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The road has become a concern for NJ DevilsThe Star LedgerFebruary 8, 2010 View Full Article and Article Options They've lost five in a row and eight of nine
 Flyers winger Scott Hartnell (center) just misses scoring on Martin Brodeur during the first period Monday night as Colin White (5) defends.The road has not been kind to the Devils since mid-January.
With Monday night's loss to the Flyers at the Wachovia Center, the Devils have dropped five in a row on the road and have lost eight of nine. "We're obviously fighting it a little bit," captain Jamie Langenbrunner said. "We haven't played well in general, really. It's multiplied a little bit on the road." * * * The power play continues to be a concern after going 1-for-7. "We worked hard to gain some power plays," Langenbrunner said. "At least we drew some penalties." Jacques Lemaire said: "I felt we didn't finish. Even on the power play." The Flyers only went 1-for-4 on the power play, but the winner came after a high-sticking penalty by Zach Parise. * * * Richards caps Flyers' comeback win over DevilsThe Sports NetworkFebruary 8, 2010 View Full Article and Article Options Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Mike Richards tallied the game-deciding power-play goal late in the third period, as Philadelphia recovered from a two-goal deficit to top New Jersey, 3-2, at Wachovia Center. James van Riemsdyk and Jeff Carter also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who snapped a two-game slide and face New Jersey in Newark on Wednesday in the back end of this home-and-home set. Michael Leighton was sharp in net, stopping 28 shots. Zach Parise and Anssi Salmela scored for the Devils, who have dropped four of five. Martin Brodeur took the loss despite making 34 saves. "They played a good game. It's a good team, and they were constantly on the puck making good plays," said Devils head coach Jacques Lemaire of the opposition. "I felt on our part, we didn't finish, and didn't control the puck as well as we're capable of doing." Philadelphia took its only lead of the contest courtesy of the power play, when Kimmo Timonen dished from behind the net to Richards, whose quick tip beat Brodeur up high with 7:58 left in the contest. New Jersey was given a power play with 1:52 remaining and the visitors went with an extra skater seconds later. New acquisition Ilya Kovalchuk unloaded a pair of hard shots in the final seconds, but the first one went high and the last was wide as time expired. The Devils picked up the game's first goal while up a man seven minutes in, when Parise's attempted pass into the slot deflected off Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger's skate and in. New Jersey went up 2-0 with 61 seconds played in the second period as Salmela beat Leighton with a wrister, but the Devils defenseman was forced to leave the game after being leveled on a clean shoulder check by Philly forward Jeff Carter. Van Riemsdyk finally got the Flyers within a goal with 1:36 left in the period, then Carter finished off a 2-on-1 break with 23.2 seconds to go. "The last two or three minutes of the second period sparked us," Pronger noted. "Van Riemsdyk made a great individual effort on his goal, and Hartsie (Scott Hartnell) made a good pass to Cartsie (Carter) on the tying score. We haven't bounced back like that many times this year and it couldn't have come at a better time." Game Notes The Flyers have won three of four meetings with the Devils this season...Pronger picked up two assists...New Jersey has dropped its last five road games. |
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