by ldh2013 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:33 am
In what might be his last appearance at the Bell Centre, Martin Brodeur is expected to get the start for the New Jersey Devils tonight as the Montreal Canadiens will try to complete a sweep of the season series. . Viewers in the Canadiens region can watch the game on TSN Habs at 7:30pm et/8:30pm at. The game is also available on TSN Radio 690 in Montreal. Unless the Canadiens and Devils meet in the playoffs, Tuesdays encounter in Montreal will be the final meeting between the clubs in 2013-14. Brodeur, a Montreal native, is 44-19-1 with five ties and a 1.85 GAA in his career against the Habs. The Habs are 2-0 against New Jersey so far this season, taking both tilts of a home- and-home series on Dec. 2 and 4. Carey Price will start for the Canadiens. The Canadiens havent swept New Jersey in a season series since winning all three encounters during the 1998-89 campaign. The Devils enter Tuesday on a 2-0-2 point streak, but the clubs shootout woes continued in its last outing as New Jersey fell 2-1 in Sundays setback at Toronto. Peter DeBoers club has an 0-7 record in shootouts this season and his players have combined to go 1-for-23 in the penalty shot round. New Jersey had won two in a row before losing Sunday against the Maple Leafs. James van Riemsdyk scored the lone goal of the shootout to help Toronto earn the extra point. Van Riemsdyk opened the games decisive phase with a nifty backhander past Cory Schneider before Jonathan Bernier turned aside all three New Jersey shooters to give the Leafs the victory. Adam Henrique and Ryane Clowe scored regulation goals for the Devils, while Schneider made 23 saves in defeat. "I couldnt have drawn it up much better than how we played and the effort we got," DeBoer said. New Jersey is 9-12-4 as the visiting team this season and is making the second stop on a four-game road trip tonight. Montreal is 3-1-1 in January and is coming off Saturdays overtime win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. Andrei Markovs second goal of the contest, coming at 1:28 of the extra session, lifted the Canadiens to their second win in three game. Markov blasted a shot from the left point to beat Corey Crawford for the decisive tally. It was the fifth goal of the season for the veteran defenseman and his first game-winner. "It was gut-wrenching. I couldnt wait for it to be over," said Habs assistant coach J.J. Daigneault. "Still, this was probably our teams best 60-minute effort of the season." Carey Price needed to make only 19 saves in the win for the Canadiens and he expects to be in net again on Tuesday. Price is 8-9-1 with a 2.39 GAA in 18 career games against the Devils. Montreal has won four of its last five meetings against New Jersey overall. The Devils have lost two straight in Quebec after winning their previous eight at the Bell Centre. . The Montreal Canadiens goaltenders dogs Motty ("short for Mozart") and Duke got loose overnight. . -- Sam Lacey, a former NBA All-Star centre who spent most of his 13-year career with the Kansas City Kings, has died. . The NFL has said former Saints defensive co-ordinator Gregg Williams ran an improper pay-for-performance pool, which offered bonuses for big plays as well as big hits that forced opposing players from games or left them needing help to leave the field.The New Jersey Devils completed a four-game road trip with a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets and now start a six game home stand Tuesday against the Jets. The Jets have now lost three in a row and head out for two games, in Ottawa Monday before the game in New Jersey. Both games are available on TSN Jets and TSN 1290. Andrew Ladd, with his 15th of the year and fourth in seven games, gave the Jets a 1-0 lead - the goal coming late in the first. The Jets, already short on the back end because of injuries, lost their best offensive player in the second. Blake Wheeler with 25 points in his last 25 games, and having a strong game, took a puck to the throat area and did not return. In his post-game conference, coach Claude Noel said Wheeler had been taken to hospital to get checked out. Without Zach Bogosian and Dustin Byfuglien trying to protect the one-goal lead would be a challenge. But the Jets were having a very good night in the face-off department, plus Ondre Pavelec was playing well and it stayed 1-0 well into the third. But give the Devils credit, they kept at it and off a face-off Kurtis Foster scored his second of the season and first as a Devil to tie the game. That came at 9:45 and at 12:43, Patrick Elias extended his point streak to five with what turned out to be the game winner. Elias was awarded a penalty shot with 1:36 left but was stopped by Pavelec, and for the second time in the game a Pavelec saved brought the crowd to its feet. The Jets swarmed the Devils net in the final minute but could not beat Martin Brodeur. Jim Slater won 16-of-21 face-offfs, Bryan Little 10-of-15 and Nik Antropov 8-of-12. . Ron Hainsey led the ice time at 24:15. The Jets have been outscored 12-1 in the third period in the last six games, a stretch were they are 1-5. Offense has been tough to come by for a number of players. After starting the year with nine points in the first nine games, Alexander Burmistrov has eight points since. Antropov again had some chances but has not scored in 11, Kyle Wellwood had not scored in 12. He too created some offense in the game but the Jets have only scored nine in the past six games and have been shut out twice. "We didnt capitalize on our chances, but we played a pretty good game," added coach Noel. "Not sure what we would do differently other than score more. Our guys played hard, battled hard, disappointed in the result, but be played with some will. I am not going to beat up my team after this game. We played with a purpose, played for each other. We will take this effort on the road and carry on. We wanted to be proud of our effort and we are." Mark Flood came down with the flu Friday as the bug is making its way through the dressing room. So Paul Postma was recalled from St. Johns, but Flood was okay to go. He played 18:28, coming off the San Jose game where he played a season-high 21 plus. No time table for Bogosian but its already longer than first thought, while Byfuglien is hoping to resume skating this week. Jets need to get their road game going as after the two this week they return home for two, and then play eight of nine on the road. ' ' '
