Post by Leafs_Pam on May 16, 2003 12:13:29 GMT -5
So what's new!! Don't they always play this way? As much as this pains me to say, "Go Devils Go!"
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Devils take control of East final with shutout victory
By BRUCE GARRIOCH -- Ottawa Sun
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Devils 1, Senators 0
A disgusted Patrick Lalime laid it on the line last night.
"We didn't play with any emotion," the Senators' goalie said of his team following a 1-0 loss in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final at Continental Airlines Arena.
If this series has come down to desire, then the Devils look like the team that will represent the East in the Stanley Cup final.
Not even a gift from the NHL officials, who blew the call on a Jay Pandolfo goal in the first period, was enough to save the Senators from themselves as they fell behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for tomorrow afternoon (3 p.m., CBC).
Oh, the Senators can talk all they want about Martin Brodeur's 24-save performance to extend the Devils' playoff unbeaten streak at home to seven games, but the reality is they're being beaten by a better team.
"This wasn't our worst performance, but this is probably the worst we've felt after any game," said Ottawa centre Bryan Smolinski. "The bottom line is desire and the series is going to go to the team that wants it the most.
"We're certainly not out of this by any means. We're only down 2-1 and we've faced situations where we've felt like we had to win before. We've just got to make sure that we do our best because we've got the desire to win. Everybody in this room wants to go further."
It sure didn't look that way --not through the first two periods, anyway.
The Senators were lucky to only be down 1-0 -- on a nice deflection by New Jersey's Sergei Brylin -- after 40 minutes, especially after the missed goal.
NHL officials said they didn't find out a redirection by Pandolfo had beaten Lalime through the legs until 39 seconds after play had resumed.
That didn't do anything for the Senators. They didn't show any desire to go to the net to get rebounds, they let Brodeur see everything.
"We really didn't do much in the first two periods," said Ottawa defenceman Wade Redden. "We had a tough time, they were beating us to loose pucks and they were making it tough for us to make anything happen. We've got to do a better job. There's no question about it."
If the likes of Daniel Alfredsson, Marian Hossa, Radek Bonk and Martin Havlat don't start scoring soon, this series might be over in five games.
"(Brodeur) made the saves in the third, but until then, we didn't have many chances," said coach Senators Jacques Martin.
Last night's defeat sent Ottawa to its first two-game losing streak of this post-season. And it doesn't bode well that they've been shut out four times in the playoffs.
Still, the Devils aren't counting the Senators out.
"I don't think they're just going to roll over and die," said Brodeur. "They're a good team and they've been a good team all season. We knew this was going to be a tough series and the games are going to be tight. We only needed one goal (last night, but we probably should have had two."
slam.canoe.ca/Slam030516/nhl_njott4-sun.html
Devils take control of East final with shutout victory
By BRUCE GARRIOCH -- Ottawa Sun
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Devils 1, Senators 0
A disgusted Patrick Lalime laid it on the line last night.
"We didn't play with any emotion," the Senators' goalie said of his team following a 1-0 loss in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final at Continental Airlines Arena.
If this series has come down to desire, then the Devils look like the team that will represent the East in the Stanley Cup final.
Not even a gift from the NHL officials, who blew the call on a Jay Pandolfo goal in the first period, was enough to save the Senators from themselves as they fell behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for tomorrow afternoon (3 p.m., CBC).
Oh, the Senators can talk all they want about Martin Brodeur's 24-save performance to extend the Devils' playoff unbeaten streak at home to seven games, but the reality is they're being beaten by a better team.
"This wasn't our worst performance, but this is probably the worst we've felt after any game," said Ottawa centre Bryan Smolinski. "The bottom line is desire and the series is going to go to the team that wants it the most.
"We're certainly not out of this by any means. We're only down 2-1 and we've faced situations where we've felt like we had to win before. We've just got to make sure that we do our best because we've got the desire to win. Everybody in this room wants to go further."
It sure didn't look that way --not through the first two periods, anyway.
The Senators were lucky to only be down 1-0 -- on a nice deflection by New Jersey's Sergei Brylin -- after 40 minutes, especially after the missed goal.
NHL officials said they didn't find out a redirection by Pandolfo had beaten Lalime through the legs until 39 seconds after play had resumed.
That didn't do anything for the Senators. They didn't show any desire to go to the net to get rebounds, they let Brodeur see everything.
"We really didn't do much in the first two periods," said Ottawa defenceman Wade Redden. "We had a tough time, they were beating us to loose pucks and they were making it tough for us to make anything happen. We've got to do a better job. There's no question about it."
If the likes of Daniel Alfredsson, Marian Hossa, Radek Bonk and Martin Havlat don't start scoring soon, this series might be over in five games.
"(Brodeur) made the saves in the third, but until then, we didn't have many chances," said coach Senators Jacques Martin.
Last night's defeat sent Ottawa to its first two-game losing streak of this post-season. And it doesn't bode well that they've been shut out four times in the playoffs.
Still, the Devils aren't counting the Senators out.
"I don't think they're just going to roll over and die," said Brodeur. "They're a good team and they've been a good team all season. We knew this was going to be a tough series and the games are going to be tight. We only needed one goal (last night, but we probably should have had two."
