New Jersey 2 @ San Jose 0
New Jersey Gets Back To Its Winning Ways
The New Jersey Devils flew cross country off the heals of an embarrassing 6-1 home loss. With playoff seeding still on the line, Martin Brodeur followed his bad night (first time he was pulled all season in favor of Scott Clemmensen) with a gem in the form of a 2-0 victory.
The best play of the night came from the previous game when Coach OldTimeHockey told Angry Rasputin while the score was 4-0 that "its apparent I am not going to win this game, so I'm gonna let you score a ton now in hopes you will have wasted all of your energy in this game while I'll be fresh for the rematch."
The strategy worked. As both teams grinded scorelessly into the third period, Sergei Brylin put a harmless wristshot on goal, which would be kicked in by the goaltender at 8:45 of the period. The Sharks furiously tried to tie the score and send it to overtime, but some clutch saves from Brodeur and the outside of a post kept the Devils in front until Patrik Elias rose to the occassion with some beautiful one on one stickwork to beat a defenseman and crack the back of the net with 37 seconds left to play. San Jose was unable to generate a scoring opportunity which resulted in the final margin.
Good series Angry. Good luck in the playoffs.
1 2 3 Total
Devils 0 0 2 2
Sharks 0 0 0 0
Shots On Goal: NJ: 17, SJ: 16
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
NJ, Sergei Brylin (Parise, Langenbrunner), 8:45
NJ, Patrik Elias (Gionta, Gomez), 19:23
3 Stars
1. NJ, Sergei Brylin, 1 G, 0 A
2. NJ. Martin Brodeur, 16 saves
3. NJ, Patrik Elias, 1 G, 0 A
The New Jersey Devils flew cross country off the heals of an embarrassing 6-1 home loss. With playoff seeding still on the line, Martin Brodeur followed his bad night (first time he was pulled all season in favor of Scott Clemmensen) with a gem in the form of a 2-0 victory.
The best play of the night came from the previous game when Coach OldTimeHockey told Angry Rasputin while the score was 4-0 that "its apparent I am not going to win this game, so I'm gonna let you score a ton now in hopes you will have wasted all of your energy in this game while I'll be fresh for the rematch."
The strategy worked. As both teams grinded scorelessly into the third period, Sergei Brylin put a harmless wristshot on goal, which would be kicked in by the goaltender at 8:45 of the period. The Sharks furiously tried to tie the score and send it to overtime, but some clutch saves from Brodeur and the outside of a post kept the Devils in front until Patrik Elias rose to the occassion with some beautiful one on one stickwork to beat a defenseman and crack the back of the net with 37 seconds left to play. San Jose was unable to generate a scoring opportunity which resulted in the final margin.
Good series Angry. Good luck in the playoffs.
1 2 3 Total
Devils 0 0 2 2
Sharks 0 0 0 0
Shots On Goal: NJ: 17, SJ: 16
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
NJ, Sergei Brylin (Parise, Langenbrunner), 8:45
NJ, Patrik Elias (Gionta, Gomez), 19:23
3 Stars
1. NJ, Sergei Brylin, 1 G, 0 A
2. NJ. Martin Brodeur, 16 saves
3. NJ, Patrik Elias, 1 G, 0 A
posted by OldTimeHockey at 9:06 AM
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