GDT: Your New Jersey Devils (50-21-8, 108 Points, 2nd in Metro) @ Boston Bruins (61-12-5, 127 Points, 1st in Atlantic), 8 PM, ABC/ESPN+

[NjDevsRR]

We scored ONE goal and he made 38 saves...

Bruins doing this to everyone. This was like their fifth straight 2-1 game at home.

 

[Emperoreddy]

game wasn't meaningless at all. rangers are up our ass. enough with the meaningless bullshit

Only two games left. We win in regulation Tuesday and they can't catch us

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I didnt get home until about 10 minutes left in the first, but from what I saw it was quite even. I know from the sounds of it, the first 10 minutes or so was rough. But still. Its whatever.

Basically the NYR v NJD game from late March.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Only two games left. We win in regulation Tuesday and they can't catch us

And we have tiebreakers on them

 

[JimEIV]

No joke, I just woke up.

 

[John Pedro]

Our d was luck Blackwood showed up after the two quick ones. What a festival of giveaways. They couldn't handle the Bs forecheck at all.

 

[Emperoreddy]

And we have tiebreakers on them

Thats why a regulation win clinches home ice, best Rags could do is tie us and we have the tiebreaker.

 

[Bleedred]

AJ Greer sounds like a Nascar driver or potentially a baseball pitcher.

I'm not sure how he's been a regular on the best team in the league this year. He looked like a bum that wasn't even as good as f***in Kevin Rooney when he played here.

 

[Devs3cups]

We scored ONE goal and he made 38 saves...

If he doesn't let in the 2nd goal clunker this game goes to OT.

I know, he made some nice saves afterwards and he bounced back. But that's the thing. How can you stone Pastrnak on a breakaway right after doing a wild 360 in your crease to nowhere to allow a goal? The inconsistency is killer and he cannot be relied upon. Gives up 1-2 clunkers a game, but other than that he's fine. It doesn't add up.

 

[Offseason Champs]

game wasn't meaningless at all. rangers are up our ass. enough with the meaningless bullshit

Yeah you're right imagine what happens if we have to play four games instead of three in the dark dump of MSG. We still need two points to clinch 2nd in the division. Like... it literally doesn't matter.

 

[jkrdevil]

game wasn't meaningless at all. rangers are up our ass. enough with the meaningless bullshit

They beat either the Sabres or Caps in regulation they win out over the Rangers for home ice. They should win both of those games.

It wasn’t a good performance tonight, but not a particular worrisome performance given the Bruins have done this to everyone.

 

[NJDevs26]

If he doesn't let in the 2nd goal clunker this game goes to OT.

I know, he made some nice saves afterwards and he bounced back. But that's the thing. How can you stone Pastrnak on a breakaway right after doing a wild 360 in your crease to nowhere to allow a goal? The inconsistency is killer and he cannot be relied upon. Gives up 1-2 clunkers a game, but other than that he's fine. It doesn't add up.

Honestly if it was Vitek he stops that second goal and probably lets in one of the OMGZ reflex saves Blackwood made at some point, it really didn't come down to the goalie in the end amazingly enough considering they only scored one goal.

 

[BostonDevil]

What?

People are gonna look at the score and claim it was a close game. No. I don’t think the devils had a single good scoring chance the entire third period. Bruins could have easily won this by a higher score if they didn’t shoot wide on a bunch of chances they had.

The Devils got absolutely schooled here. I don’t know if the bruins will win the Stanley cup but this was a championship level defensive display. The devils should be taking notes.

Really? They just played "the greatest team in the history of mankind", in their own building, with a history on the line and lost by one goal.

I don't know, maybe if they scored on a 4 minute PP things might have been different? Maybe if they started better? Maybe if they played 3 games in 6 nights the older slower team would show some cracks?

Yeah, I'm not scared. Sorry.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Boston's offense did not look dangerous tonight. They whiff on everything and needed Blackwood to spot them two.

If you get the first goal on them, they become beatable.

 

[Devs3cups]

Honestly if it was Vitek he stops that second goal and probably lets in another at some point, it really didn't come down to the goalie in the end amazingly enough considering they only scored one goal.

I'd argue Vitek stops both. But no need to go into that. It's just that your goalie has to steal one once in a while. Tonight was a very good candidate, I didn't think both goals were tough stops at all.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Honestly if it was Vitek he stops that second goal and probably lets in one of the OMGZ reflex saves Blackwood made at some point, it really didn't come down to the goalie in the end amazingly enough considering they only scored one goal.

We didn't generate enough. Boston went into the turtle shell and refused to let us through the neutral zone.

We didn't adjust to that

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Two games against teams that are totally out of it don't help, while we're playing a Sabres team that still thinks they have hope

Buffalo will play Levi vs the Rags on Monday, we'll prob get Comrie

 

[NHL Fanatik]

Boston's offense did not look dangerous tonight. They whiff on everything and needed Blackwood to spot them two.

If you get the first goal on them, they become beatable.

To be fair most teams would be at a major disadvantage down a goal

 

[jkrdevil]

Two games against teams that are totally out of it don't help, while we're playing a Sabres team that still thinks they have hope

Sabres could be eliminated by the time we play them Tuesday.

 

[Offseason Champs]

I'd argue Vitek stops both. But no need to go into that. It's just that your goalie has to steal one once in a while. Tonight was a very good candidate, I didn't think both goals were tough stops at all.

Meanwhile if we scored 2 or 3 goals we would be and should be saying he stole us one.

 

[MauDevils]

No joke, I just woke up.

Michael McLeod? Is that you?

 

[Devs3cups]

We didn't generate enough. Boston went into the turtle shell and refused to let us through the neutral zone.

We didn't adjust to that

Scoring chances were 36-27 Boston tonight and the High Danger chances were even at 13 at all situations.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Sabres could be eliminated by the time we play them Tuesday.

We are also flat out better then them, Vitek will be in net, it's the last home game of the year so the place should be loud, and our boys are going to go into that one pissed off.

 

[DevilsHughes86]

I'd pay a lot of money to punch Marchand straight in the face

 

[BostonDevil]

What did the meter tell us tonight?