Zidlicky's poor clearing attempt went straight to an open Jarred Tinordi,who's shot was then deflected by Tomas Plekanec by Johan Hedberg for the win.Peter Harrold scored the only goal for the Devils (1 powerplay).
New Jersey returns on Tuesday against the Rangers at MSG.
Hell Raisers
1) I feel terrible for Johan Hedberg,who played very well and deserved to earn the win.
I would not put either goal on the worn out Hedberg and the final one had to be all on Marek Zidlicky for a simply awful decision...
2) The Zidlicky decision was just plain dumb.
Use whatever adjective that you prefer,but Zidlicky just had to put the puck along the boards and for some reason sent it straight to the waiting and all alone Jarred Tinordi in the slot.
These things do happen,but Zidlicky seems to do them more than a long time veteran should.
3) The Devils did put more pucks on the net than usual with 33 shots against Carey Price,who was stellar in goal.
This is the first step in solving the scoring issues,but now they have to work on more muck work around the net and getting better shots from closer inside than what they are currently doing...
4) I wondered why Peter Harrold was getting power play time,but he scored the only goal,so what do I know?!
Harrold also showed the value of the visor as he took a shot to the visor that cut him,but allowed him to return to the game.
Compare that to the injury suffered by Marc Staal on a similar shot and see the amount of time that Staal will miss and the value of visors can be easily seen.
5) Jacques Caron was honored before the game for his career with the Devils family as the teams goaltending guru and his work with Martin Brodeur stands out.
Brodeur gives much of the credit for his career to Caron and we thank him for his service.
6) NHL debut for Harri Pesonen.
Pesonen wore the number of the demoted Jacob Josefson,which ticked off Rachel.
Pesonen had no say in it of course,but that mattered little to Rachel...
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