All About The Jersey - New Jersey Devils at Detroit Red Wings: Game Stream #14A world class blog for Jersey's team: the New Jersey Devilshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47083/lou-fave.png2014-11-07T23:31:14-05:00http://www.allaboutthejersey.com/rss/stream/69367682014-11-07T23:31:14-05:002014-11-07T23:31:14-05:00Devils Flounder Against Detroit in 2-4 Loss
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<figcaption>As there was no pictures from the Devils-Red Wings game, here's a shot from Thursday night. Schneider must have been thinking the same thing: "Help me out, guys, PLEASE." | Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
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<p>While the New Jersey Devils scored first, they were second-rate at moving the puck and generating play going forward. The Detroit Red Wings took full advantage and won by two goals. This recap focus the Devils' poor performance tonight. </p> <p>Passing the puck is a fundamental in hockey. If a team struggles to keep the puck on the sticks of their players, then it doesn't matter how fast, slow, young, or old they are. The other team will have the puck and put that team at a disadvantage. Tonight's game between the <a href="https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New Jersey Devils</a> and <a href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Red Wings</a> was a perfect example of this reality.</p>
<p>Sure, the Red Wings have plenty of speedy players and they did cause plenty of problems for the Devils. When a three-on-two rush develops and a skater like <span>Riley Sheahan</span> has space to fly into, then there's little the team can do. But the root cause of those sorts of plays happening are due to lost possession. A bad pass in the neutral zone or in Detroit's end can lead to those plays. And they happened frequently in tonight's game. It wasn't all rushes for the Red Wings. But they were able to get easier zone entries. Their more accurate passes allowed them to put up more offensive pressure. For stretches at a time, particularly in the first period, the Devils helped by just clearing the zone - leading to the other team recovering possession. That pressure and that possession contributed greatly to 31 shots on net, four power plays drawn, and general control of the game by Detroit for the most part.</p>
<p>Like last night's game, there weren't many positives for the Devils tonight. The team at least didn't get shut out. The goals came from the unlikely sources of <span>Steve Bernier</span> wrapping a loose puck around <span>Jimmy Howard</span> and <span>Jordin Tootoo</span> piling in a rebound from a shot by <span>Marek Zidlicky</span>. <span>Cory Schneider</span> did all he could - and he bailed out the defense plenty tonight. But he still gave up a bunch and was pulled for <span>Keith Kinkaid</span>. Their play with the extra skater was actually threatening and I was impressed they didn't concede an empty netter. Other than that, I don't have a lot to praise.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone will argue that there is more to praise. A 2-4 loss isn't bad on the surface; but the performance was simply dreadful. The Devils got owned in the first period as Detroit out-shot them 14-3. The shots were more even in the following periods, but the disparity reflected the play when New Jersey was down 5-20 in shots about halfway through the second. The power play put up nothing. While a 6-on-4 at the end was threatening, the other two advantages yielded little. At the other end of special teams, they conceded two power play goals. <span>Bryce Salvador</span> took a call right near the end of the first penalty kill that ended with the first PPGA; a <span>Jakub Kindl</span> shot re-directed in by <span>Adam Larsson</span>. The second PPGA was a highlight for <span>Johan Franzen</span> and a low light for Bryce Salvador. In between both, <span>Brendan Smith</span> sent a low shot far post past a screen. A fluke bankshot by <span>Niklas Kronwall</span> made it 1-4 late in the second. And in between all of that, there was a lot of failure by the Devils skaters to get anything going in their way. Even the Tootoo goal came seemingly out of nowhere.</p>
<p>From what I saw, the passing was a main culprit. As it has been for about the last two to three weeks. It's true that the Devils are missing several players - and may be missing a few more after tonight. But completing a pass going forward through the neutral zone and getting into the opposition's end of the rink isn't something that I think requires a lot of talent or a brand new coach or brand new players. It requires correctly reading who's open, whether there is a passing lane, and executing. It's the basics for puck possession and difficulty there will undercut the offense and overwork the defense. Which is what happened. Detroit, on the other hand, didn't have those same issues and it showed on the rink tonight. Once the Devils figure that out, then the play should improve. And I hope it does because I'm sick as any other fan of watching the pigs of ugly losses getting lipstick applied by the final score.</p>
<p><b>The Game Stats: </b>The <a href="http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20142015/GS020199.HTM" target="_blank">NHL.com Game Summary</a> | The <a href="http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20142015/ES020199.HTM" target="_blank">NHL.com Event Summary</a> | The <a href="http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20142015/PL020199.HTM" target="_blank">NHL.com Play by Play Log</a> | The <a href="http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20142015/SS020199.HTM" target="_blank">NHL.com Shot Summary</a> | The <a href="http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20142015/TV020199.HTM" target="_blank">NHL.com Devils Time on Ice Log</a> | The <a href="http://naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20142015&game=20199" target="_blank">Natural Stat Trick Corsi Charts</a></p>
<p><b>The Opposition Opinion: </b>Over at Winging it in Motown, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2014/11/7/7176241/the-devils-forgot-the-details-red-wings-4-devils-2">Graham Hathway has this recap up.</a></p>
<p><b>The Game Highlights: </b> Well, if you wanted to see the fourth line generate two goals, then here's the proof from NHL.com:</p>
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<p><b>Adding to the Grind:</b> As much as I've went on about the Devils' passing woes hurting them again tonight, the stats show another concern. Blocked shots. Assuming the Detroit scorer isn't awful, the Devils got out-blocked by a 5:1 ratio. 20 blocks to 4. The majority of those attempts blocked came from the blueline. Six from Zidlicky. Three each from <span>Eric Gelinas</span> and <span>Damon Severson</span>. Two from <span>Andy Greene</span>. The Devils, whether it's on the power play or at evens, do utilize their points regularly on offense. If they're trying to force pucks through or hoping a shot will get through traffic, this will happen. And it's a defensive risk, as the Devils forwards are usually deep and a block could lead to an odd-man rush going the other way. That's not new to the team over the past few seasons. But it explains why the Devils were close to Detroit in terms of attempts but the attack overall was dreadful tonight and were ultimately out-shot 17-31. It's something else the team needs to figure out.</p>
<p><b>Fourths: </b>The Devils' fourth line of Steve Bernier, Jordin Tootoo, and <span>Stephen Gionta</span> actually did well tonight. Two goals and they won their match-ups in terms of possession. Tootoo took a dumb penalty, whacking <span>Danny DeKeyser</span> while falling down after failing to steal the puck on a forecheck. Still, Tootoo actually made a positive contribution, Bernier made one, and Gionta did what he could. It's good that I could say good things about them as I don't have much good to say about the rest.</p>
<p><b>The Other Nine: </b><span>Jaromir Jagr</span> wants to speak about how the Devils are struggling to gain the zone. He could start with himself as he's not always on the same page in terms of what needs to be done. But he was positive, as usual. <span>Travis Zajac</span> was off in general, although he drew two calls. <span>Dainius Zubrus</span> was a non-factor. <span>Damien Brunner</span> played like he did last season; mostly invisible. <span>Michael Ryder</span> was nothing tonight when he wasn't shooting and he only had two shots on net. <span>Patrik Elias</span> was just lost at times and contributed very little tonight. <span>Tuomo Ruutu</span> followed up a good game in St. Louis with not much tonight. <span>Jacob Josefson</span> was a non-factor as well.</p>
<p>I understand that the Devils missing <span>Mike Cammalleri</span>, <span>Adam Henrique</span>, <span>Martin Havlat</span>, and <span>Ryane Clowe</span> is a big deal. It should be. It's enough to start feeling sympathetic with the state of Columbus' roster last week. But instead of rest rising up to try and fill the holes, tonight, it was more like they were there. Their poor performance begat more poor performance. And even if those players were available, a good number of those I mentioned in the previous paragraph would be playing alongside them. They need to do well regardless of whether they are playing with "lesser talent," otherwise the offense just gets kneecapped.</p>
<p><b>Poor Cory: </b>Cory Schneider bailed out the defense multiple times and the power play on one shorthanded breakaway. He made plenty of tough stops. He was done in by an inadverant deflection by his own defenseman that he may or may not have seen due to a screen; a long shot past his toe that he also did not see; a shortside shot that came because the team captain got spun like a top; and fluke bounce off the endboards. Schneider was a big reason why Detroit didn't blow the Devils away. Yet, he still had a four-spot dropped on him and another night where he got pulled. It's not a good look from a distance but I still shudder to think how this would have went if Kinkaid (he looked OK in relief; seven saves) or another lesser goalie was in net.</p>
<p><b>Regarding D: </b>I'm not even sure what to think. Marek Zidlicky is doing as much as one could expect at both ends. Andy Greene is trying to hold it all together, but what's there? Damon Severson is coming back to Earth. Eric Gelinas makes baffling decisions and gets caught in bad spots; like when Sheahan split him and Zidlicky prior to Zidlicky's penalty. Because the Devils were down and got a few power plays, he got a considerable number of minutes. Those who wanted Bryce Salvador to get less than twenty minutes got their wish with only 15 tonight. But outside of a good start from #24, he was still exposed as usual. The two penalties he took weren't good ones to take; exacerbating an already horrific penalty kill. You want to boo him, go right ahead; I certainly was after Franzen made him look like a spinning cone. Adam Larsson only got 12 minutes, which makes sense as he added <i>nothing</i> going forward. The idea is to get stops and make passes to go forward. Larsson contributed little to that. Even Salvador contributed on offense - with a primary assist, no less. By the end of the night, I'm wondering about the state of Jon Merrill's health - and he wasn't doing well to start this season at all.</p>
<p>Of course, when the forwards aren't keeping possession going forward, the defense is going to be pressed against more. Then again, the defense didn't give a lot of good starts for said possession due to, again, the passing.</p>
<p><b>Zero: </b> The Devils earned nothing in this week's schedule of games. They get a potential of eight points in the following week. They need to really earn most of them to avoid further freefalling in the standings. As bad as this game looked, the Devils aren't going to be extraordinarily crummy like Buffalo to compete for a hot, young talent to be the team's anointed savior. And if they are, well, the play in October completely fooled me. Anyway, there's a lot of time to figure it out, but sooner is preferable to later.</p>
<p><b>A Word About the Penalty Kill: </b>Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.</p>
<p><b>Lastly: </b>So much of what bothered me tonight was that it was all related to issues of execution. OK, a deflection or a bad bounce off some boards are simply unfortunate. But the overall run of play was tilted so much against New Jersey until Detroit took a commanding lead. Even then, a late push to make the ending interesting like Thursday night in St. Louis was the only time where the Devils looked particularly dangerous to play against. Because it is execution, I don't think the fault really lies with the coach. A braintrust of Jacques Lemaire, Larry Robinson, Mike Babcock, Claude Julien, and the spirit of the late Pat Burns is not going to make the Devils string three passes together. Now, if the plays aren't going and the players are executing, then fine, let's look at the coaching. But a loss like this really highlighted the failure of fundamentals by the Devils players. Therefore, that is my focus.</p>
<p><b>Your Take: </b>My</p>
https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2014/11/7/7176547/its-the-passing-stupid-new-jersey-devils-flounder-detroit-red-wings-2-4-lossJohn Fischer2014-11-07T18:30:02-05:002014-11-07T18:30:02-05:00Devils at Red Wings: Gamethread #14
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<p>This is the gamethread for today's game between the New Jersey Devils and the Detroit Red Wings. This is a post where users can discuss what happens before, during, and after the game until the recap is up.</p> <p><strong>The Time:</strong> 7:30 PM EST</p>
<p><strong>The Broadcast:</strong> TV: MSG+, Radio: 880 AM WCBS</p>
<p><strong>The Matchup:</strong> The <a style="background-color: #ffffff;" class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/">New Jersey Devils</a> (9-10-2) vs. The <a href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> (6-3-4 SBN Blog: <a href="http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Winging It In Motown.</a>)</p>
<p><strong>The Game Previews: </strong>Brian's preview from earlier <a href="http://www.inlouwetrust.com/2014/11/7/7172655/new-jersey-devils-at-detroit-red-wings-game-preview-14">is right here.</a> For the opposition's point of view, feel free to drop by <a href="http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Winging It In Motown.</a></p>
<p><strong>The Song for Tonight: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIVeM2RLJPA">"Live To Win" by Motorhead.</a> Live to win. Play to win. I am fairly sure very few people live/play to lose or tie and go to shootouts. So NJ Devils...let's just live to win.</p>
<p><strong>Gameday Info:</strong> <span>Cory Schneider</span> the ironman in goal will once again get the start for the NJ Devils. The injuries continue to grow for the team but the wins must come. Who will step up this eve? <a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/">Check in</a> with Tom Gulitti for this and all the latest NJ Devils news.</p>
<p><strong>The Reminder of Rules: </strong>This is a place where you can comment about this game before, during, and after it's played before the recap is up. This is a place where we <em>primarily</em> discuss the Devils game. An odd mention of other NHL games is OK, but it shouldn't dominate discussion. All comments will be clean, respectful of each other, relevant to the game, and legal (read: no streams). Please refrain from super-big pictures and .GIFs to keep the gamethread moving for everyone. If you do post pictures make sure to post a title in the comment. Go Devils.</p>
https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2014/11/7/7174461/new-jersey-devils-at-detroit-red-wings-gamethread-14JT Sroka2014-11-07T07:00:02-05:002014-11-07T07:00:02-05:00Game Preview #14: Devils at Red Wings
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<p>Tonight is the second game of the Devils three game road trip. This preview will discuss the state of the Devils as they head into Motown.</p> <p>The second game of a three game road trip sees the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/">Devils</a> venture into Detroit, looking to right the ship after two straight losses to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stlouisgametime.com/">Blues</a>.</p>
<p><b>The Time:</b> 7:30 PM EST<br><br><b>The Broadcast:</b> TV - MSG+; Radio - WCBS 880 AM<br><br><b>The Matchup:</b> The New Jersey Devils (6-5-2) at the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Detroit Red Wings</a> (6-3-4, SBN Blog: <a href="http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/">Winging It In Motown</a>)<br><br><b>The Last Devils Game:</b> Despite a late offensive surge last night, the Devils fell 4-3 against the St. Louis Blues, dropping both games of the home and home set. <a href="http://www.inlouwetrust.com/2014/11/7/7172285/devils-make-it-close-late-but-fall-4-3-to-st-louis">Alex has an in-depth recap of the contest</a> which notes that the Devils offense was too late to arrive. After Alexander Steen put the Blues up 3-0 with a power play goal midway thru the third period, all hoped seemed lost. However, <span>Michael Ryder</span> scored with just over 3 minutes left which seemed inconsequential at the time. A <span>David Backes</span> power play goal less than a minute later after a <span>Damien Brunner</span> hooking penalty would restore the deficit to 3 goals. The Devils stormed back with <span>Marek Zidlicky</span> and Ryder once again adding goals but they ran out of time. The Devils did manage to put pressure on in the final seconds but <span>Travis Zajac</span> was unable to tie it up on a great look as the clock was winding down. It's worth noting that Peter DeBoer pulled <span>Cory Schneider</span> to give him a rest after the Blues took the 3-0 lead and that <span>Keith Kinkaid</span> made his season debut, stopping 3 of 4 shots in 10:17, unfortunately picking up the loss. Also, <span>Ryane Clowe</span> left late in the first period with an undisclosed injury.<br><br><b>The Last Red Wings Game:</b> On Wednesday night in New York, the Red Wings lost to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/">Rangers</a> 4-3 in overtime. <a href="http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2014/11/6/7159087/detroit-red-wings-game-analysis-after-action-report-new-york-rangers">J.J. from Kansas has the in-depth analysis of that game for Winging It In Motown</a>. The game was a back and forth contest with the Rangers taking a 2-0 lead before <span>Jakub Kindl</span> and <span>Daniel Cleary</span> tied it up in the second period. The Rangers took a 3-2 lead in the middle of the third period before <span>Tomas Tatar</span> scored a power play goal with 8 seconds left to force overtime, where they would ultimately fall.</p>
<p><b>The Goal:</b> The Devils need offense...consistent offense. The late outburst last night was nice but they can't rely on lightning strike scoring. They need to create better opportunities throughout the game. One way to do this is to improve their zone exits and entries. <span>Jaromir Jagr</span> <a href="http://fireandice.northjersey.com/fire-ice-1.174987/devils-come-up-empty-again-as-late-comeback-falls-short-jagr-team-still-making-same-mistakes-1.1128855">spoke about the importance of this to Tom Gulitti of The Record</a> after last night's game. He highlighted that they don't make good breakout passes and as a result, end up expending a lot of energy chasing the play instead of creating it. Jagr mentions that the Devils tend to chip the puck out of their zone by using the boards too much instead of attacking the opposition in the neutral zone, as a result, going on the defensive instead of attacking play. <a href="http://www.inlouwetrust.com/2014/11/3/7145667/a-look-at-the-new-jersey-devils-zone-exits-and-entries">Ryan recently had an interesting post breaking down the Devils entries and exits</a>. You can see that even when the Devils exit the zone with possession, they are keen to resort to the dump and chase zone entry strategy. We'll have to see if the Devils alter their play slightly after Jagr's honest assessment of the system.<br><br><b>Riding Schneider:</b> Cory Schneider has started every game for the Devils this season and that will continue tonight as <a href="http://fireandice.northjersey.com/fire-ice-1.174987/schneider-to-start-again-for-devils-in-detroit-kinkaid-must-wait-no-update-on-clowe-s-injury-1.1128561">DeBoer confirmed</a> after last night's game. With 743:17 minutes played this season, Schneider only trails Winnipeg's Ondrej Pavelec by about 10 minutes. Keith Kinkaid chewed up about half of the third period last night to give Schneider a bit of a breather. Hopefully he will still be fresh enough to put in a strong performance tonight. Schneider currently has a .910 SV% but has been strong in 5v5 play, with a .935 SV%, good for fourth amongst goaltenders with at least 450 minutes played at 5v5 <a href="http://puckalytics.com/goaliestats.html">according to Puckalytics</a>.</p>
<p><b>PK Still Struggling:</b> The Devils penalty kill still remains to be an issue early in the season. Last night they allowed the Blues to go two for three on the power play. It comes as no surprise that <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20152ALLSAAAll&sort=penaltyKillPercentage&viewName=penaltyKill">the Devils currently rank last in the league with a 66.7% success rate on the penalty kill</a>. <a href="http://puckalytics.com/teamstats.html">According to Puckalytics</a> the Devils PK is in the middle of the pack in Fenwick Against per 60 and Corsi Against per 60 in 4v5 situations but when it comes to allowing shots against they are towards the bottom of the pack. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the unit to see if they can do a better job of blocking shots and making the reads to disrupt passing lanes. I'd also like to see them do a better job at covering the opponent at the top of the crease, as Severson was victimized there on the Steen goal last night.<br><br><b>Injuries Starting to Pile Up:</b> Last night Ryane Clowe left the game late in the first period with an undisclosed injury. If he is going to miss time, he will join <span>Mike Cammalleri</span>, <span>Martin Havlat</span>, <span>Jon Merrill</span>, and <span>Adam Henrique</span> on the injured list. <span>Jordin Tootoo</span> could be ready to return to face his old team but that is hardly an inspiring option for Devils fans that want to see more offense out of the team.</p>
<p><b>About Detroit:</b> The Red Wings currently rank 7th in Fenwick For% (53.3) and tied for 3rd in Corsi For% (54.6) in 5v5 situations <a href="http://puckalytics.com/teamstats.html">according to Puckalytics</a>. They were a top ten possession team last season so this year's figures aren't a surprise. <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?season=20142015&gameType=2&team=DET&position=S&country=&status=&viewName=summary#">The offense is fairly spread out </a>amongst their top six of Justin Abdelkader-Pavel Datsyuk-Tomas Tatar and Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Gustav Nyquist. Jimmy Howard is off to a strong start this season with a .928 SV% in 10 starts.<br><br>On special teams the Red Wings have <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20152ALLSAAAll&sort=penaltyKillPercentage&viewName=summary">the 4th best penalty kill</a> with a 88.9% success rate and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetchKey=20152ALLSAAAll&sort=powerPlayPercentage&viewName=summary">the 25th best power play</a> with a 13.7% success rate. Due to Detroit's power play not clicking, this could be a good game for the Devils penalty kill to get back on track.<br><br><b>Your Take:</b> The Devils have lost two straight and will face a tough test against the Red Wings tonight. How do you think they will do? What match-ups are you looking for in this game? How concerned are you about the way the team is playing in transition? Are you worried about the injuries and the way it has affected the personnel available? Leave your comments below and thank you for reading!</p>
https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2014/11/7/7172655/new-jersey-devils-at-detroit-red-wings-game-preview-14Brian Franken