Whatever energy the Devils lacked yesterday on Long Island was there today against a highly octane explosive Flyers unit. Johan "Moose" Hedberg made 40 saves in the effort to lead the Devils to a shootout victory over the Flyers as the Devils for now avenged that playoff defeat. The Flyers outshot the Devils 41-25 in the game and 31-14 in the 2nd period though overtime including 14-5 in the 3rd period, but Hedberg stood tall.
Adam Mair gave the Devils a 1-0 lead 11:49 into the 1st period. However, Danny Briere connected on a power play goal at 8:38 in the 3rd period to tie the game at 1. The Flyers dominated the Devils in the third period, but the Devils kept competing and fighting something they did not do until the third period yesterday afternoon against the Islanders.
In the shootout, Kovalchuk and Tedenby missed their attempts for the Devils as did Claude Giroux, Danny Briere, and Mike Richards for the Flyers. Nikolai Zherdev scored the first shootout goal during the session for the Flyers, but Jason Arnott tied it up for the Devils and Mike Richards hit the left post. With the game on his stick, Travis Zajac scored to seal the win for the Devils and Johan Hedberg.
Ilya Kovalchuk played well today, but did not score. He had 8 shots on goal, but lost the puck in overtime, which could have been a goal had it stayed in his stick. Though, the Devils were 0-3 on the power play, it was very eventful as they had a bunch of chances. They had a very good first period with 11-10 shot advantage.
Patrik Elias was out today, because his wife is expected to give birth any moment right now, so hopefully after this, he can rekindle his scoring touch. Matt Taormina was placed in IR retroactive to 11/12 against Edmonton. Great win for Devils today.
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