered "I'm taking your picture down!" at Toews!!!