Saturday, December 27, 2008

Scoreboard--Devils 4-Rangers 2

Was that booing we just heard from the greatest fans of the greatest team in the greatest arena (/snark) in the world? That'll happen when the Devils walk into MSG and knock the Rangers down and take their lunch money. The Devils scored on the powerplay, shorthanded, and at even strength. Wanna know why Johnny thinks Los Diablos had a lot more jump than the Rags? Faceoffs won. The Devils always started with the puck, didn't turn it over very often and played a lot of the game in the New Yawk end. The Devils win for the first time in 3 game while the Rangers lost their third straight.

Quietly, Devils netminder Scott Clemmensen is putting together quite a strong season. He's 10-3-1 in his last 14 games. He's reminding Johnny of the stellar job Ty Conklin did in Pittsburgh last year when Marc Andre Fleury was hurt. He stepped in and held things together and actually played top flight puck. Clemmensen is doing a very fine job in Martin Brodeur's absence, there has been no drop off in the Devils fortunes with Clemmensen. Johnny thinks his nickname should be 'Radar' as he hones in on all the shots and also after Radar O'Reilly since both the M*A*SH* character and Clemmensen are from Iowa.

The Devils continue their road trip Tuesday in St. Louis vs the Blues. The Rangers host the god-awful Islanders on Monday at the home of the Westminster Kennel Club show.

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