The Devils scored two goals in the first period as Ryan Carter (3) and Stephen Gionta (3) put the Devils up 2-0.
New Jersey is off until Wednesday when they play Philadelphia in a home and home series.
Hell Raisers
1) Speedy start for the Devils,not that I saw any of it!
Both goals occurred when I was returning home from Ryan's from a four game series of Strat O Matic baseball.
Sherry Ross was quite excited by the Gionta goal on the radio and replays show the goal came off a stellar Ilya Kovalchuk and a dazzling move by Gionta.
The type of goal that has been short in amount of late...
2) Johan Hedberg stepped up his game just when the Devils needed it the most.
After being pulled in Saturday's loss,Hedberg was superb as neither goal could be truly on him.
Evander Kane's goal wasn't going to be stopped by many and Andy Greene's stick could have been given the primary assist on the goal by Mark Stuart.
Excellent night by Hedberg.
3) Good night,bad night by Adam Larsson,who assisted on the Ryan Carter goal,but his fumble allowed the two on one that resulted in the Evander Kane goal.
Young players will make mistakes and I think that you have to live with them in order to get the player that you hope to see down the road...
4) Other than the one Larsson error,I thought the defense was as strong as it has been of late.
Anton Volchenkov was very good and even had a scoring chance and Andy Greene was strong as well,despite the unlucky deflection off his stick.
It seems so simple,but it's a simple adage-want your goalie to play better? Get some better play from the defensemen in front of him...
5) All wins are big wins,but this one was especially so.
Had the Devils lost this game in regulation,the Devils would have fallen out of the top eight for the playoffs.
No matter the time of season,one never wants to be on the outside looking in....
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