Devils pass Senators 2-1

The New Jersey Devils used a little late offense and a little late luck on the defensive as the Devils took a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators at the Rock in Newark.
Mike Cammalleri's goal (17) lifted the Devils to the lead with the only score of the third period with New Jersey holding off the Ottawa attack late in the game with the goalie being pulled.
Adam Henrique tied the game at one with his 13th goal of the season in the second period.
New Jersey will host Toronto Friday in the final game of a five game homestand....

Hell Raisers

1) My lord,another boring game to watch.
I'm not going to rap the Devils for playing this way in an extremely defensive style as it gives them their best (if not only) chance to win,but these games against other less than strong teams are becoming less than artistic interpretations on the ice...

2) New Jersey also received a bit of luck with seconds remaining when Ottawa's Bobby Ryan missed being able to slam home a puck into a open net.
Andy Greene and Adam Larsson both had a small part in the miss,but the biggest factor?
What the dearly missed Doc Emrick used to call "The Unseen Hand".

3) The goal by Ottawa was downright terrible as Curtis Lazar was fed a pass off an awful turnover by Marek Zidlicky.
Lazar lumbers in,tries to go to the backhand,whiffs and then as Cory Schneider attempts to put the squeeze on Lazar by taking his space away,the puck then rolled by Schneider.
These things happen,but too many bad things on one play....

4) Third straight game with under 20 shots and they come away with five points?
Lot of luck there,but they are keeping the opponents shots down too (except vs Pittsburgh),so the commitment (like it or not) is to this type of slow,defensive hockey and hope for the best.
More shots are going to be a must,if the Devils expect to defeat better teams...

5) I wrote a few days about the Devils needing a ten point sweep of this homestand to have a prayer.
So far they have gotten 7 of a possible 8.
I still think they are finished from playoff talk and I'll still take a better draft position than meaningless and boring wins over other bad teams.
12 points behind Boston for the last wild card spot-not good enough in my opinion .....