The New Jersey Devils looked like a very angry team out for vengeance tonight after being shutout 1-0 on Sunday afternoon against the Islanders. Ilya Kovalchuk scored in the first minute of play and that basically set the tone for the game. Although the Rangers won the second period battle after tying the game a 1 on a goal by Derek Stepan, the Devils won the eventual war.
David Clarkson scored off his pads on a hard Petr Sykora shot and Ryan Carter sealed the deal minutes later. Patrik Elias added an empty netter for good measure. Shots were 29-26 Devils. In fact, the Devils had more shots than the two teams had combined in last Monday's game at the Garden, which favored the Rangers 15-13 for a total of 28. Martin Brodeur was stellar in net making 25 saves for the victory.
Usually, in past years when the Devils surrender a lead to the Rangers, they collapse and fall apart, but tonight was not the case. The Devils fought hard both in the fighting department and on the scoreboard. Ryan Carter fought Brandon Dubinsky of the Rangers, even so knocked him out of the game. Cam Janssen fought John Scott. Both scraps were key to Devils momentum. All in all a very good effort from the Devils. In my opinion, Jacob Josefson, Ryan Carter and Marek Zidlicky had their best games as Devils.
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