GDT: Devils @ Blue Jackets 7:00 PM EST (

[Incharge1976]

3.5 game lead now over the Rangers. 10-11 more points on the season should be enough to get across the line.

That means we only win 5 of the last 13. That blows. Lets shoot for 16 points.

 

[BahlDeep]

Jackets rolled out their top two lines and best 3 dmen basically the entire period. It was crazy

their season was on their line

 

[jkrdevil]

Missed the game tonight.

Saw the W, good.

Saw the shots, not good.

How did the team look?

That 25.58% xGF% tells me we looked like garbage.

Jake Allen was great.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Is the team turtling or the other team pressing? Guess we'll never know

Well pretty sure Columbus was full had that 3rd period. We did turtle, but I think they just get beating us on our own breakouts. Super heavy forecheck against us and some missed plays.

 

[Signal]

I gave Allen enough shit early on, much like Kinkaid in 17-18, but he's kind of like this season's Kinkaid, only he's probably been a little better than Kinkaid was that year. Kinkaid was pretty meh until about February. Allen was meh in November through early January, but only played like a half a dozen games in that span.

You were absolutely all over Allen a couple months ago. LOL. Now hopefully Marky can come back too and we’ll be as good as we’ll get going into the playoffs.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

This is a game where the absence of Jack is glaring. It's great they still won but the things he does that we take for granted even when the team struggles is pretty evident with a game like this.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Jackets had 7 players who were over 20 mins. Werenski with almost 30 mins!!!!

Wild

 

[Whaddagoal]

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A bit of a cushion, have to bank a few more though. It may not be as pressing to string them together for a big streak now. Just stay afloat

 

[Mgd31]

The third was ugly but Columbus was about to go a third game of getting shutout and is fighting for their lives.

I don’t really care that we didn’t deserve the win. We need the points. Also we got goalied in our first meeting against Columbus so it evens out.

 

[NjDevsRR]

A bit of a cushion, have to bank a few more though. It may not be as pressing to string them together for a big streak now. Just stay a float

This.

Look at Columbus two weeks ago and now where they are at. One bad week or two and it gets scary again.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Lazar was out attempted 12-0, 9-0 shots, 7-0 scoring chances. The rare 0 xGF%.

 

[Killing Joke]

Nemec looking more and more like bust and another god awful pick by Tom. Thank god we kept him and Mercer and didn’t use them to go after Cozens, which apparently was the ask.

 

[Signal]

You mean, they shut themselves down that 3rd period. Getting totally zone dominated.....

Held on barely, like edge of the cliff type of holding on for a lot of that period.

Hey, he’s just having a glass half full attitude. lol. By the way, you can go back into your house now.

 

[Whaddagoal]

This.

Look at Columbus two weeks ago and now where they are at. One bad week or two and it gets scary again.

We just need to win a few more maybe 2 of next 3, or 3 of next 5. Then just go .500

 

[ndkjr70]

14 more points and this is a playoff team. 7-6, 6-5-2, something along those lines. Columbus and New York aren’t going to bank 25 more points in 15 games. 137 point pace lol. Just ain’t happening.

The Devils have 1 opponent the rest of the season that’s currently top-3 in their division.

 

[Hisch13r]

Allen is so much better than Markstrom it's not even funny.

 

[Eggtimer]

If the playoffs started tomorrow , would Keefe start Marky or Allen ? I honestly don’t know what he would do . I’m guessing he goes with Allen as he is hot right now but Marky is supposed to be the guy …
I’m not sure who they would start . I hope it would be whoever is hot at the time or do you go with your true starter and see what he has ? Hopefully we don’t have to worry about that due to Marky finding his A game and is playing lights out by playoff time .

 

[Mgd31]

Nemec looking more and more like bust and another god awful pick by Tom. Thank god we kept him and Mercer and didn’t use them to go after Cozens, which apparently was the ask.

Yup but at least he got a first line center for Chase Stillman and a 3rd round pick

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Jackets had 7 players who were over 20 mins. Werenski with almost 30 mins!!!!

Wild

Think they overplayed him the entire season and now he hit a wall.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Hey, he’s just having a glass half full attitude. lol. By the way, you can go back into your house now.

Should have found another Petco, that 3rd period was too ugly

 

[ndkjr70]

Nemec looking more and more like bust and another god awful pick by Tom. Thank god we kept him and Mercer and didn’t use them to go after Cozens, which apparently was the ask.

god damn man I like to think I’m a rational, non-homer fan but reading your posts is just miserable. seems like every single time you post you do it with a knife to your wrist.

it’s gonna be okay bro

 

[Billdo]

Well deserved win. Really shut them down that 3rd period

 

[Billdo]

god damn man I like to think I’m a rational, non-homer fan but reading your posts is just miserable. seems like every single time you post you do it with a knife to your wrist.

it’s gonna be okay bro

That's his thing. Hardly ever complimentary of ANYTHING.

 

[Killing Joke]

 

[jkrdevil]

If the playoffs started tomorrow , would Keefe start Marky or Allen ? I honestly don’t know what he would do . I’m guessing he goes with Allen as he is hot right now but Marky is supposed to be the guy …
I’m not sure who they would start . I hope it would be whoever is hot at the time or do you go with your true starter and see what he has ? Hopefully we don’t have to worry about that due to Marky finding his A game and is playing lights out by playoff time .

This is the Kinkaid situation from 2018 (and like other situations with other teams more recently), you start Allen and if he slips up in games 1 and 2 you go back to Markstrom.