The floundering Devils finally found a way to eke out a victory. New Jersey capped a 4-3 win over Edmonton at the Prudential Center in overtime. Ilya Kovalchuk netted a power play goal in the extra session as the Devils skated to their first home decision. The $100million forward for New Jersey also snapped a personal seven game goal drought. Kovalchuk netted the game-winner at 3:27 in overtime to break the Devils’ seven game slide in Newark. New Jersey is 5-10-2 while Edmonton dropped to 4-6-4.
The Oilers were 0-for-2 on power play opportunities and continued their dismal penalty-killing. Edmonton’s Colin Fraser scored a pair for first period goals in Martin Brodeur’s return to goal for the Devils. Fraser found the back of the net after Jordan Eberle’s pass went through the legs of defender, David Clarkson. Five minutes later, Fraser beat Brodeur by skating ahead of the Devils’ defenders and taking advantage of New Jersey mistakes in the defensive zone. He send a screened shot into the net for a 2-0 Edmonton edge. Rookie Alexander Vasyunov scored his first NHL and the only for the Devils in the opening period. Vasyunov took a pass from Patrik Elias to cut the Oilers’ lead in half.
Sam Gagner buried the Oilers’ third goal of the game during a second period line change lapse by New Jersey. Brodeur made 21 saves on the night and the defense tightened up as the game went on. Brian Rolston, in his first game back from a hernia, zipped the Devils’ second goal by Devan Dubnyk with a rebound from the crease. Rolson’s goal turned the game into a 3-2 contest late in the second period. Dubnyk made 35 saves for Edmonton, but couldn’t persevre the one-goal lead in the third period. Another Devils’ rookie, Mattias Tedenby secured a third period goal to tie the game at 3-3. It was Tedenby’s first career goal and the first power play goal by New Jersey on Friday night. The equalizer would hold through regulation as the teams went to an overtime period. Both rookie forwards played their best games so far in Friday’s win. The Devils’ penalty killing was perfect in stopping all four power-play chances.
The Devils snatched a victory in overtime on Kovalchuk’s rifle shot from the left circle. New Jersey earned two points for the win, pulling them out of a tie with Edmonton and the Islanders for fewest in points in the league. Elias had six shots on goal followed by Tedenby’s five and Travis Zajac’s four. New Jersey outshot Edmonton 39-24 and escaped the Rock with their first win this season. The Devils play at 8-4 Boston on Monday night.
Parting Points: Minnesota’s Kevin Love has arrived. Mr. 30-30 for the first time since before I was born (1982)
Boise State is 9-0 after pummeling Idaho 52-14.
OSU vs. PSU!
Song for Saturday- Dion and the Belmonts’ “I Wonder Why”
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Crowns Clipped in Comeback Classic
The Edmonton Oilers skated into a sellout Staples Center Thursday night and owned a 2-0 lead after fifty minutes against league-leading L.A. The Kings rallied late in the third period to erase the deficit and send the tie game into overtime. Five minutes of sudden death failed to declare a winner and the contest went to the shootout. Former King and current Oilers defenseman, Lubomir Visnovsky, snapped Edmonton’s 11 game road skid with a tenth round game winning shootout goal. The marathon shootout ended on Visnovsky’s breakaway snot past Erik Ersberg to upend the Kings 3-2. Ersberg was starting Terry Murray for just the sixth time this season. The Kings usual goaltender, Jonathan Quick, did not play because of flulike symptoms. Ersberg made 21 stops in net. The Kings could have used Quick and his 12-4 shootout record Thursday night. It took the league’s worst club, Edmonton, to put an end to L.A.’s nine consecutive victories in games decided by shootouts. It was the Oilers first road win in two months.
The Kings have dropped two in a row after rolling off nine wins. Rich Clune made his NHL debut for L.A. The Kings took 43 shots on goal to the Oilers’ 23. L.A. was down by a pair of goals last night as the Oilers kept pace on the ice. Edmonton was impressive in penalty killing and limiting the Kings on the power play. Oilers goalie, Jeff Deslauriers made 41 saves in a tremendous road effort. L.A. attempted more shots on goal than Edmonton, but the Oilers secured the first one that counted in the second period. Denis Grebeshkov capitalized on a deflection off Matt Greene’s stick near the crease to tap in the first Edmonton goal. It was Grebeshkov’s sixth goal of the season and provided the Oilers a 1-0 edge. Dustin Penner fooled Ersberg in the opening of the third period to put the Oilers on top by two goals. Penner increased Edmonton’s edge with a sharp angle shot at 7:47 of the third, scoring on a power play wrister. It was Penner’s team leading 24th goal of the season. Four minutes later, the home team wiped away the gap altogether. L.A.’s comeback began with Dustin Brown’s desperation goal with 8:55 remaining in regulation. Brown got the Kings back within one by backhanding the puck through the posts and beyond Deslauriers’ reach. Ryan Smyth tied the score with an open net flick with under five minutes left. A scuffle broke out in the dying minutes of regulation, resulting in a four-on-four for two the final two minutes.
Overtime in L.A. almost didn’t occur. Patrick O’Sullivan was the sudden death star for Edmonton but Ersberg robbed the former King of a slick game winning shot. The Kings took the hapless Oilers to a franchise-record ten round shootout. Ersberg and Deslauriers frustrated the first shooters but pucks soon found the back of the net. Shawn Horcoff, Penner and Gilbert Brule scored in the shootout for Edmonton. Kings’ forward Anze Kopitar, Wayne Simmonds and Michal Handuz found the net and beat Deslauriers in the shootout. Simmonds nearly missed a goal in the first period off a Brad Richardson feed. The Kings outshot Edmonton 36-16 after the first period, but it was Deslauriers’ play that disrupted their demanding offense. Visnovsky drained the dramatic goal to seal the tenth round, and made Pat Quinn’s Oilers road victors for the first time since December 11th. The Kings were undeservedly booed by the home crowd.
Parting Points: Note to TMac: Please do not sign with the Knicks.
The Kings have dropped two in a row after rolling off nine wins. Rich Clune made his NHL debut for L.A. The Kings took 43 shots on goal to the Oilers’ 23. L.A. was down by a pair of goals last night as the Oilers kept pace on the ice. Edmonton was impressive in penalty killing and limiting the Kings on the power play. Oilers goalie, Jeff Deslauriers made 41 saves in a tremendous road effort. L.A. attempted more shots on goal than Edmonton, but the Oilers secured the first one that counted in the second period. Denis Grebeshkov capitalized on a deflection off Matt Greene’s stick near the crease to tap in the first Edmonton goal. It was Grebeshkov’s sixth goal of the season and provided the Oilers a 1-0 edge. Dustin Penner fooled Ersberg in the opening of the third period to put the Oilers on top by two goals. Penner increased Edmonton’s edge with a sharp angle shot at 7:47 of the third, scoring on a power play wrister. It was Penner’s team leading 24th goal of the season. Four minutes later, the home team wiped away the gap altogether. L.A.’s comeback began with Dustin Brown’s desperation goal with 8:55 remaining in regulation. Brown got the Kings back within one by backhanding the puck through the posts and beyond Deslauriers’ reach. Ryan Smyth tied the score with an open net flick with under five minutes left. A scuffle broke out in the dying minutes of regulation, resulting in a four-on-four for two the final two minutes.
Overtime in L.A. almost didn’t occur. Patrick O’Sullivan was the sudden death star for Edmonton but Ersberg robbed the former King of a slick game winning shot. The Kings took the hapless Oilers to a franchise-record ten round shootout. Ersberg and Deslauriers frustrated the first shooters but pucks soon found the back of the net. Shawn Horcoff, Penner and Gilbert Brule scored in the shootout for Edmonton. Kings’ forward Anze Kopitar, Wayne Simmonds and Michal Handuz found the net and beat Deslauriers in the shootout. Simmonds nearly missed a goal in the first period off a Brad Richardson feed. The Kings outshot Edmonton 36-16 after the first period, but it was Deslauriers’ play that disrupted their demanding offense. Visnovsky drained the dramatic goal to seal the tenth round, and made Pat Quinn’s Oilers road victors for the first time since December 11th. The Kings were undeservedly booed by the home crowd.
Parting Points: Note to TMac: Please do not sign with the Knicks.
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