Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Mattias Tedenby Penalty Shot Goal

                                        Another highlight from Monday took place in Newark where the Devils exploded for three goals in the first en route to a 5-0 blanking of the Capitals, getting a much needed win for John MacLean. Jason Arnott tallied twice and Patrik Elias had a neat power play redirect of a Mattias Tedenby shot as New Jersey got 30 saves from Johan Hedberg for his 15th career shutout. However, the play of the game took place late in that first when Ilya Kovalchuk sprang the Swede rookie for a breakaway. John Erskine took him down leading to the most exciting play in hockey. The penalty shot! As he had in a Saturday loss at St. Louis, Tedenby made no mistake flying in before going to his bread and butter, sneaking a backhand deke past Braden Holtby for his second consecutive game with a goal. In only six games since being recalled from Albany, the 20 year-old speedy wiz is showing why the Devils took him in the first round two years ago (2008-21st overall). With a goal and helper, he's 3-2-5 thus far and has taken 20 shots. He's been used mostly with Arnott and Elias but might Mac try the gifted right wing with Kovalchuk and Dainius Zubrus? It might be worth the risk if it helps the Devils' $100 million man get going. The Devils host Benedict Arnold's Flames tonight in what should amount to a very intriguing match. You know the fans will be ready for Brent Sutter. Can the Devs finally win two straight? We'll see.

3 comments:

Hasan said...

I'd rather just leave the Tedenby line as is, we finally have 'one' offensive line working, might as well jiggle the other two to see if we can find another.

I'm not a big fan of sticking Zajac on the checking line but I understand why they're doing it, he is the best defensive center, wins faceoffs and gets more icetime. Plus he's proving this year he's been a bit overrated offensively.

I've seen Kovy score with Todd White as his center, I don't think it's a big deal who he plays with as much as how he's playing. He's still passing when he should shoot and shooting when he should pass (the former more than the latter).

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