GDT: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Seattle Kraken, 7 PM, MSGSN

[NjDevsRR]

One 5 v 5 goal allowed in last 130 mins of gameplay.

Monumental step forward for this club. Keep it up.

 

[Forge]

Bastian Nosek Holtz on ice numbers tonight? Yikes.

Holtz out, tierney in next game.

I'm joking, but also,

Maybe he could use a breather? I don't think ruff is going to sit there other two

 

[billingtons ghost]

Nah, sloppy play.

I agree they dominated through most of the first 2, but end of the second and all of the third very much less so.

But they hung on, Daws played well, got the 2 points. That's what matters.

Yeah the second half of the second was pretty dicey. Lots of slop when they all thought they were getting hat tricks.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yeah I'm not totally a fan of Jack's quote there but he basically said what most of this fanbase thinks and I'm sure most of the locker room feels too

And like we said, he is a Ruff fan boy, so he isn't going to take shots at that problem.

That's something Nico might do.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[glenwo2]

Make no mistake....this was a critical 2 points the Devils had to have.

In fact, they have to have 2 points basically the rest of the way but tomorrow is the dreaded backend-of-a-back2back which the Devils SUCK DONG at.

But we'll see...

Maybe the more "conservative" way they've been playing (focusing more on Defense) could help them out tomorrow?

 

[sabremike]

Great job by the f***ing idiot who forgot to have both escalators going down from the upper level after the game!

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

His standard is very high.

honestly you’re not wrong

 

[NJDevs26]

Did he mention the crappy coaching?

You'll have to wait for Nico on that one

 

[NJDevs26]

Holtz out, tierney in next game.

I'm joking, but also,

Maybe he could use a breather? I don't think ruff is going to sit there other two

I think the 11-7 is far more likely with Smith coming back lol, we know Lindy likes to push that button and unless you hook Bahl I'm not sure any defenseman deserves to come out after the last two games.

 

[glenwo2]

Hatakka has been marvelous

He's been a revelation.

Meanwhile, Bratt took the night off I see.

(he had that one glorious opportunity for a Palat goal but aside from that, he's been mostly just there. Though he did have some good moments defensively)

 

[R8Devs]

Bastian Nosek Holtz on ice numbers tonight? Yikes.

nothing really happened with them on the ice. 0 shots for and 2 against with 1 going in the back of the net but most times. 0% makes them look like they were cratered but they were just doing cardio.

 

[NjDevsRR]

We may not see Smith for a while due to one reason. The PK is perfect over its last 17 or 18 kills.

 

[Saint Beaurivage]

Hatakka might be the secret sauce that makes the Timo Meier trade well worth it.

 

[devilsblood]

nothing really happened with them on the ice. 0 shots for and 2 against with 1 going in the back of the net but most times. 0% makes them look like they were cratered but they were just doing cardio.

Bastian was 0-9 corsi
Nosek 0-8.
Holtz 1-11.

 

[glenwo2]

Sick rip but I never want to hear Bill say "ITS A POWERPLAY GOAL" ever again

I visibly cringed when I heard that.

I hope Dano or Sal gave him s--t for that off-camera.

 

[Bleedred]

Seattle reminds me of the early Shero/Hynes years. Fairly speedy team lacking high end skill. Better overall roster, but lacking a Taylor Hall.

I’m pretty sure we’ve never lost a regulation game to them.

I think we’re now 3-0-0 against them at home and 4-0-2 against them overall.

I think we lost a shootout to them in 2022 @ Seattle and lost in OT to them last year on a deflected goal past Blackwood that wasn’t actually deflected.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

It's not the Timo Meier trade, it's the Santeri Hatakka trade for right now

 

[Billdo]

Bastian Nosek Holtz on ice numbers tonight? Yikes.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that Holtz has no business being on a line with those two.

 

[glenwo2]

It is so nice to have these RARE moments : Posting after a WIN for a change.

Would be even nicer if we're posting after an even more rare WIN tomorrow against Nashville...

 

[R8Devs]

Bastian was 0-9 corsi
Nosek 0-8.
Holtz 1-11.

mostly from the outside. the lines xg for was 0 and xg against was 0.085. they didn't generate anything which sucked but they weren't some liability. I think it'd be best for Lazar to be the center with Bastian and Nosek but until Jack is back at center that probably won't happen. either way the way Nosek has played this season it'd be hard to see a 4th line with him generate much offensively -- kind of always stuck in transition at best

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

LOL

didn’t seem to help last game

 

[Forge]

I think the 11-7 is far more likely with Smith coming back lol, we know Lindy likes to push that button and unless you hook Bahl I'm not sure any defenseman deserves to come out after the last two games.

Hadn't considered that, you're totally right.

 

[glenwo2]

didn’t seem to help last game

It did help in this game, though.

 

[devilsblood]

didn’t seem to help last game

The saves last game earned us a point though.

2 games in a row with solid goal tending.