GDT: Devils - Penguins (St.Patrick's Day)

Scott Clemmensen will be in goal. Time for some Kool-Aid.

Go Devils! :handclap:

the Kool-Aid (green) is working so far.

1-0 Devils (Friesen)

edit: assists to Kozlov (1st point as a Devil) and Brylin.

wow, great start!!

2-0 Devils, goal by Niedermayer.

This is pretty impressive. Pittsburgh has been playing some good hockey lately. Great start!

Scary, ESPNews has us listed as the #7 seed by virtue of Montreal having more wins as a higher tie breaker than us having games in hand.

Scary, ESPNews has us listed as the #7 seed by virtue of Montreal having more wins as a higher tie breaker than us having games in hand.

Being 6,7, or 8 this year means the same thing. Every division leader is strong this year unlike years past. The key is to be a 4 or 5 seed. This is the tightest East race I can remember since '96.

as a side note to Kozlov's 1st point as a Dev...

Berglund's playing his 1st game for the Cats vs the Isles tonight, but his squad stinks so far, conceding 2 goals, 16 shots and they're only mid-way through the first stanza...eek, welcome to Florida Bergy.

A game that I can actually watch! So far so good too, 3-0, Friesen looking for the hat trick, hopefully Elias can pot some goals too.

3-0, another goal for Friesen :D

edit: and another point for Kozlov. I'm pretty happy with our new additions so far.

Man, in only his second game, Kozlov has been great. We get Frisen going and Madden line starts lighting it up, maybe we can outscore teams in the Playoffs. LOL

Now that the game is pretty much over, we need to give Elias some good chances... :p

Madden scores. Nice shot.

Madden is hot. You know . . . as a scorer.

Madden is hot. You know . . . as a scorer.
;)

Madden is hot. You know . . . as a scorer.

Sure that's what you meant ... :lol:

In the last 18 games including this one the Devils have scored 59 goals and counting. Not bad.

Woah ... Elias almost scores ...


Paul Martin scores. :D

5-0. Martin scores.

this is brutal for Caron.

edit: and Caron gets the axe. Brochu in goal.

EDIT: 6-0. Kozlov?

What an butt whoopin 6-0.Im a guessing Olzyck should call a time out

Kozlov :D:D

This may be the worst game I have seen all year

What an butt whoopin 6-0.Im a guessing Olzyck should call a time out

He already used it like 3 minutes in when it was 2-0.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

So, was picking up Kozlov a good move?

One goal and 3 assists tonight for the new #22. Oh, MAN, I'm loving this.

EDIT: Is 9 possible? Can the Devils sign Randy McKay before the 3rd and see if he can score 4 goals?

He already used it like 3 minutes in when it was 2-0.

He should fake a seizure.Horrible just Horrible why couldn't they play this way in Toronto a couple days ago.Expect the game to get chippy

Wow

I'm really hoping that the one thing we can take away from this game is some immediate chemistry between Kozlov, Brylin and Freeze. Hopefully this will carry forward into the playoffs, cause we sure will need them.

Wow

I'm really hoping that the one thing we can take away from this game is some immediate chemistry between Kozlov, Brylin and Freeze. Hopefully this will carry forward into the playoffs, cause we sure will need them.

Hopefully Gionta will be healthy by the playoffs too. Then the Devils will have TWO offensive threats. The EGG line and the..uh...FKB line. Wow, that second name isn't good...

He should fake a seizure.Horrible just Horrible why couldn't they play this way in Toronto a couple days ago.Expect the game to get chippy

maybe they did play this bad. Just kidding.

How funny would this be to score 7 or 8 goals and not have a single point registered by Gomez or Elias?

Reality Check: The Devils get the first power play and...don't score. I guess some things don't change, huh?

Reality Check: The Devils get the first power play and...don't score. I guess some things don't change, huh?

Probably not too motivated to work hard on the power play right now.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

CLEMMENSEN ROBBED SIM!

I have nothing but bad feelings for that bad pass that got intercepted.

maybe they did play this bad. Just kidding.
:joker:

that's brutal.

good save by Clemmensen, btw.

Berglund's playing his 1st game for the Cats vs the Isles tonight, but his squad stinks so far, conceding 2 goals, 16 shots and they're only mid-way through the first stanza...eek, welcome to Florida Bergy.

Update on that. Florida now leads the Islanders 4-2. No points for Berglund, though he is a +1. On a more interesting note: Luongo has faced 39 shots so far, DiPietro has only faced...12.

Kozlov is padding his stats. :p

Scoring lots is great, but let's remember...they are the Penguins. It does make you wonder what this NJ team is capable of doing with a healthy lineup.

Friesen-Kozlov-Brylin :handclap:

Edit: Paul Martin...wow! It is a shame he'll be passed over for the Calder. He's a rookie, playing big minutes, and acting as he #2 d-man right now on this team. :yo:

Update on that. Florida now leads the Islanders 4-2. No points for Berglund, though he is a +1. On a more interesting note: Luongo has faced 39 shots so far, DiPietro has only faced...12.

make that 4-2 Cats upon close of the 2nd...nice turnaround from a 2-zip deficit...Bergy about 3rd or 4th last among fwds with around 6:30 of game time...easing him in slowly i guess

It'll be a shame if Elias and/or Gomez doesn't get any points tonight. Elias has got the moves, the goalie has just been...there for it.

It'll be a shame if Elias and/or Gomez doesn't get any points tonight. Elias has got the moves, the goalie has just been...there for it.

a shame indeed...but i'll settle for patty going pointless for one night if the flip-side is freeze waking up from his offensive slumber, and kozlov acquitting himself with his new buddies with a 4 point night :rolly:

A PK without Neidermayer, this is going to hurt.

:madfire:

A PK without Neidermayer, this is going to hurt.

The pain...inflicted. Penguins score on a bang-bang play. Tarnstrom to Hussey redirecting it in.

A PK without Neidermayer, this is going to hurt.

Wow. When was the last time neither Stevens, Neidermayer, Rafalski, White were on the PK? :eek:

Wow. When was the last time neither Stevens, Neidermayer, Rafalski, White were on the PK? :eek:

1991

1991

:lol:

:lol:
ICX!! where have you been?

Im very disappointed with new jersey they didn't score in over 30 minutes ;)

EDIT: Is 9 possible? Can the Devils sign Randy McKay before the 3rd and see if he can score 4 goals?

What ever happened to McKay anyway? Did he retire?

ICX!! where have you been?

Loaded down with work, darlin'...and when I ain't workin, I'm playing. Not much computer time. I have peeped your Rats updates every few days even when I'm not posting, rg, and it's one of the only reasons I come to the site anymore. Keep it up.

What ever happened to McKay anyway? Did he retire?
Pretty much, he had alot of injuries while at Montreal and just figured the body couldn't take it anymore. It's a shame because I'm sure there is a team out there that could use him.

1991?????????

defense lineup

weinrich-daneyko
Kasatonov-Fetisov
Driver-Norwood(albelein)O'Connor

Just got back from the game and it was the St. Patrick's Day Massacre by the Devils... :lol: 6-1!!! Looks like the Devils have another scoring line with the Friesen-Kozlov-Brylin line... Even Langenbrunner could take Brylin's spot but keep the line the way it is. Five of the six goals were from that line tonight including a goal by defensman Paul Martin...

Kozlov was the first star of the game with 1 goal and 3 assists.
Friesen was the second star of the game with 2 goals and 2 assists.
martin had the third star of the game with 1 goal and 1 assist...

Keep this line and when Gionta comes back to the EGG line the Devils have two scoring threat lines for the playoffs... This is a HUGE boost for the Devils right now considering all the injuries...

I was a little anxious coming into this game.
Happy to see the Devils come out strong and not let up all night. Let's hope they can do that again against Montreal twice over the weekend.
}:-)>

Berglund also had a confrontation with Jonsson in his Florida debut.
Isles put 50+ shots on goal and still lost...ouch!