PITTSBURGH @ NEW JERSEY LIVECAP!

By Josh Burnett
for 2ManAdvantage.com

Published: February 4, 2008

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Still. Always. 9:38 PM ET: The goal was under review for no reason whatsoever that I can figure. It counts, of course. Edit: Also of note, Marty Brodeur gets the assist on the game winner for his first point of the season. BIG win for the Devs tonight. By virtue of the OT win, we’ve got that previously-mentioned three-way tie atop the Atlantic, 63 points apiece. Parise with the game-winner and two assists, Elias with a goal and two assists, Clarkson with a goal and a fight, and a big rebound from a two-goal third period deficit. Nice. That’s all for us tonight, goodnight everyone!

9:36 PM ET: WHOOO! Parise tips home an Elias point shot and the Devils win it, 4-3 in overtime!

9:33 PM ET: And we’re going to overtime! Both teams with a point, which currently puts Pittsburgh into a first place tie with Philly in the Atlantic, with the Devs a point behind. As mentioned earlier, if the Devs pull it out, there’d be a three-way tie for the Atlantic lead.

9:32 PM ET: Stoppage in play as Gionta plays the puck with a high stick. Gionta and high stick in the same sentence amuses me. It’s ’cause he’s short, y’see.

9:29 PM ET: Now it’s the Penguins on their heels as the Devils are pushing hard, couple of nice shots on Conklin but nothing doing…less than three left in the third

9:27 PM ET: Pandolfo hasn’t played at all in the third. Still on the bench, I assume it’s just to rest him in his first game back…? I hope so, anyway.

9:25 PM ET: My mistake, Colby Armstrong’s penalty was an unsportsmanlike conduct. Either way, the 4-on-4 is up and we’re down to the last six minutes of regulation.

9:22 PM ET: Colby Armstrong and Vitaly Vishnevsky take corresponding roughing minors to make it 4-on-4 for two minutes. Considering how tight this game is, a little open ice could be a good thing.

9:16 PM ET: TIE GAME! Clarkson with the wrap-around attempt (’cause, it’s Clarkson), rebound out to Oduya who fires it deep and Clarkson stuffs it home! 3-3! Yay Clarkie!

9:14 PM ET: Patty Elias! Parise with a nice screen on Conklin and Patty weaving in shoves it home to bring the deficit to one! 3-2 Penguins.

9:09 PM ET: I miss the Kings. Can we play them eight times a year instead of the Penguins? That’d be sweet…

9:02 PM ET: Ugh. Staal left alone at the side of the net, taps in the cross-ice feed from Talbot and it’s 3-1 Penguins. Dammit.

9:00 PM ET: Malkin feeds Sykora in front of the net and Marty ROBS Sykora on the point-bank shot. They play My Hero by Foo Fighters, and I approve.

8:58 PM ET: Some nice pressure by the Devs on the PP yields no goals. Ironic that the good PP can’t produce but the crappy PP at the end of the second produces a goal. Odd. Penalty on Clarkson now and the Penguins will hit the power play.

8:56 PM ET: Third period on, penalty to the Pens and the Devils to the power play.

8:37 PM ET: And that marks the end of two, 2-1 Penguins. Shots on goal 24-13 Penguins, so the offense is still pretty anemic, but a goal late always helps. See you soon for the third. Hooray for Langs

8:36 PM ET: LANGS! Nice pressure by Parise and Langebrunner on an otherwise awful-looking power play and it’s 2-1 Penguins late in the second.

8:33 PM ET: A BEAUTIFUL tap-passing play from Elias to Langenbrunner to Parise, and Parise can’t stuff it past Conklin! Best chance the Devs have had a night. Slight silver lining: Hooking call on the Pens, Devs to the PP.

8:27 PM ET: Simultaneous doings: Laraque and Clarkson slam hard in the boards and kinda hang out having a slumber party on the ice while Madden and Pando break out on an odd man rush, which again is stoned by Conklin.

8:26 PM ET: The Devils have spent pretty much the entire second period on their heels. Not good, guys, not good.

8:20 PM ET: Petr Sykroa blasts one past Marty and it’s 2-0. I missed it entirely so I can’t tell you what it looked like, but 2-0 Penguins doesn’t look good anyway. 600th point of Sykora’s career.

8:18 PM ET: Pelley and Rupp with a two-on-one break. But seeing as it was Pelley and Rupp…yeah, no goal. Good hit by Pelley by the Devils bench not long after on Orpik.

8:13 PM ET: Shots on goal currently sit at 20-7 in favor of the Penguins. Attention Devils: More offense, please, gentlemen. Thank you.

8:10 PM ET: Oduya storms out of the box and gets a one-on-one with Sydor. Oduya works his way in and finds Madden behind the net, who finds Langs streaking in in front of the net, and for all the work…a nice save by Conklin. Drats. We miss Banana Pads.

8:08 PM ET: Jeff Taffe tries kicks the puck in soccer sty-lee. It doesn’t work that way in hockey though, and the ref waves the goal off.

8:06 PM ET: Here we go with the collective team freakout. Oduya goes off for tripping Malkin and the Devils are back on the PK.

8:05 PM ET: Damn. Malkin throws one at the net that Marty gets, Malone on his knees in front of the net stuffs it home. 1-0 Penguins via the power play goal.

8:04 PM ET: Marty blocks down a hard shot with his glove. That’s the second time tonight he seems to have been stung by a shot. That is not comforting. At all.

8:02 PM ET: Patty Elias goes away for interference behind the play. Boo. Penguins back to the PP.

8:01 PM ET: Period #2 on. Maybe this period #2 will be as spectacular offensively as the last period #2 the Devils played…? One can only wish.

7:44 PM ET: And end of period one as well. 0-0 is the score, 10-6 Pens is the shot total, Hot Pockets and leftover soup is what I’m making for dinner during the seventeen minute break!

7:43 PM ET: Nice set-up but Martin can’t shove home a nice rebound of a Gionta shot. Dang. End of PP.

7:40 PM ET: Devils PP hits the ice as Christensen heads to the box for hooking.

7:36 PM ET: Fight! Clarkson Vs. Malone. Each get a few good rights in early, including one rough-looking simultaneous shot. Eventually they wear each other out and the linesmen break it up. Edge: Malone, slightly, for tying up Clarkson near the end. Good fight.

7:31 PM ET: Marty’s workin’ tonight. Eight or nine shots on goal for Pittsburgh, and most of them quality. Conklin? Not having to work quite so hard, only three Devils shots on goal.

7:26 PM ET: Penalty kill’t!

7:23 PM ET: Couple of nice saves by Marty and a loud PING!-style post shot as well. Whew. Devils drive towards the other end and force a face-off in the Penguins zone while shorthanded.

7:22 PM ET: ‘nother Devils penalty. Let’s give the Penguins power-plays, that’ll win us this game! Slashing on Parise. Dang.

7:18 PM ET: I entirely didn’t realize that tonight’s game is the first nationally-televised game since moving into The Rock. Neat!

7:16 PM ET: Penalty time’s up, and Marty takes a puck off the mask. Seems okay though. Marty’s head is a rock.

7:13 PM ET: Mottau high-sticks George Laraque. Laraque doesn’t bleed, two minutes only. Pens on the PP.

7:10 PM ET: Entertaining stuff early. Pando’s officially playing, for the first time in 28 games. Welcome back Pando!

7:05 PM ET: Hockey’s on! Atlantic Division showdown. Doc’s interesting point of…interest for the evening: If the Devils win in extra time tonight, there’s a three-way tie for first in the Atlantic. Winning in regular time would be better, though.

12 Comments on "PITTSBURGH @ NEW JERSEY LIVECAP!"

Devil in NC on Mon, 4th Feb 2008 11:56 pm

Is Elias officially awesome again, AGAIN?!

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B.K. on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 12:28 am

Being a rare game I get to see out in the Mid-West that ending made up for the bush start.

If Clarky keeps this up when Cam gets back he can be the toughest guy in the AHL.

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Hockey Goalie Adam on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 1:08 am

Thanks for the recap. What a finish! It’s great to see Zach P starting to put a few points on the board again. If I were a poolie, I’d be nabbing him and Elias up.. both are streaky and both are showing signs of going on tears.

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MoonDragn on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 9:25 am

Should be Marty’s second point of the season. He had an assist on a goal earlier in the season from a pass to Brylin. during one of the other games. I forget against who.

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The Goon on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 9:49 am

I don’t know, whatever personal problems kept Marty from attending the All-Star game certainly still seem to be on his mind. He doesn’t look as sharp as he normally does. At this point in time I would like to see a little more Kevin Weekes and let Marty get past whatever problems he is having. Other than that, great team effort last night.

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e-max on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 10:12 am

Devils get a great comeback against a quality team! Parise is SO important to this team right now, nice to see Pando back too. The streak starts now, one is a row.

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jonezing on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 3:11 pm

Marty’s other assist was first Toronto game.

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Josh Burnett on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 4:14 pm

MoonDragn and jonezing – Good call. I was at that game and still totally forgot about it. Oops.

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Patricia Greuter on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 5:08 pm

You lose.

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Josh Burnett on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 5:48 pm

As is often the case. I’m the Toronto Maple Leafs of this blogging team.