From: DevAngel Publishing
Subject: Devils....Panthers.....it's all about ME ain't it ??? :p

the CRASHER line
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Well since we had no whining from ex's...well that's not 100 % true (Diana was whining around that me and Mandy did not go over and say hi to her at Jen's wedding back in Sept....but then again what the hell were we going to say to her ?? I don't CARE about her new damn boyfriend and kid they can't afford and it's just plain RUDE....even for me to go up and say "Hi Diana, here's someone 10,000 times BETTER than you :p)....but other than that and not wanting to let a really great and funny as hell running gag die I guess I just gotta talk about the Panther game tonight....maybe that Monkey Worrell will piss me off ??? :)

Pre-Game Notes:
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-- personally I don't understand how the Devils didn't even try to get Gerald Diduck from the Leafs if he was available (traded to the Stars for "future considerations".....we have those also :p).....despite the big win Friday this team damn sure could use a defenseman :p

-- looks like Chris Terreri could get a start or two with 4 games in 6 days coming up and another 3 in 4 days next week....once again who MAKES this schedule ??? geeze !!!

-- I don't know which fact is sadder.....that the Hawks are 3-0 against expansion team and can't beat the rest of the NHL at all....or the fact that the expansion teams can't find a way to beat the Hawks :p I think after seeing last night's game (Hawks had NO SHOTS in the 3rd)...I think it might be more of the second....but it was more entertaining than seeing that Chris Pronger Chef's commercial....talk about BAD acting.... whooofffff....not to single out St Louis for once :p....I'm not a big fan of the Stars broadcasts and ESPECIALLY not their commercials either :p and on a more positive note I do quite enjoy the Canadian broadcasts as well as the Av's and Blue Jackets ones as well....for anyone who has or plans to get the NHL package in the future :)....also hate to say it cause Dee may not shut up about it (but hey that's part of the deal ain't it ??) the Nashville Preds are fun to watch too.....as long as D-d-d-d-d-d-d- *DUNHAM*'s groin doesn't implode :)

-- although....since we ALL know she reads them by now...and I did promise Chris I'd do this......ummm...Angie....Chris would like to discuss with you calling his fiancee and....well.....he needs to talk to you....and that's all I got to say about that.....TOODLES :)....please....keep getting angry....you're only making this MORE FUNNER :)....but I do assume you know his email address just in case....wouldn't want to cause a tizzy *smirks* all this and the Claude Lemieux jersey is STILL AWOL for stitch work :P

Tonight's Goalies:
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NJ: Brodeur: (4-2-2, 2.46 gaa, 89.2%) team defense == 10th
Fla: Kidd: (1-2-1, 2.91 gaa, 89.6%) team defense == 11th

Special Teams Stats:
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NJ pp: 11/36 (30.5%-1st), pk: 31/41 (75.6%-27th)
shg for: 0, against: 1
Fla pp: 5/43 (11.6%-22nd), pk: 35/41 (87.8%-10th)
shg for: 1, against: 2

Injuries/Scratches:
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NJ: Sykora (groin), Pandolfo (shoulder), Mitchell
Fla: Barrie (kidney-OUCH), Jakopin, Mellanby

First Period
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-- good lord....looking at this boxscore....ELEVEN goals ???? I think I can skimp some here :)

-- and we get right to it :p.....so much for the 94.4 save % on that roadtrip :P

(1 - 0, Fla) Jokinen[1] (Whitney, Novoseltsev) {2:19}
HOLY JOKINEN !!!!...Devils VERY lax on playing the man as the Panthers ran in 3 on 4.....Whitney...shoots as he gets over the line Marty makes the stop but it goes right into the slot....and *bloop* he flips the shot.....and it's 1-0 (yes I KNOW the score at the end :P)

-- and well...it's gonna hurt before it gets better people....again art imitating life, eh ???

(2 - 0) Larionov[3] (Boyle, Bure) {2:44}
Holik...can't get past Hedican.....dumps down low to Bure....... Feivel gives to Boyle....he fires a floater from the point...right to Larionov......tip....score.....and thus then the Devils revert to the Hawks against a non-expansion team :p

-- and RIGHT OFF THE WHISTLE !!! McKenzie, NJ (fighting major), 2:46; Tetarenko, Fla (fighting major), 2:46; and stone hands lives up to his name with 4 heavy shots and a front face lock....I SWEAR he was gonna drop him in a DDT :) one day we have to try that on someone :P
-- and well...this WON'T be boring :P

(2 - 1) Elias[4] (none) {3:55}
the Devils give....the Kitties give BACK......McKay a bad pass for Holik that ends up behind the net....Kidd TRIES to play for Simpson....who doesn't bother to realize Holik is behind him.....he missed the puck...but ELIAS DOESN'T.....and know your role....SCORE THAT GOAL :)

--we have 2 minutes of QUIET...wow !!!

-- well until, Sutton, NJ (high sticking), 5:43;

(3 - 1) Hedican[2-pp] (Whitney, Sillinger) {6:06} funny how the NHL's best pp has the WORST pk ain't it ??? Sutton doesn't even warm the seat in the sin bin before...... the Monkey loses behind the net...but the Devils not even close to clearing it :p...in fact the only good thing to come from it was Monkey Boy getting one off the leg by Whitney...but even that was bad cause Sillinger scoops it up...back to Whitney...over to Hedican one timer.....score with the Ape in front !!!....and again...I knew the score at the end so let them get it now :P

-- well it's not 9-0....but it may be a nine over/under :p...and now it's time for some LATINNNOOOOO HEATTTTTT !!!!!!!!!

(3 - 2) Gomez[1] (Mogilny, Brylin) {7:13}
Mogilny...with Brylin....2 on 2.....looks...gives to the Fidget on his port side......Brylin...looks....give and go with Alex.....Fidget tried to give back to Mogilny....but loses the handle....but it rolls RIGHT IN FRONT....and like most good...well the Specismo...I forget how to spell it :p.....he FIRES the gift gimmie into the empty net !!!!!!

-- and one bad penalty.....Sutton, NJ (tripping), 7:46.

(4 - 2) Hedican[3-pp] (Whitney, Sillinger) {9:35}
remember the last Florida goal ?? same crap pp defense....same guys passing..same Chimp in front....same result :P...and NO CHICO..... the Monkey did NOT tip it...that requires NHL level talent :)

-- and it's not gonna be boring eh ????? :p and hey I can recap while on the phone...when I can rewind....and SOMEONE can't change the channel from the SOFA :p

(4 - 3) Gomez[2] (Mogilny) {10:48}
oof.....that was BRUTAL goaltending :p.....Mogilny....to Gomez.....three Panthers around him....he gets the shot off....and Kidd for lack of a better term.....shits the puck through his pads :p...BAD BAD goal even though it was a floater :p

-- believe it or not after 7 goals on the first TEN shots....the goalies actually started PLAYING at this point for the rest of the period with Marty and Kidd stopping a few good shots each, even with Marty having to dive behind one and scurry to cover a puck that DID roll through his body but was stopped JUST in time !!

Second Period
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-- you know what....I'm reeaaallllllyyyyyy tired now...but I did promised I'd say this...and THEY SAID I COULD so kiss my ass :p Congratulations to John and Jen...the SI one...not THAT one :p.....on the new baby....apparently John got it right the first time after the wedding eh ?? :)

-- as for the rest of this period....I got 3 more games in the nest 4 days....time to fast forward :P

-- the Devils did pick up the pace and began to outskate and outplay the kitties in the second period (as the penalties and shot totals kinda show)....it's amazing how BAD this team plays...but yet how GOOD the results have become....I'm not saying the talent level is the same but it's alot like the early 90s' Penguin teams that just flat out could outgun you at will at this VERY early point of the season....this better change if/when Niedermayer comes back....you can't win 6-5 every night !!!!

Svehla, Fla (high sticking), 3:16
Stevens, NJ (roughing), 12:15
Simpson, Fla (roughing), 12:15
Niedermayer, Fla (slashing), 14:47

(4 - 4 !!!) Brylin[4-pp] (Mogilny, Gomez) {15:25}
and right off the bat on the pp the NHL's BEST gets to work !!!! Gomez....Mogilny....cycle and play catch along the right boards ....Mogilny....looks.....traffic in front...Fidget on the doorstep...... slams home the one-time tap in that Kidd was slightly out of place for ....but still it DID go through three defensemen :p

-- and now Alex is tied for THIRD in the NHL in helpers !!!!

-- Worrell, Fla (cross checking), 17:58.

-- and well the monkey was ALWAYS good for something :)

(5 - 4, Devils !!) Elias[5-pp] (McKay, Holik) {19:51}
the Devils again given an opportunity and POURED IT ON during this pp with Elias getting stopped...2....3 maybe even FOUR times on the pp before they finally broke !!!......Holik.....for Elias....behind the net bounced to McKay......back to Elias....loses....dishes to McKay and rushed the net...McKay sees it....waits....fires the pass....Elias can't put it on his stick....but it sure hits his SKATE and bounces past Kidd !! And since it was an inadvertent kick....it's a goal !!! (remember when they used to waste HOURS on shit like this reviewing it and just wrecking the game ??? :p) and period over !!!

Third Period
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-- Daneyko....off for roughing after having to bail out Goc who kinda dogged it on an icing call that Parish won the race to....and geesh you PUSH in this league now and it's a sin :p

-- Fla pp: Whitney...waits...looks....aims top corner....missed high !!!! Feivel....off the draw....save Marty !!! Whitney....knifes in front....save Marty....and oof...SLOPPY....too many kitties on the ice....that will end this pp 14 seconds early !!

-- and gives us some 4 on 4 as the Monkey serves the minor (and man can I make a COMMENT on it being him and unable to count :P *rings inappropriate bell*)

-- the 4 on 4 went without notice.....and even MORE of notice....NO shots for Bure :p

-- NJ pp: Goc....to Elias...in front for McKay...pushed out Kidd !!!! Rafalski....fires....nope....Gomez....naahhhh....both go wide....as does the power play !!!

-- amazing at how by the time I got home this game DIED to a screeching halt !?!?!?! And AGAIN TOO MANY MEN for Florida ??? Christ they DESERVE to be as bad as they are :P

-- NJ pp: McKay....to White....FIRES a heavy wrister....but it's off McKay and wide ! amazingly this pp was as dead as the period has been :P

-- as Doc Emrick reminisces about days of past with Bure with Mogilny and Federov on that Russian dream line....the game gets UGLY again :p

(5 - 5) Jokinen[2] (Novoseltsev, Whitney) {14:01}
Whitney...tries to cut around Holik...who ends up bouncing it back the other way....rolls loose in front as NO ONE can control the puck until Jokinen gets a stick on the puck and flings it top shelf over the mostly screened Marty who never had a prayer !!!

-- Hedican....FLIES in....Marty JUST gets a piece of it !!!!!

-- Sillinger....around Goc...ALL ALONE IN FRONT....works...pivots....SAVE MARTY and Goc tosses it aside !!!

-- Bure....draws Stevens....FLINGS to Larionov......no look cross ice pass next time he should LOOK as all it did was spring Stevens and Holik forcing Kidd to make one last save before overtime !!!

Overtime
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-- Mogilny....FULL SPEED over the line....looks....winds.....RIPS IT but he JUST missed wide on the far side as Alex was FLYING !!!

-- Elias...makes room...looks...passes....picked of Svehla with ALOT going on in front !!!

-- hey FLORIDA....look what we did......to you....AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!

(6 - 5, NJ !!) Holik[4] (none) {1:55}
Novoseltsev came back with Barrie...waited too long to pass to him... Brylin cuts his man off to the puck....and it's HOLIK COAST TO COAST slows at the line...a NICE pivot to make room and push the puck ahead on an angle AWAY from the defense....looks...winds...FIRES....and Kidd never even got the pads CLOSE to closed !!!!! So the playoffs begin tomorrow eh ??? :)...wow....did I mention that was ONE on THREE ??

-- I also didn't mention that apparently the NHL has a new rule that if you are the puck carrier and the only guy onside you can dipsy doodle the blue line as you cut around players to avoid that cheap play of pushing the guy offside I guess ?? But I figured I'd add that in same some Panther fan whines :)

Shots on Goal: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 == total
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Devils: 8 + 13 + 4 + 1 == 26
Kitties: 10 + 5 + 4 + 1 == 20

Power Plays:
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Devils: 2 / 5
Kitties: 2 / 3

Att: 13,168

My 3 Stars, Eh ????
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3. Alex Mogilny....3 assists and a WORLD of chances tonight !!
2. Ray Whitney.....4 assists !! Count them small world points !!!
1. Bobby Holik....an assist and once again the Jason Arnott impression with the OT game winner !!!

Well now the grind begins.....Wed the Flyers...Thurs at Toronto (great more whining from the Mr. Stay Puft Canadian :p) and then a matinee Sat against the Kings....when will I sleep ??? :p *start of sig file begins here....for the technolgically impaired :)*

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