The Life: New Jersey Devils

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New Jersey Devils at Chicago Blackhawks
Dec 23, 2013 1 2 3 SO F NJD (19-15-3) 1 1 0 0 2 CHI (24-12-2) 0 2 0 1 3 Three Stars Nikolai Khabibulin (CHI) 1.85 GAA .955 SV% 44 SA Marian Hossa (CHI) 2G 5 Shots Even Jonathan Toews (CHI) 2A 4 Shots Even	Team Stats Comparison NJD CHI Shots on Goal 44 28 Hits 21 22 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24-9 9-24 Penalty Minutes 9:00 7:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Power Play Opportunities 1 2 Time on Attack 12:13 4:28
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD NJD 1:29 Elias (10) (Zajac) SECOND PERIOD CHI 1:23 Hossa-PP (18) (Kane, Toews) NJD 3:04 Ryder (10) (Jagr) CHI 12:01 Hossa (19) (Kane, Toews) SHOOTOUT CHI Toews
New Jersey Devils - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Cory Schneider 28 26 93% 1.85
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Nikolai Khabibulin 44 42 95% 1.85

Devils Can't Hold Lead, Lose in Shootout to Blackhawks
Patrik Elias scored for the first time in a month, and Michael Ryder scored his 10th of the season, but the Devils squandered one goal leads twice, before finally falling to Chicago in the shootout 3-2. Marian Hossa scored both goals for the Blackhawks, who won their 25th contest of the season.

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Columbus Blue Jackets at New Jersey Devils
Dec 27, 2013 1 2 3 F CBJ (18-16-3) 0 1 1 3 NJD (19-15-4) 0 2 0 2 Three Stars RJ Umberger (CBJ) 2G 3 Shots +2 Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) 1.95 GAA .935 SV% 31 SA Nathan Horton (CBJ) 1G 4 Shots +1	Team Stats Comparison CBJ NJD Shots on Goal 24 31 Hits 26 19 Faceoffs Won-Lost 6-22 22-6 Penalty Minutes 6:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 2 Power Play Opportunities 1 3 Time on Attack 4:21 10:30
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD CBJ 9:45 Umberger (9) (Johnson) NJD 17:50 Elias-PP (11) (Zajac, Zidlicky) NJD 18:45 Clowe-PP (8) (Henrique, Jagr) THIRD PERIOD CBJ 8:21 Umberger (10) (Skille) OVERTIME CBJ 1:28 Horton (9) (Erixon, Tyutin)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Sergei Bobrovsky 31 29 94% 1.95
New Jersey Devils - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Martin Brodeur 24 21 88% 2.94

Another Day, Another OT Loss
The Devils fought back after falling behind 1-0 by scoring twice on an extended 5 on 3 powerplay late in the second, as Patrik Elias scored for the second time in as many games, and Ryan Clowe scored in his first game back after missing 3 games with an upper body injury, but RJ Umberger scored twice, and Nathan Horton got the overtime winner to drop New Jersey.

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Devils Acquire Landeskog from Avalanche
The Dainius Zubrus era in New Jersey is over. Zubrus, along with the 1st Round pick the Devils picked up from the Sharks were shipped to Colorado in exchange for 21 year old Swedish forward Gabriel Landeskog.

Landeskog signed an 8 year $5.57M per year deal with Colorado this offseason, but with the Avalanche in last place, and the contract they gave to Matt Duchene Landeskog became expendable, and in desperate need of more scoring the Devils were happy to part with the 35 year old Zubrus and a 1st for a player ready to contribute now.

In making room for Landeskog's salary the Devils designated defenseman Alexander Urbom for assignment, but he was claimed by Phoenix.

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New Jersey Devils at New York Islanders
Dec 28, 2013 1 2 3 F NJD (19-15-5) 1 1 2 4 NYI (20-15-4) 0 0 0 0 Three Stars Cory Schneider (NJD) Shutout 20 SA Andrei Loktionov (NJD) 1G 1A 2 Shots +2 Mattias Tedenby (NJD) 1G 1A 1 Shot +2	Team Stats Comparison NJD NYI Shots on Goal 32 20 Hits 36 29 Faceoffs Won-Lost 13-8 8-13 Penalty Minutes 4:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 2 Time on Attack 9:56 3:47
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD NJD 14:35 Zajac (14) (Clowe) SECOND PERIOD NJD 13:19 Tedenby (1) (Fayne, Loktionov) THIRD PERIOD NJD 17:21 Loktionov (1) (Tedenby, Olesz) NJD 19:42 Landeskog-PP (11) (Jagr)
New Jersey Devils - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Cory Schneider 20 20 100% 0.00
New York Islanders - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Kevin Poulin 27 23 85% 4.02

Devils Ride 4th Lines' Big Night to Easy Victory
For atleast one night the Devils scoring issues were solved, as both Andrei Loktionov and Mattias Tedenby scored their first goals of the year, as New Jersey beat the Islanders on Saturday night. Cory Schnieder posted his second shutout of the season, and Gabriel Landeskog added a power play goal in his first game with the team as the Devils rolled easily.

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Making the competition just look plain silly. Better off giving your opponent a cheap bottle of Thunderbird and drown their sorrows prior to their contest against the Devils.

And getting Gabriel Landeskog for practically nothing? That is robbery, which is a felony. I have reported you to the authorities for such a heist. You should hear the police coming shortly...

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Quote: Originally Posted by HeroWorship

Making the competition just look plain silly. Better off giving your opponent a cheap bottle of Thunderbird and drown their sorrows prior to their contest against the Devils. And getting Gabriel Landeskog for practically nothing? That is robbery, which is a felony. I have reported you to the authorities for such a heist. You should hear the police coming shortly...

Haha. I also threw in Anthony Brodeur, which I forgot about...but yeah I've offered way more for less.

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Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils
Dec 31, 2013 1 2 3 F PIT (22-16-2) 0 1 2 3 NJD (20-15-5) 1 2 2 5 Three Stars Thomas Vanek (NJD) 3G 5 Shots +3 Travis Zajac (NJD) 1G 2A 2 Shots +3 Andy Greene (NJD) 2A 1 Shot +2	Team Stats Comparison PIT NJD Shots on Goal 27 29 Hits 18 32 Faceoffs Won-Lost 11-21 21-11 Penalty Minutes 8:00 8:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 4 4 Time on Attack 4:03 7:49
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD NJD 9:09 Vanek (11) (Zajac, Greene) SECOND PERIOD NJD 8:29 Tedenby (2) (Unassisted) NJD 9:49 Vanek (12) (Zajac, Elias) PIT 18:45 Sutter-PP (9) (Jokinen, Despres) THIRD PERIOD PIT 3:18 Jeffrey (6) (Sutter, Dupuis) PIT 11:35 D'Agostini (3) (Niskanen, Adams) NJD 13:14 Vanek (13) (Elias, Zidlicky) NJD 19:43 Zajac (15) (Greene, Schneider)
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Marc-Andre Fleury 28 24 86% 4.03
New Jersey Devils - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Corey Schnieder 27 24 89% 3.00

Vanek Shines as Devils Hold Off Penguins
Thomas Vanek scored his first hat-trick as a Devil, and New Jersey needed all of the tallies as Pittsburgh rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the third. Mathias Tedenby added his second goal in as many games, and Travis Zajac knocked in an empty netter as the Devils won back to back games for the first time since December 7-10th.

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New Jersey Devils Stats - 2013
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Patrik Elias	41	11	18	29	Even	2	8	105	10.48
Travis Zajac	41	15	11	26	+2	2	23	102	14.71
Ryan Clowe	39	8	16	24	-6	1	35	91	8.79
Thomas Vanek	40	13	9	22	-16	2	16	118	11.02
Gabriel Landeskog	39	11	11	22	Even	1	32	111	9.91
Jaromir Jagr	41	3	18	21	-14	0	18	74	4.05
Damien Brunner	41	10	9	19	-9	2	2	74	13.51
Michael Ryder	41	10	7	17	-3	2	10	116	8.62
Adam Henrique	41	9	8	17	-8	3	6	90	10.00
Andy Greene	41	1	15	16	-7	0	10	78	1.28
Marek Zidlicky	41	1	13	14	+3	0	7	55	1.82
Mark Fayne	41	1	10	11	-13	0	12	51	1.96
Peter Harrold	41	2	7	9	-8	0	8	37	5.41
Andrei Loktionov	41	1	7	8	-7	0	7	50	2.00
Adam Larsson	35	2	5	7	-7	1	7	48	4.17
Rostislav Olesz	31	3	2	5	+1	1	6	20	15.00
Mattais Tedenby	14	2	1	3	-2	0	2	10	20.00
Steve Bernier	15	0	2	2	Even	0	12	14	0.00
Ryan Carter	15	1	1	2	Even	0	5	10	10.00
Eric Gelinas	14	0	1	1	-3	0	0	10	0.00
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Cory Schnieder	22	11	12	0	2.69	1,294	538	90.27	2
Martin Brodeur	20	10	9	0	1.92	1,187	468	92.49	3

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1, 2014
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Kris Versteeg	22		1. Henrik Zetterberg	34
	2. Johan Franzen	21		2. Jason Spezza	33
	3. Evgeni Malkin	21		3. Phil Kessel	32
	4. Corey Perry	20		4. Joe Thornton	32
	5. Logan Couture	20		5. Sidney Crosby	32
Points		P	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Henrik Zetterberg	47		1. Kris Letang	+25
	2. Pavel Datsyuk	45		2. Henrik Zetterberg	+25
	3. Marian Hossa	44		3. Evgeni Malkin	+23
	4. Joe Thornton	43		4. Jussi Jokinen	+23
	5. Sidney Crosby	43		5. Beau Bennett	+20
Hits		H	Wins		W
	1. Karl Alzner	148		1. Corey Crawford	17
	2. Niklas Hjalmarsson	135		2. Ondrej Pavelec	16
	3. Ryan Suter	133		3. Sergei Bobrovsky	16
	4. Zbynek Michalek	132		4. Roberto Luongo	16
	5. Brent Seabrook	124		5. Niklas Backstrom	16
Goals Against Average		GAA	Shutouts		SO
	1. Jonathan Bernier	1.81		1. Cam Ward	5
	2. Corey Crawford	1.87		2. Roberto Luongo	5
	3. Roberto Luongo	1.88		3. Marc-Andre Fleury	4
	4. Martin Brodeur	1.92		4. Ben Bishop	3
	5. Henrik Lundqvist	1.93		5. Martin Brodeur	3

Division Standings
Pacific Division
Vancouver 23-12-6 52 Points
San Jose 23-12-5 51 Points
Los Angeles 21-17-3 45 Points
Anaheim 18-18-6 42 Points
Edmonton 18-19-5 41 Points
Calgary 18-18-4 40 Points
Phoenix 17-19-3 37 Points

Central Division
Chicago 26-14-2 54 Points
Winnipeg 25-14-3 53 Points
Nashville 23-14-3 49 Points
Minnesota 22-18-2 46 Points
St. Louis 20-17-2 42 Points
Dallas 18-16-5 41 Points
Colorado 19-19-1 39 Points

Atlantic Division
Ottawa 22-15-5 49 Points
Toronto 22-16-3 47 Points
Boston 21-16-3 45 Points
Buffalo 20-17-3 43 Points
Detroit 19-17-5 43 Points
Florida 16-18-7 39 Points
Tampa Bay 17-18-4 38 Points
Montreal 16-22-3 35 Points

Metropolitan Division
Carolina 23-12-5 51 Points
NY Rangers 21-13-7 49 Points
New Jersey 21-15-5 47 Points
Pittsburgh 22-17-3 47 Points
NY Islanders 21-16-4 46 Points
Washington 21-16-3 45 Points
Columbus 20-17-3 43 Points
Philadelphia 16-20-4 36 Points