If there was one team the Islanders could beat at Nassau Colosseum and snap their 14 game losing streak, it would be the Devils. And, they managed to do exactly that Today with a 2-0 shutout win against the Devils. Joe Joensuu and Rob Schremp scored for the Islanders. The goose egg for the Devils is their 4th this season and their road power play struggles continued. It was also their third loss at Nassau Colosseum in their last four visits to Long Island, two of them were shutout loses. Last year DiPietro blanked the Devils 4-0 at Nassau, but today, he made 29 saves.
Matt Corrente missed today's game with an upper body injury and their was no word on his availability tomorrow. Olivier Magnan took his spot in the line-up and struggled as well as the Greene, Fayne pairing. The Devils only generated their best offense in the 3rd period out-shooting the Islanders 13-1 including having a 5 on 3, but failed to score any goals or generate much on it. This is not the loss to have these days especially with the surging Flyers coming in tomorrow to Prudential Center. After tomorrow, the Devils will have 4 days off before facing the Montreal Canadiens next Thursday. It seems that John MacLean's job is safe for now, or at least it is week to week. If the Devils continue struggling to score goals, trades or more call-ups could happen. Adam Henrique and Vladimir Zharkov could be up next for a call-up.
It seems highly unlikely Devils captain Jamie Langenbrunner would return tomorrow or Matt Taormina. Langenbrunner has been skating on his own and is on target for next Thursday's game against the Habs. Taormina has an ankle sprain he suffered in practice and is currently on IR.
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