Finals - Game 4: New Jersey @ Dallas
Devils Tie Series In Convincing Fashion
The New Jersey Devils played a solid road playoff game and came out the victors by a final score of 4-1. Now its a best of three series with New Jersey regaining the home ice advantage.
Prior to the game, Devils Coach OldTimeHockey was asked what the keys to the game would be. He responded with "The first thing will be to prevent the early goals. Most of the goals we have given up are within the first couple of minutes of the start of the period. Second will be to bottle up Lehtinen who burned us the first two games, and now Modano, who burned us last night. Lastly, Eric Lindros makes me sick and we need to keep him off the scorers sheet."
The first period openned up fast and furious. Both teams got a lot of good quality chances, but both Marty Turco and Martin Brodeur would not allow a shot by them. Early in the second, John Madden took a shot that flukily bounced off of Turco up into the air and over for a 1-0 lead. This seemed to rattle the goaltender as Cam Janssen, that scoring machine with hands of stone, was able to paint the upper corner while on a delayed penalty call just 38 seconds later. Late in the period, Eric Lindros would plant himself in front of the net, and completely stopped a shot by Jokinin just so he could slam it through Brodeur's pads to cut the deficit in half. Thinking back to the keys of the game, OTH settled his crew down and they went into the locker room with a third period lead.
Inspired at the chance to come home with the series all knotted at 2, Patrik Elias and Sergei Brylin were able to score early in the third to provide a three goal cushion. Dallas would try their hardest to get back in the game, however the New Jersey defense was taking the body and blocking shots.
The series shifts back to New Jersey for the pivotal Game 5. Whomever wins will have a huge advantage in the series, and will be one step closer to glory.
Final: New Jersey 4 @ Dallas 1
1 2 3 Total
Devils 0 2 2 4
Stars 0 1 0 1
Shots On Goal:
NJ: 19, DAL: 12
Hits:
NJ: 43, DAL: 22
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
NJ, John Madden (Oduya, Pandolfo), 5:22
NJ, Cam Janssen (Lacouture, Fahey) 6:00
DAL, Eric Lindros (Jokinen, Robidas), 13:05
3rd Period
NJ, Patrik Elias (Gomez, Martin), 2:13
NJ, Sergei Brylin (Parise, Langenbrunner), 3:30
3 Stars
1. NJ, John Madden, 1 G, 0 A
2. DAL, Jokinen, 0 G, 1 A
3. NJ, Cam Janssen, 1 G, 0 A
The New Jersey Devils played a solid road playoff game and came out the victors by a final score of 4-1. Now its a best of three series with New Jersey regaining the home ice advantage.
Prior to the game, Devils Coach OldTimeHockey was asked what the keys to the game would be. He responded with "The first thing will be to prevent the early goals. Most of the goals we have given up are within the first couple of minutes of the start of the period. Second will be to bottle up Lehtinen who burned us the first two games, and now Modano, who burned us last night. Lastly, Eric Lindros makes me sick and we need to keep him off the scorers sheet."
The first period openned up fast and furious. Both teams got a lot of good quality chances, but both Marty Turco and Martin Brodeur would not allow a shot by them. Early in the second, John Madden took a shot that flukily bounced off of Turco up into the air and over for a 1-0 lead. This seemed to rattle the goaltender as Cam Janssen, that scoring machine with hands of stone, was able to paint the upper corner while on a delayed penalty call just 38 seconds later. Late in the period, Eric Lindros would plant himself in front of the net, and completely stopped a shot by Jokinin just so he could slam it through Brodeur's pads to cut the deficit in half. Thinking back to the keys of the game, OTH settled his crew down and they went into the locker room with a third period lead.
Inspired at the chance to come home with the series all knotted at 2, Patrik Elias and Sergei Brylin were able to score early in the third to provide a three goal cushion. Dallas would try their hardest to get back in the game, however the New Jersey defense was taking the body and blocking shots.
The series shifts back to New Jersey for the pivotal Game 5. Whomever wins will have a huge advantage in the series, and will be one step closer to glory.
Final: New Jersey 4 @ Dallas 1
1 2 3 Total
Devils 0 2 2 4
Stars 0 1 0 1
Shots On Goal:
NJ: 19, DAL: 12
Hits:
NJ: 43, DAL: 22
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
NJ, John Madden (Oduya, Pandolfo), 5:22
NJ, Cam Janssen (Lacouture, Fahey) 6:00
DAL, Eric Lindros (Jokinen, Robidas), 13:05
3rd Period
NJ, Patrik Elias (Gomez, Martin), 2:13
NJ, Sergei Brylin (Parise, Langenbrunner), 3:30
3 Stars
1. NJ, John Madden, 1 G, 0 A
2. DAL, Jokinen, 0 G, 1 A
3. NJ, Cam Janssen, 1 G, 0 A
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