Devils Beat Lightning 4-3 in a Shootout
That noise you heard last night was the collective sigh of relief by all Devil's fans when Kevin Weekes stopped two out of three shots in a shootout against the Lightning last night, getting his second win in as many starts. Panic began to set in over the New Jersey area when it was announced that future Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur was having surgery on his elbow to repair a torn distal bicep in his catching arm and he would miss up to four months.
Jussi Jokinen opened the scoring at 16:28 of the first period. Weekes would turn away eight of the nine shots fired at him in the opening period, while his counterpart, Mike Smith, turned away all eight of the shots he faced.
A bit more action in the second period, which saw New Jersey tie the game at the 16:05 mark with a goal by David Clarkson. They would take the lead at 18:44 with a goal by Patrick Elias on the power play.
New Jersey brought on the offense in the second period, firing 16 shots at Smith, while the Lightning mustered up seven shots toward Weekes.
In the third, Jokinen scored his second of the night on a power play at 10:52. This tied the game at 2. Just over four minutes later, Jay Pandolfo scored his second of the season, giving the Devils the lead again. However, just one minute thirty seconds later, Martin St. Louis would tie the game again, and that's how it stayed.
The overtime produced four shots per side, but none could find the back of the net.
In the shootout, Vincent Lecavalier scored on Weekes, but he stopped shots by Jokinen and Vaclav Prospel. Zach Parise hit the goalpost, but Elias and Jaime Langenbrunner both scored on Smith, giving Jersey the win 4-3.
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