The Devils barely even put up a fight after falling into a three-game slump at the end of the second period. It was a game that showed promise. The keyword is showed. This is one of those games where the Devils need to put it on the back-burner and just not think about it.
Very little of it was pretty aside form the rare cycling that ultimately produced just one goal (on the power play). Let's take a look at the Devils' three biggest problems in that game.
Penalty Kill
This game is more than just the penalty kill's fault, although they do deserve a bulk of the blame. First of all, those were some of the worst penalties I've ever seen the Devils take. They are becoming an undisciplined team very quickly.
First and foremost, the team has to keep its composure, even when it's down. Henrik Tallinder's boarding was the definition of a stupid penalty: it was unnecessary and costly.
The defensemen on the penalty kill (especially the second one, which featured Anton Volchenkov and Bryce Salvador) looked overtired, not to mention that they were both standing behind the n ...
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