Devils march into Ottawa division leaders and win convincingly

Mark it down. That's 6 wins in a row for the Devils, their longest winning streak of the season. Another team effort, where the Devils were solid at both ends of the ice. Scott Clemmensen earned his 20th win of the season, the first time he has accomplished that in his career. Jaime Langenbrunner notched a pair of goals and Brendan Shanahan iced the game with a snapper coming down the wing for his 2nd goal in his return to the Devils.

Without a doubt the play of the game, and maybe the season for the Devils, came off the stick of who else, but Zach Parise. With the Devils leading 2-1 after two periods, it looked as if this game was going to be a tight one all the way to the end. That is until Jaime Langenbrunner fired home a pass from Zach Parise just 19 seconds in to the 3rd period. The goal wasnt the impressive part. It was the pass. Langenbrunner shot the puck and it was initially saved by Brian Elliott. Zach Parise cut through a maze of sticks and bodies to get to the rebound just to the side of the net. As he was getting to the puck, he ended up getting off balance and in the air. Before he hit the ice, he got his stick on the puck and fed it behind him to the waiting stick of Jaime Langenbrunner who buried the puck. Here is the video, you can judge for yourself:



Scott Clemmensen was stellar once again coming up with 21 saves for the win. Coach Sutter has to be happy with the win. The time off during the all-star break does not appear at all to have effected the roll the Devils came in to tonight's game on. Next up for the Devils is a visit to Boston to play the Eastern conference leaders on Thursday night. If Thursday nights game is anything like the game they played in late December we are certainly in for a treat.