9:56 PM EST: That was a freakin’ finger workout right there. Don’t they know I’m trying to live-cap this shiz? Geez. Well, a bummer of a loss, Devils blow a 2-0, and a 3-2 lead before losing it in the 300494th round of the shootout. I’m out for the night. As always keep it here to find out who we think should be shipped out of town based on their poor performance in this game. Spoiler Alert: basically everyone except Madden, Elias, Parise and Brodeur.

9:53 PM EST: Pascal Dupuis breaks the deadlock and Aaron Asham practically hits the jumbotron with his shot. Thrashers win 4-3 in the 10th round of the shootout. Great tense game, but a heartbreaker of a loss for NJ.

9:52 PM EST: Thorborn and Brylin both whiff. 10th freaking round!

9:52 PM EST: Enstrom goes high. Rachuneck sucks it up. 9th round.

9:51 PM EST: Madden can’t put it by, and we’re headed to the 8th round!

9:50 PM EST: Holik is stopped by Marty! Still 2-2! Woo!!!

9:49 PM EST: Recchi, Zubrus, Todd White and Zajac are all stopped. Still going at 2-2!!!

9:48 PM EST: Captain Langs puts it home with a beauty of a deke! 2-2!

9:48 PM EST: Hossa blows another by Marty 2-1.

9:48 PM EST: Parise gets stuffed.

9:47 PM EST: Kovalchuk blows one by Marty, 1-1.

9:47 PM EST: Elias goes five-hole and it’s 1-0!

9:46 PM EST: Brodeur stops Kozlov head on, still 0-0.

9:45 PM EST: Hedberg stones Gio on the backhand.

9:45 PM EST: No goal for Perrin.

9:44 PM EST: Eric Perrin to shoot first for Atlanta.

9:44: PM EST: Gio, Elias and Parise set to shoot for the Devs.

9:42 PM EST: I’m placing my bets right now. Parise lifts a leg, fakes and goes to the backhand for his shot. 1o bucks on the table.

9:41 PM EST: Wow, that was tense. Marty is at the top of his game and has carried the Devils into the shootout.

9:39 PM EST: Marty with a huge glove slave on Kovalchuk! He’s once again the only reason the Devils are in this at this point. Thrashers have dominated the play here in OT.

9:38 PM EST: Yikes. Kovalchuk trips over a Devils stick and a penalty is called with 90 seconds to go. 4-on-3 hockey.

9:36 PM EST: White smacks the alliterative and now very angry and bloody Ken Klee. No penalty and Klee is pissed. And bloody. Devils escape with no penalties. Klee looks like he’s going to kill someone.

9:35 PM EST: Brodeur is sprawled out on the ice for nearly 15 seconds and somehow Atlanta can’t push it home. Replay shows that Brodeur ROBS Slava Kozlov from a very shot range.

9:34 PM EST: Heavy action in the Devils zone.

9:33 PM EST: We’re underway in OT. Elias starts it off with a riser that nearly takes Hedberg’s head off.

9:30 PM EST: A mad scramble all over the Devils zone but the Thrashers get the best of it. Hossa smacks in a bouncing puck in the crease and we’ll be headed to OT in just a few. No good.

9:29 PM EST: Thrashers net is empty. 1 min left.

9:28 PM EST: Was there a rule written at some point that you have to play at least half of the Jock Jams CD at every hockey game?

9:23 PM EST: Vishnevski just went Rambo on a couple of the Thrashers in behind the Devils net. He is a large, angry man.

9:21 PM EST: The Devils are really running and gunning here in the third. Zubrus gets a big chance on a partial breakaway but is stuffed by Hedberg. Zubrus looks a little shaken up after crashing into the boards.

9:19 PM EST: Hedberg gets super lucky just seconds later as Parise redirects a point shot from Langenbrunner that clangs hard off the post. Hedberg pulls his best cadaver impression and covers the puck.

9:18 PM EST: John Madden is turning into an offensive juggernaut. Madden breaks in on a 1-on-1, pulls out the spin-o-rama and only barely can’t put it past Hedberg.

9:14 PM EST: Wow they show a replay of the Madden goal and it was some piece of luck and skill. He throws it at Hedberg, it ricochets off his stick, then off the edge of his blocker and passes through his legs into the top shelf.

9:12 PM EST: More solid play by Parise and Elias. Elias banks one off the post just seconds after Madden gets his goal. Not to be left out, Cap’n Langs (the third member of the line) is having a good game too.

9:10 PM EST: Johnny Madden!! I don’t even know how that happened! Mad Dog pulls a banana shot from the goal line and it lands nestled in the top shelf. 3-2 hockey game!

9:04 PM EST: Aaaaaaaaagh! Madden makes a picture perfect pass across the ice to Paul Martin who gets robbed by Hedberg short-handed. Hotchey-motchey that was close.

9:03 PM EST: Pando takes a tripping penalty and the Devs will be on the PK for two. Pando’s got an angry streak in him this year.

9:01 PM EST: Rupp charges in behind the Atlanta net and gets absolutely stuffed by Garnet Exelby.

8:57 PM EST: Alright I’m full of curry and ready to roll for the third. Puck drops and we’re underway.

8:38 PM EST: The second period ends with neither team really dominating the play, but both competing hard. I’m gonna get me some dinner and I’ll see ya in 17!

8:31 PM EST: The Devs look like they’ve righted the ship for the moment. Good back and forth hockey.

8:29 PM EST: Elias and Parise look like they’ve developed some solid chemistry. But I can only assume Sutter will break them up before the game’s over, leaving Patty to go into another mopey slump.

8:28 PM EST: The Thrashers have new life with seven minutes to go. The Devils are literally falling all over themselves. Get it together boys!

8:26 PM EST: Boooooo. Mark Recchi and Todd White combine for a very efficient, quick power play goal and we’re tied up. They show Holik on the bench looking like an evil caveman genius.

8:23 PM EST: Clarkson picks up his second penalty of the game, a holding call on Holik for 2 minutes. Less penalties and more wrap-arounds Clarkie!

8:20 PM EST: Brodeur with a monster save after Eric Perrin storms in on the breakaway. Perrin swatted it out of the air and stormed in but was absolutely stonewalled by Marty. Still 2-1.

8:18 PM EST: Devils are controlling the play here in the second and draw a hooking call. PSE & G Power Play coming up!

8:17 PM EST: Langenbrunner spins out in the slot after just missing a golden opportunity out front. Still 2-1.

8:11 PM EST: Kovalchuk beats home a rebound for his 40th goal of the season. Madden takes a swipe at Kovy after he puts it home, but alas, it’s 2-1.

8:09 PM EST: A fight breaks out between Rupp and Eric Boulton at center ice. Boulton keeps asking Rupp to come at him, but keeps backing up when he does! They stalemate for a while before Rupp gets taken down by Boulton in the end. Edge - Boulton.

8:07 PM EST: Wooo! Gionta makes a case for staying in NJ with a laser from the point past Hedberg. 2-0 NJ.

8:05 PM EST: Todd White takes a two minute tripping minor and we’ve got a power play! Pascal Dupuis breaks in on a 2-on-1 that Brodeur eats up. Play’s a lot more wide open here in the start of the second.

8:01 PM EST: And we’re back with 4-on-4 action here in the second. A lot of talk in the intermission about the possibility of trading Gio over the next 1o days.. we’ll have a lot more on that in the coming days though. Gio for Havlat though? Please.. dude would probably break his wrist signing off on the trade.

7:42 PM EST: Langenbrunner is taken down near the Devils bench and a scuffle ensues with 13 seconds left. Roughing penalties to Boulton and White cancel and we’ll play the first few minutes of the second 4-on-4. See ya in a few!

7:38 PM EST: Strike that last play and reverse it, Parise puts a rebound in off a point shot from Elias and we’ve got a 1-0 game! Zach attack!

7:37 PM EST: Parise with a beautiful feather-soft pass to Elias out front who can’t put it past Hedberg. It’s official, the Devils have a pulse.

7:32 PM EST: Commercial break with a few minutes left to go. This Geico commercial might be the most interesting thing that’s happened so far. This is a sloooow start.

7:27 PM EST: Oduya tosses away a loose puck in the crease that Marty lost sight of briefly. Solid play. Oduya for president!!!

7:25 PM EST: Solid kill by the boys, kept the Thrashers confined to the outside. Back at even strength with eight to go here in the first.

7:23 PM EST: Thrashers look like they’ve woken up here. Clarkson takes a man down and the Thrashers control the play for a minute before a penalty is called.

7:21 PM EST: Not a lot of energy here in the first from either team really. Back at even strength after a weak power play by the Devils.

7:15 PM EST: Interference on Holik and we’ve got our first Devils power play of the game!

7:12 PM EST: Rupp throws former-Devil Ken Klee into the boards and he looks hurt, may have tweaked an ankle. Slow start to the game otherwise.

7:10 PM EST: Doc and Chico are talking up the possibility of Marian Hossa being traded… Hossa for Rod Pelley? Maybe throw in a nice fruit basket? It could happen. or..you know…not.

7:08 PM EST: And we’re underway!

7:05 PM EST: Brodeur facing off against Hedberg tonight and poor Weeksie will once again sit out. Come on Brent! Give the guy a start already, it’s Black History Month for crying out loud! It’s beginning to look as though we’ll never be able to use our laser-beam Weekes photo ever again. Le sigh.

7:02 PM EST: Showing highlights of Gio’s game-winner the other night. Let’s hope that’s the start of a trend and he doesn’t disappear for another 15 games.

6:52 PM EST: Devils/Thrashers live-cappery coming your way in just a few minutes so stay tuned!