Devs Blow Perfect Opportunity

Yesterday,the New Jersey Devils skated onto their home ice in their twelfth home game in a 15 out of 18 game homestand where up to that point they had only been .500. However they had taken their last four out of five from The Rock and looking for a season sweep of their opponent, the Atlanta Thrashers. Not only that, the Devs were looking to take the division lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins. For a while it looked as though that it was going to happen. New Jersey started off to a 2-0 lead only to be tied up in the second period. Then John Madden produced a go ahead goal with about 11 minutes to go. Then with 19 seconds left in the game, Marian Hossa tied it up. The game eventually led to a shootout where it went 11 rounds in which the Thrashers won 3-2 to seal a 4-3 victory. What this means for the Devils is that to take the division lead, they need at least a point against the conference leading Ottowa Senators tonight and the Penguins to lose to a hot Buffalo Sabre team on Sunday.