New Jersey Devils Lose Preseason Opener 4-2 vs. NY Islanders
The New Jersey Devils opened the preseason tonight at home, losing 4-2 to the New York Islanders.
Jacob Markstrom made his NJ Devils debut.
New Devils Brenden Dillon, Johnathan Kovacevic and Paul Cotter also made their Devils debuts.
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21 comments
Bratt is in regular season form. Bratter is butter on skates.
I was there. Markstrom looked like an iprovement, but not a big jump. Hopefully he can get into his game. I was right in front of the glass behind his goal during warm ups. I think if he stayed in goal we would have pushed OT. Dougie looked a bit rusty
Pre season undefeated curse is lifted!! Devils bringing the Cup home!!
Ace I think you may have been on the jumbotron? Was a dude in a hat (I think) recording on his phone with a black jacket that said Devils on the back!
At least now we can't go undefeated in the preseason like last year 😅Was a pretty good high tempo preseason game for the most part. Would have liked to see Markstrom find a way to see and stop that second goal but he looked good for the most part. I noticed some sloppy decision making at times from Tatar, Palat, and others as the game progressed through the third. Overall things to like definitely, things to fix and work on as well. Standard preseason-ish game.
One take away was that they were extremely sloppy. Cotter looks like he will be a beast.
Oh yeah. It's all coming together. 0-7 incoming.
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Two things:
1. I'd like to see Cotter on the first line with Hughes and Bratt. Gretzky and Kurri had McSorely, so why not. Good luck catching those three speedsters.
2. Palat led the team in turnovers. Yikes!
Hischier and Bratt were great playing together. Does Keefe really want to slit them up? Really liked the line of Cotter-Lazar-Bastian. Great to see Hamilton back on the ice. Markstrom was solid in goal.
One thing that really stood out was Dougies presence out there. Getting pucks on net is so easy for him, and him being a distraction that other teams have to worry about on the powerplay is underrated
Zero cause for concern considering it’s game 1 of preseason.
The Giveaways were bad, but that’s probably due to off season rust.
Bratt had 5.
Nice seeing Nico with the early PP goal.
5, 29 and 49 got caught watching an end to ender.
They looked like a fan in the stands watching the Islander’s player score that 3rd. goal.
On to the next.
Loved seeing the red and black back in action. Bratt looked great. So did Nico. A little confused about replacing Wachter w Herzog, but at least Sal is still in. Can’t wait for these to count. LGD!!
I saw a lot of things I liked tonight. Dillon bringing the physicality that were severely lacking, Markstrom looked really good in net. The goals he gave up were a deflection off Dougie's stick blade and a on timer on a 3-on-1. Hamilton also looked great in a physical sense, and as that deadly point shooter we love.
Daws let in a really soft goal that shot cant go im the back of the net cotter looked really good jesper bratt look like he was in midseason form
I think markstrom played great. There’s gonna be mistakes but it’s preseason.
Overall, I think they looked damn good tonight. There was nothing major to be alarmed about, especially given it was only the first preseason game after a short training camp. You could feel the team's energy and excitement to be back on the ice. I felt that the biggest stand out difference right away was that physicality and defensive presence. Kovasevic was rock solid, Dillon wanted to kill anything in a white jersey, Dougie was getting more space to work having that strong defensive partner to rely on… Just a lot of good things happening on a team with several new faces in and several key players out of the game. I'm pumped for this season. The final score isn't what matters (and credit to the Isles who also played a damn good game), what matters is the evidence of the Devils taking a step forward already! LFGD!!!
Wish they never moved to that cesspool.
The main thing I noticed tonight was it seemed like most of the team was still knocking off the rust. The amount of times a devil lost control of the puck uncontested in the neutral zone actually made me chuckle a few times. No worries tho its only game 1 of preseason
Great seeing you! Love the jacket! Couldn't agree more about Kovacevic as I had a good feeling about him and glad he didn't disappoint. Also glad to see more ice time for Bowers. I thought I was the only weirdo who actually misses driving to Newark! LGD! 😊
White and Bowers are horrible. They need a lot of improvement.