GDT: New York Rangers Vs. New Jersey Devils @ 7:30 pm EST - 2/11

GAME DAY PREVIEW
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils


TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
Time: 7:30 PM ET
Venue: Continental Airlines Arena
Nat. TV: ESPN2
Home TV: FOX NY


NY Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nyr)
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(20-24-7-4)

Vs.

New Jersey (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=njd)
http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/sml/trans/njd.gif (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=njd)
(28-15-10-1)


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- The New Jersey Devils (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=njd) try to avoid losing three straight games for the first time this season and continue their mastery over the New York Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nyr) when the Atlantic Division rivals meet on Wednesday night.

New Jersey, which is 14-9-3-1 at home this season, has been outscored, 8-1 in back-to-back defeats to Vancouver and at

Philadelphia. The Devils have not lost three in a row since December 12-18, 2002.

On Tuesday, All-Star defenseman Scott Niedermayer (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=607) scored a power-play goal just over three minutes into the third period but the Devils were defeated, 4-1, by the Flyers.

The Devils fell seven points behind first-place Philadelphia in the Atlantic.

New Jersey is 21-1-13-1 in its last 36 regular-season meetings with the Rangers. The Devils improved to 13-1-2 in their last 16 regular-season home meetings in the series with a 5-0 rout on November 15 and the teams skated to a 3-3 tie in New York on January 15.

All-Star goaltender Martin Brodeur (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=686) is 26-10-15 with five shutouts lifetime against the Rangers.

Since last facing the Devils, the Rangersare 2-8-1, including a 2-5-0 mark since acquiring Jaromir Jagr (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=35) from Washington on January 23.

Jagr has four goals with the Rangers and scored twice last Wednesday, when New York blew a third-period lead and suffered a 4-3 home loss to the Minnesota Wild (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=min).

Mike Dunham (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1331), who spent parts of two seasons as a backup to Brodeur before selected by the Nashville Predators (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nas) in the 1998 expansion draft, stopped just 18 of 22 shots and is 1-5-2 in his last eight decisions.

The Rangers, who have missed the playoffs in six straight seasons, are nine points behind the New York Islanders (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nyi) for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. New

York also trails Florida by one point and Buffalo by three.

New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils

<table width="420" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" colspan="6" align="center" height="18">2003-2004 SEASON SERIES</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4"><td>DATE</td><td>LOC</td><td>RESULT</td><td>HI POINTS</td><td>HI GOALS</td><td> </td> <!-- <TD>WINNING GOALIE</td> --></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Nov. 15</td><td align="left">at Njd</td><td align="left">NJD 5 NYR 0 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=231115011) </td><td align="left">Niedermayer (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=607) 3</td><td align="left">5 tied with 1</td><!--game.gameId = 231115011--> <!--gameAStats = [Lespn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieGame;@226 31d--> <!--gameBStats = [Lespn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieGame;@29a ec3--> <!--gameAStats[0] = espn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieImpl@54422 e--> <!--gameBStats[0] = espn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieImpl@37acc 6--> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Jan. 15</td><td align="left">at NYR</td><td align="left">NJD 3 NYR 3 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240115013) </td><td align="left">2 tied with 2</td><td align="left">6 tied with 1</td><!--game.gameId = 240115013--> <!--gameAStats = [Lespn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieGame;@3e5 e97--> <!--gameBStats = [Lespn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieGame;@602 ac4--> <!--gameAStats[0] = espn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieImpl@706bf 9--> <!--gameBStats[0] = espn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyGoalieImpl@39a71 8--> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4"><td>DATE</td><td>LOC</td><td>TIME</td><td>AWAY TV</td><td>HOME TV</td><td>NAT TV</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Feb. 11</td><td align="left">at Njd</td><td align="left">7:30 PM ET</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">FOX NY</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Feb. 21</td><td align="left">at NYR</td><td align="left">1:00 PM ET</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">MSG</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Mar. 15</td><td align="left">at NYR</td><td align="left">7:00 PM ET</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">MSG</td><td align="left">ESPN2</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left">Mar. 30</td><td align="left">at Njd</td><td align="left">7:30 PM ET</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">FOX NY</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> </tbody> </table>


<!--team head to head stats--> <!--divOff = [Lespn.sports.hockey.data.StatHockeyTeamSeason;@78f a96--> <table width="420" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#0b64a7" class="verw10">TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON</td></tr><tr valign="bottom"><td colspan="5" align="center" height="20" class="verb10">Key: http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif NY Rangers http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif New Jersey</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Avg. Goals For</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 2.6 (11)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 2.3 (22)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Avg. Goals Against</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 2.9 (26)</td></tr><tr><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 1.9 (1)</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="10"><spacer type="block" width="10"></td><td><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Avg. Shots For</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 30.1 (4)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 29.2 (10)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Avg. Shots Against</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 29.4 (22)</td></tr><tr><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 24.5 (2)</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="10"><spacer type="block" width="10"></td><td><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Power Play Pct.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 14.1 (25)</td></tr><tr><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 15.5 (16)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="14" class="verb10"> Penalty Kill Pct.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_dark.gif 80.7 (27)</td></tr><tr><td>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/mlb/playoffs2000/story_page/arrow.gif</td><td class="verb10">http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/ncf/ncf_light.gif 86.3 (3)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody> </table>

<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="501"> <tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="left">TEAM</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">W</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">L</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">T</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">OTL</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">PTS</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">HOME</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">ROAD</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">EAST</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">WEST</td><td bgcolor="#0b64a7" height="18" align="right">DIV</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left"> NY Rangers</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">11-11-3-4</td><td align="right">9-13-4-0</td><td align="right">15-16-5-3</td><td align="right">5-8-2-1</td><td align="right">7-2-1-1 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left"> New Jersey</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">67</td><td align="right">14-9-3-1</td><td align="right">14-6-3-0</td><td align="right">22-10-7-1</td><td align="right">6-5-3-0</td><td align="right">9-4-2-1 </td></tr> </tbody> </table>
<table width="501" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="248"><table border="0" width="245" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#0b64a7" class="verw10" align="center">NY RANGERS
5 Game Log</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Date</td><td class="verb10">Opp.</td><td class="verb10">Score</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Feb. 4</td><td class="verb10">vs. Minnesota</td><td class="verb10">L 3-4 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240204013)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Feb. 2</td><td class="verb10">vs. Vancouver</td><td class="verb10">W 4-3 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240202013)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Jan. 31</td><td class="verb10">at Buffalo</td><td class="verb10">L 1-3 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240131002)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Jan. 30</td><td class="verb10">vs. Buffalo</td><td class="verb10">L 1-3 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240130013)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Jan. 28</td><td class="verb10">vs. Washington</td><td class="verb10">L 1-2 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240128013)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="verb10" align="center">COMPLETE SCHEDULE (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teamsched?team=nyr)</td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="5"><spacer type="block" width="5"></td> <td width="248"> <table border="0" width="245" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#0b64a7" class="verw10" align="center">NEW JERSEY
5 Game Log</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Date</td><td class="verb10">Opp.</td><td class="verb10">Score</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Feb. 10</td><td class="verb10">at Philadelphia</td><td class="verb10">L 1-4 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240210015)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Feb. 5</td><td class="verb10">vs. Vancouver</td><td class="verb10">L 0-4 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240205011)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Feb. 3</td><td class="verb10">vs. Ottawa</td><td class="verb10">W 2-1 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240203011)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Jan. 31</td><td class="verb10">at St. Louis</td><td class="verb10">W 4-1 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240131019)</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Jan. 29</td><td class="verb10">at Detroit</td><td class="verb10">L 2-5 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=240129005)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="verb10" align="center">COMPLETE SCHEDULE (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teamsched?team=njd)</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody> </table>
<table width="501" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="248"><table border="0" width="245" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" bgcolor="#0b64a7" class="verw10" align="center">NY RANGERS STATISTICS</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Forwards</td><td class="verb10">G</td><td class="verb10">A</td><td class="verb10">Pts</td><td class="verb10">+/-</td><td class="verb10">PIM</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">B. Holik (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=267)</td><td class="verb10">14</td><td class="verb10">24</td><td class="verb10">38</td><td class="verb10">18</td><td class="verb10">66</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">A. Kovalev (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=518)</td><td class="verb10">11</td><td class="verb10">26</td><td class="verb10">37</td><td class="verb10">0</td><td class="verb10">40</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Defensemen</td><td class="verb10">G</td><td class="verb10">A</td><td class="verb10">Pts</td><td class="verb10">+/-</td><td class="verb10">PIM</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">B. Leetch (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=13)</td><td class="verb10">10</td><td class="verb10">16</td><td class="verb10">26</td><td class="verb10">-7</td><td class="verb10">20</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Malakhov (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=351)</td><td class="verb10">3</td><td class="verb10">13</td><td class="verb10">16</td><td class="verb10">-1</td><td class="verb10">47</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Goaltending</td><td class="verb10">W</td><td class="verb10">L</td><td class="verb10">T</td><td class="verb10">GAA</td><td class="verb10">SV%</td></tr> <!--p.playerId = 1177--> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Markkanen (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2886)</td><td class="verb10">8</td><td class="verb10">8</td><td class="verb10">1</td><td class="verb10">2.58</td><td class="verb10">.915</td></tr> <!--p.playerId = 237--> <!--p.playerId = 494--> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" class="verb10" colspan="6">COMPLETE STATISTICS (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teamstats?team=nyr)</td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="5"><spacer type="block" width="5"></td> <td width="248"> <table border="0" width="245" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" bgcolor="#0b64a7" class="verw10" align="center">NEW JERSEY STATISTICS</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Forwards</td><td class="verb10">G</td><td class="verb10">A</td><td class="verb10">Pts</td><td class="verb10">+/-</td><td class="verb10">PIM</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">P. Elias (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1389)</td><td class="verb10">20</td><td class="verb10">22</td><td class="verb10">42</td><td class="verb10">8</td><td class="verb10">16</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">S. Gomez (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1844)</td><td class="verb10">5</td><td class="verb10">24</td><td class="verb10">29</td><td class="verb10">-4</td><td class="verb10">48</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Defensemen</td><td class="verb10">G</td><td class="verb10">A</td><td class="verb10">Pts</td><td class="verb10">+/-</td><td class="verb10">PIM</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Niedermayer (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=607)</td><td class="verb10">9</td><td class="verb10">22</td><td class="verb10">31</td><td class="verb10">9</td><td class="verb10">30</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">Rafalski (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1911)</td><td class="verb10">4</td><td class="verb10">23</td><td class="verb10">27</td><td class="verb10">-2</td><td class="verb10">14</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccccc4" align="right"><td align="left" class="verb10">Goaltending</td><td class="verb10">W</td><td class="verb10">L</td><td class="verb10">T</td><td class="verb10">GAA</td><td class="verb10">SV%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#ecece4"><td align="left" class="verb10">M. Brodeur (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=686)</td><td class="verb10">25</td><td class="verb10">16</td><td class="verb10">9</td><td class="verb10">1.97</td><td class="verb10">.919</td></tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" class="verb10" colspan="6">COMPLETE STATISTICS (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teamstats?team=njd)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody> </table>

Without Rheaume, the Rangers are done. :p Expect Marty to bounce back after last night, but not so sure about players like White, with NYR agitators like Simon, Barnaby, etc. Rangers are good at drawing retaliatory penalties, so look for them to pick on Brown, Gomez. Hopefully, tonight's theme is discipline. Albelin should get the night off, if Hale is ready. Igor should be in, scratch Rasmussen. deVries and Poti are due back.

Devils 3(Pandolfo, Larionov, Rafalski)
NYR 1(Holik)

Nothing like a little Ranger tonic to make for a pleasurable evening. I like the 3-1 prediction, with goals from Elias (2) and Rafalski.

It seems from the Yahoo! boxscore the Rangers are dressing two fewer players tonight.

Edit: Ignore this point. Rosters are even now. HF is still slow though...

BTW, if HFBoards slow for everyone right now? (It's very slow over here...)

It seems from the Yahoo! boxscore the Rangers are dressing two fewer players tonight.


BTW, if HFBoards slow for everyone right now? (It's very slow over here...)

Same here. Just us Devils fans slowing down the pace of the board. It's defensive posting.

Burns has Stevenson on the checking line.

Dale Purinton called for a roughing. Devils on the PP. Niedermayer almost took it all the way home on the play.

Poti scores on the PP right before it ends from just inside the blue line. Devils had a goal waived off prior to this when Langenbrunner made contact with Dunham.

Gionta hits the crossbar. Brodeur makes a great save. Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Where is this team going? Can't score, can't defend, Bad PP, Bad PK...am I missing anything?

Our D is suffering... You just don't see teams get chances like these against us... We're only one period in, and there's been about three games of overall and defensive mistakes.


Including this one at the buzzer that could make it 2-0.

Brodeur stones Jagr right before the period ends. Mironov's goal should count.

Look at Paul Martin picking his ass next to Marty on that replay. That's a goal for sure.

Where is this team going? Can't score, can't defend, Bad PP, Bad PK...am I missing anything?
Checking line out of synch, lack of scoring from the defense, no bone crushing hits, and no fights.

Checking line out of synch, lack of scoring from the defense, no bone crushing hits, and no fights.

Gee, I wonder what Scott Stevens means to this team.

15 GA in the last 5 games. Probably 2 tonight already. :lol: GG...more like noob game! Terrible.

Look at Paul Martin picking his ass next to Marty on that replay. That's a goal for sure. Martin's been pretty rough for the last few games. I'm getting really frustrated with his play as of late. All of his AP game shots are gonna be of him looking at the back of the net if you go by tonights and last nights games.

Martin's been pretty rough for the last few games. I'm getting really frustrated with his play as of late.

I would be surprised if he's feeling the burnout factor. Stevens is out, Hale is in and out, Albelin & Brown don't see a lot of game action. NJ is depending on Rafalski and Niedemayer to make the sound defensive plays. White is an enigma. I remember the 1-0 victory vs. Toronto, Martin played something like 21 mins. :eek:

Martin's been pretty rough for the last few games. I'm getting really frustrated with his play as of late.


Seriously, it's one thing to get outhustled, or even be defeated by a superior play/player... But for a defenseman with a Devils logo on his chest to just STAND THERE by the net with at least two seconds to go when the opposing team is attacking is pityful. Just pityful.

Burns better not have a voice by the time the 2nd period starts.

I say we call DeMarchi up from the AHL, he is basicly the same player Hale is with less offense and less overall potential.

I say we call DeMarchi up from the AHL, he is basicly the same player Hale is with less offense and less overall potential.

Yeah, it couldn't hurt. Right now, NJ has too many offensive d-man trying to make defensive plays. Obviously White is a total failure right now...

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="yspwhitebg"> <tbody><tr class="yspsctbg" align="right"><td colspan="2" height="18" class="ysptblhdr" align="left">Scoring Summary</td> <td width="18%" class="ysptblhdr"> </td> </tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" height="18" class="yspdetailttl"> 1st Period</td> </tr> <tr><td width="20%" valign="top"> NY Rangers</td><td width="75%">13:32, Tom Poti 8 (power play) (Brian Leetch)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td width="20%" valign="top"> NY Rangers</td><td width="75%">19:59, Boris Mironov 3 (Jaromir Jagr, Bobby Holik)</td></tr></tbody> </table>
Shots on goal
NJ 7
NYR 9

Faceoffs
NJ 7
NYR 12

Power Play
NJ 0 for 1
NYR 1 for 2

For the record, I was the one that voted for Rags in regulation for the poll question. I was going to say something about losing streaks this year compared to last, but I think I'd rather get my mind off the Devils for a week or ten.

"We've got to get ourselves straight," Langenbrunner said. "We're not playing very well lately. We've been getting beat pretty bad. We're a team that usually gives itself a chance to win every night, but we're not doing that right now.

Time to turn this game around one shift at a time. Burns looks RIPPED as he rightly should.

If Stevens can't come back I say we go with the flow, he is too important a part of our team to replace and I don't like our chances without him. I am not ready to gut our future in order to improve our chances to win the cup.

Marshall in the box. Rangers back on the PP.

holy &%$#

holy &%$#
Brown beaten like a rented mule. Rangers score on the wraparound.

well this will be the third game in a row we've lost before the 3rd period even starts

Brown beaten like a rented mule. Rangers score on the wraparound.

Thank you. After seeing that I couldn't even describe the basics, I'm in such shock right now.

Pull Brodeur. Start Ahonen for a game!

I haven't been this upset about hockey in months. I can't even get into it.

Spike TV is sounding pretty good right now with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Special shows coming up at 9pm est.

So Lou, how's that goal differential BS working out?

Niedermayer denied again with a point blank shot.

Turner Stevenson scores playing on a line with Elias. Way to follow through on the rebound.

Well this is a start. Still plenty of time to get 2 seeing as we've tightened up the D a tad...

So Lou, how's that goal differential BS working out?

Lou has some tough choices to make in the coming weeks.

1. Does he make a trade for a top 3 d-man?
2. Does he hope Stevens returns and make a trade for a forward?
3. Does he do nothing and just toss the season because Stevens is out?
4. Fire the coach?


:dunno:

Lou has some tough choices to make in the coming weeks.

1. Does he make a trade for a top 3 d-man?
2. Does he hope Stevens returns and make a trade for a forward?
3. Does he do nothing and just toss the season because Stevens is out?
4. Fire the coach?


:dunno:

I'm guessing it will be some variation of 3...he won't give up on the season, but he won't get anybody that will get this team past the first round.

Gionta lands a good punch on Barnaby - LOL!

Holik's clothesline on Pandolfo was about as blatant as it gets when it comes to obstruction. No hope of the calls going NJ's way right now with this team struggling. They are going to have to do this at even strength from the looks of things.

Holik's clothesline on Pandolfo is about as blatant as it gets. No hope of the calls going NJ's way right now with this team struggling.

Sigh...if Holik was a Devil => penalty box is that way Holik....

Gionta lands a good punch on Barnaby - LOL!


Ahhh what would we do without our enforcer out there... :p

Lou has some tough choices to make in the coming weeks.

1. Does he make a trade for a top 3 d-man?
2. Does he hope Stevens returns and make a trade for a forward?
3. Does he do nothing and just toss the season because Stevens is out?
4. Fire the coach?


:dunno: If I'm Lou, I do number 2 above banking on how durable a player Scott Stevens has proven himself to be over the course of his professional hockey career. Coming into this season we were all marvelling over how few games he's missed to date. Its truly a remarkable ironman kind of story when you reflect on how incredible he is playing through pain and sickness. His threshhold for pain has to be off the charts. I think it would take close to an act of god to keep him out of the lineup come postseason myself. Skip number 1 and deal instead for a #4-5 defender for depth.

Number 3, I can't see him standing pat doing nothing as he's a GM who has made a name for himself rebuilding and fine tuning while winning the ultimate prize in hockey.

4. is still way too soon. A 3 game losing streak (potentially) is pretty bad news for us, but its because we're spoiled pretty bad watching a team as consistent as the Devils are imo. If GM's fired their coaches everytime a team lost 3 games in a row, we'd be watching Spongebob Square Pants coaching in the NHL.

Madden to Pandolfo and Dunham shuts him down. Brodeur with some good saves. I like how he's not taking any crap in the crease with all the bodies bumping into him as often as they do. Primeau and Amonte last night were always parking themselves right next to Marty. Tonight the Rangers forwards are all making a point of doing the same thing.

Pando shaken up. Not good news.

Madden to Pandolfo and Dunham shuts him down. Brodeur with some good saves. I like how he's not taking any crap in the crease with all the bodies bumping into him as often as they do. Primeau and Amonte last night were always parking themselves right next to Marty. Tonight the Rangers forwards are all making a point of doing the same thing.

There really isn't a guy to be feared anymore now that Stevens is out. Daneyko wasn't the most talented guy out there, but we now see how important his role was. Sigh...White and Brown...

Pando shaken up. Not good news.

...this cannot be good. [Don't call up Darby :( ]

Martin limps off to the bench after taking a slapshot off the foot.

Edit: Both Paul Martin and Jay Pandolfo are out there right now playing regular shifts.

Martin limps off to the bench after taking a slapshot off the foot.

Unthinkable <= the bringer of bad news. :p :cry:

Pandolfo is a LW and I would think Pihlman would be our first callup, Giroux/DeMarchi on defense. As a franchise we are pampered, imagine if we had it as bad as Chicago.

Not sure how Grant Marshall avoided a penalty on that last shift. He grabbed Mironov and threw him down to the ice!

Langenbrunner hits the post all alone in front of Dunham. Stop me if you've... ah screw it.

Langenbrunner hits the post all alone in front of Dunham. Stop me if you've... ah screw it.

:lol: It seems they can't do anything right at the moment.

Why do we always face goaltenders that have career or season best games against us?

Why do we always face goaltenders that have career or season best games against us?

Why does NJ make goaltenders look like Vezina winners? :dunno:

Why does NJ make goaltenders look like Vezina winners? :dunno:
Seriously. Nittybukake was a wall against us last night. Tonight Dunham is vintage Hasek.

Feb 14 Carolina
Feb 15 Los Angeles
Feb 17 Minnesota
Feb 19 Washington
Feb 21 NY Rangers
Feb 22 Calgary
Feb 25 Buffalo
Feb 27 Atlanta

The Devils can start making up for the fiasco of these last 3 games with this stretch of sub-par teams, and maybe they can allow 2 goals or less for a change, and get at least ONE shutout. Remember that talk about breaking the goals against record? Don't think we'll hear much about that again this year.

Feb 14 Carolina
Feb 15 Los Angeles
Feb 17 Minnesota
Feb 19 Washington
Feb 21 NY Rangers
Feb 22 Calgary
Feb 25 Buffalo
Feb 27 Atlanta

The Devils can start making up for the fiasco of these last 3 games with this stretch of sub-par teams, and maybe they can allow 2 goals or less for a change, and get at least ONE shutout. Remember that talk about breaking the goals against record? Don't think we'll hear much about that again this year.

If this is the Devils team of the past 2 years, as a NJ fan, I fear these games. This team goes MIA against teams they 'should' beat.

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~lthomas/loser.jpg

Phew...glad that game is over. I thought it could've been another rough one.... :o

Hmm, let's see. I have a midterm in my least favourite class tomorrow, the Devils just got spanked for the third straight game against teams I hate, the league is trying to implement a new rule intended to take away a big part of Brodeur's game....and I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but this has been an unspeakably awful week.

That sucked twice as much as last night's loss to the Flyers...and that one REALLY sucked.
}:-(>
But the good news is...hold on...(shuffling through my papers)...uh...well, it appears there is no good news.
At least this one is over.