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[Chuck the Duck]

The Devils haven't been able to beat the Rangers the last 5-6 years. Brodeur has an EXTREMELY poor record against them over that time span.

I was thinking the same thing myself. However, TG said on his blog that the actual record since 2005 appears to indicate otherwise and the series has been fairly even...

2005-06: 4-3-1
2006-07: 5-2-1
2007-08: 1-4-3
2008-09: 3-3-0
2009-10: 3-2-1
2010-11: 2-4-0

Home Away
2007-08 1-2-1 0-2-2
2008-09 2-1-0 1-2-0
2009-10 1-1-1 2-1-0
2010-11 1-2-0 1-2-0
2011-12 0-1-0 no games yet

Total: 5-7-2 4-7-2

Edited by Chuck the Duck, 31 January 2012 - 01:34 PM.

[DevilNurn]

Let's go Devils!! One of the most important games of the year.

[SterioDesign]

Apparently justin bieber is sick and the queen is staying home with him

[ZeroGravityFat]

Apparently justin bieber is sick and the queen is staying home with him

POTY

[sassquash]

Teams are going to start putting their backups in against us if we can't score more than 1 goal. It's a complete smack in the face to the Devils that it was just announced that the Queen won't be in tonight. They don't respect the Devils. I can't argue as to why they would with the track record they have this year against top teams.

I disagree.. They have Buffalo tomorrow and then 3 days off. This is the second consecutive time that Brion has started against a stronger team in back-to-backs (B vs TOR/H vs MON earlier this month), so I'm guessing it's one of two things.

Queeny tweaked something at the ASG (you'll know if this is true if Brion starts tomorrow) or they're trying to get the Vezina for ol' Mattress Pads by starting him against the weaker teams.

[DaneykoIsGod]

VERY happy to hear about Biron being in net. Traditionally speaking, the Devils are his Daddy.

Biron's career numbers vs. NJ:

W-L-T-OTL - GAA - Sv%
8-15-2-2 - 3.16 - .895

Of the 17 teams he has at least 10 career starts against, none score more goals per game on Biron than the Devils.

And while Brodeur hasn't exactly been lights-out against the Rags in recent years, he hasn't been horrible either. It's been mostly a lack of goal support that's hurt our cause against them. 2007-08 was his first year with a losing record vs. the Rags post-lockout. Here are his numbers against them since then, arguably his worst career stretch against them:

W-L-OTL - Sv%
5-12-4 - .914

His GAA is a little harder to calculate since they take into account minutes he's pulled, but it's somewhere around 2.38. I'll take .914 and 2.38 over .895 and 3.16 absolutely any day of the week.

LET'S GO DEVILS!!!!!

[NJDevs4978]

I was thinking the same thing myself. However, TG said on his blog that the actual record since 2005 appears to indicate otherwise and the series has been fairly even...

2005-06: 4-3-1
2006-07: 5-2-1
2007-08: 1-4-3
2008-09: 3-3-0
2009-10: 3-2-1
2010-11: 2-4-0

Home Away
2007-08 1-2-1 0-2-2
2008-09 2-1-0 1-2-0
2009-10 1-1-1 2-1-0
2010-11 1-2-0 1-2-0
2011-12 0-1-0 no games yet

Total: 5-7-2 4-7-2

Three of those wins were by Hedberg and Clemmensen though. Devils-Rangers didn't really turn sour for us until 07-08 when Avery called Marty fat

[Devs4LordStanley]

[Devilsfan118]

LGD! Finally able to watch a game in the comfort of my house.

To some certain members here (you know who you are), can we try and keep this from plummeting into a bitchfest if the Devils don't score the first goal? Please and thanks.

LGD!

[CarpathianForest]

LGD! Finally able to watch a game in the comfort of my house.

To some certain members here (you know who you are), can we try and keep this from plummeting into a bitchfest if the Devils don't score the first goal? Please and thanks.

LGD!

Then that leaves me with little to do.

[ScoreMoreThan3]

Three of those wins were by Hedberg and Clemmensen though. Devils-Rangers didn't really turn sour for us until 07-08 when Avery called Marty fat

Good call. The best year against the Rangers I can remember in a while is when Clemmeson had to start 3 games. I remember being at a restaurant with a girl I was seeing at the time with the game on directly behind her trying to pretend like I didn't care the Devils just shut out the Rangers 3-0. She wasn't a big sports nut.

LGD! Finally able to watch a game in the comfort of my house.

To some certain members here (you know who you are), can we try and keep this from plummeting into a bitchfest if the Devils don't score the first goal? Please and thanks.

LGD!

Don't worry. I have class tonight so I won't even know until you guys start bitching. (I'll have my laptop) I mean what..

[lazer]

LFGD!

[pumpkin cutter]

un chien andalou! awesome avatar. both teams will be rusty. hopefully, I am expecting a good game. vamos a jugar por la playa!

[Colin226]

Quote of the night: This black guy walking down Broad in Newark goes, "They playing the Rangers? Man, fvck Avery"

[CarpathianForest]

Looking at those past season stats against the Rags I noticed that we were really good in 06-07. I think that's the last time I truly believed we could make it to the ECF.

[SterioDesign]

geez i missed real hockey... and it was a short break. Not looking forward to this summer

[CAdevsfan]

Take a breath Chico, that was quite a ramble!

[Colin226]

We got selected for the 1st intermission Enterprise Hat Trick Challenge!!

[Devilsfan118]

Couldn't survive to the intermission, shoot

[JRZYRIPPER]

Holy crap. What a crazy 5 mins. Too bad they got the first goal.