GDT: Avalanche @ Devils, 7 PM, MSG

[Better Call Sal]

Spidey's going to get one more try tonight! He's out of the hospital after a severe case of

It's a Valentine's Day edition, so celebrate with everyone's favorite Devil, The Reverend Lovejoy!

Your New Jersey Devils (23-22-10, 56 Pts) host the Colorado Avalanche (15-36-2, 32 Pts)

vs.

Last Game:

Devils Lineup:

#9 Taylor Hall - #19 Travis Zajac (A) - #21 Kyle Palmieri

#44 Miles Wood - #14 Adam Henrique (A) - #13 Michael Cammalleri (A)

#37 Pavel Zacha - #16 Jacob Josefson - #23 Stefan Noesen

#64 Joseph Blandisi - #51 Sergey Kalinin - #11 P.A. Parenteau

#6 Andy Greene (C) - #12 Ben Lovejoy

#2 John Moore - #34 Steven Santini

#39 Seth Helgeson - #28 Damon Severson

#35 Cory Schneider (17-16-8, 2.67 GAA, .912 SV%, 2 SO)
#1 Keith Kinkaid (6-6-2, 2.59 GAA, .920 SV%)

Scratches:
#7 Jon Merrill (upper body injury, could return tonight)
#8 Beau Bennett (lower body injury, could return tonight)
#22 Kyle Quincey (upper body injury, could return tonight)
#25 Devante Smith-Pelly (healthy)

Leaders:
Goals - Henrique - 15
Assists - Hall - 23
Points - Hall - 36
+/- - Quincey - +5
PIM - Palmieri - 44
PPG - Hall/Palmieri - 5
SHG - Henrique - 2
GWG - Hall - 4

Colorado Lineup:

#92 Gabriel Landeskog (C) - #29 Nathan Mackinnon (A) - #96 Mikko Rantanen

#25 Mikhail Grigorenko - #9 Matt Duchene (A) - #83 Matthew Nieto

#14 Blake Comeau - #7 John Mitchell - #12 Jarome Iginla

#27 Andreas Martinsen - #34 Carl Soderberg - #8 Joe Colborne

#16 Nikita Zadorov - #32 Francois Beauchemin (A)

#51 Fedor Tyutin - #4 Tyson Barrie

#45 Mark Barberio - #18 Cody Goloubef

#40 Jeremy Smith (0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV%)
#31 Calvin Pickard (9-17-1, 3.02 GAA, .904 SV%, 2 SO)

Scratches:
#1 Semyon Varlamov (IR - out for season)
#6 Erik Johnson (broken fibula in Dec., return sometime in Mid-February)
#17 Rene Bourque (lower body injury, day-to-day, did not travel)
#28 Patrick Wiercioch (healthy scratch)

Leaders:
Goals - Duchene - 15
Assists - Mackinnon - 26
Points - Mackinnon - 38
+/- - Johnson/Barberio - -2
PIM - Zadorov - 71
PPG - Iginla/Landeskog/Rantanen - 4
SHG - Mackinnon - 2
GWG - Mackinnon - 4

Moar dominant Zacha!

Quotes per AG:

Ginger Ninja on where the game was lost:

“I think it probably was more the penalties and going to the box,†goalie Cory Schneider said. “Having to kill an extended five-on-three and two others. All of a sudden the shot totals get a little skewed and we’re not able to get guys into the game and not get them into a rhythm if they don’t kill penalties.â€

Cammy on Chewie's Dominance:

“He’s a special player,†Cammalleri said. “The thing that stands out the most that we had to do a better job of is his ability to pull the puck on the blue line and get shots through accurately. He’s very good, very effective. We couldn’t let him do that tonight and we did and it cost us the game. He has a long reach and ability to pull the puck and get the shot through.â€

Please, for the love of god, WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

PLAY. ****ING. HARDER.

LGD​

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[Bleedred]

Haha. Spidey will be right back in the hospital after witnessing too much Kalinin play and he might find himself in a coffin this time!

 

[ChicoEatsNachos]

I love these GDTs so so much.

 

[Bleedred]

Do you think we have a chance to collectively as a group, give ourselves the chance to win this game?

 

[JK3]

 

[Bleedred]

Just for reference, those not viewing this post on an iPhone might not see the emojis and will be like "What's with all them weird question mark things?"

 

[Better Call Sal]

Certainly #1 in Bleed's.

 

[Bleedred]

Certainly #1 in Bleed's.

Sure, he's a handsome guy I guess.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Nice job on the game thread.


Stubhub is the way to go tonight, all of those $10 tix

 

[Better Call Sal]

Lame pun, ahoy!

 

[Bleedred]

Nice job on the game thread.


Stubhub is the way to go tonight, all of those $10 tix

I figured tickets should be higher, with the chance to see a potentially historic and legendary Avalanche team tonight. It's not every year that you get the chance to see a team with the potential to finish with the fewest amount of points since an expansion team 17 years ago. They could be the worst team in the post 04-05/shootout/loser points galore era. That's like as rare as some eclipses or comet appearances.

Lame pun, ahoy!

It's a good one! I'm embarrassed to admit that I had to read it three times to understand the pun, even though I used "Ka-linin out his locker" just yesterday.

I'm a little slow, due to sleep depravation and too many caffeinated beverages last night.

 

[JK3]

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Bleedred]

Looks like Merrill is back in tonight.

Now can we break up Greene and Lovejoy and put Severson back with Greene again? Or is that too much to ask?

 

[njdevil26]

Never thought I'd get so excited over Merrill being back in the lineup.

 

[ChicoEatsNachos]

I decided last minute to get tickets because they're so cheap and because I don't think this team can outsuck Colorado no matter how poor an effort they turn in. Don't make me regret my $24 spent Devils.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Devils Facebook just shared Kinkaid giving out valentines to the locker room. Enjoyed Matt Loughlin the most.

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[njdevils1982]

im starting to wonder who fleeced who with the dsp/matteau trade……dsp had us all fooled last season showing up on fire.

both teams lost that trade i guess


…and **** ray bourque

 

[NJDevils7]

Jeremy Smith making his debut in goal for Colorado. This is 100% the type of game we will lose.

 

[Camille the Eel]

or if you can rattle him early . . . could go the other way. First period is particularly important in a game like tonight's, come out of the gate at full speed guys please.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Pickard out with a neck injury, having to turn to see the puck go into the net so often.

 

[Devils Dominion]

What's up with Erik Johnson, IR?

Not being negative but, COL has way more skill and goal scoring ability than us.

And that's not including guys who always seem to score vs us, Mitchell and Comeau.

Was hoping to see Gelly tonight.

 

[Better Call Sal]

What's up with Erik Johnson, IR?

Not being negative but, COL has way more skill and goal scoring ability than us.

And that's not including guys who always seem to score vs us, Mitchell and Comeau.

Was hoping to see Gelly tonight.

Broken fibula for Johnson, could return for them soon though.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Broken fibula for Johnson, could return for them soon though.

I'm surprised he's not coming back tonight.
Players seem to magically heal up just in time for their game vs NJD