Elias scores 400th in 3-1 Devils win

Patrik Elias scored his 400th goal (7) in his Devils career as the New Jersey Devils completed their homestand with their 4th win in five game in a 4-1 win over the wobbling Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Devils remaining goals were scored by Jaromir Jagr (11 empty net),Steve Bernier (9) and Tuomo Ruutu (6) with Cory Schneider supporting in net with 33 saves.
New Jersey travels to Montreal tomorrow night,


Hell Raisers

1) Patrik Elias has not been a true top notch scorer,he has always been more of an all around player that scores some goals.
Combine that with a long career and goals will pile up,but I've always thought Patrik Elias was a class act and I'm proud to have a player like him hold our record for goals scored.
I can only hope the next guy to hold it has his type of class....

2) The Devils caught a lucky break on the first goal when a Mark Fraser dump-in hit the boards so hard that it rebounded right to Tuomo Ruutu at the side of the net to be slammed home before James Reimer had a chance to stop the puck.
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.

3) Still tired of the playoff updates.
The Devils are 10 points out of the playoffs-Get to five and I'll start listening...

4) Steve Bernier deflected an Adam Larsson shot for another goal and his ninth of the year.
You may not remember,but when Bernier was a rising young player with the Sharks and Canucks,he was considered to be a potential 30 goal scorer.
That might be asking much,but I've been telling Rachel for a while that it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Steve Bernier break out with a 20 goal season out of nowhere like David Clarkson did and make a lot of money off a resulting contract...

5) Cory Schneider's one allowed goal wasn't great,but he was otherwise excellent and other than one smack off the pipe,Schneider wasn't bailed out by anyone other than himself.
Keith Kinkaid will start against Montreal.