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Michael McLeod scored two goals in the last game the New Jersey Devils played prior to a league-enforced postponement of games. His second goal ended up being the game winning goal in a 5-3 win in Buffalo. This post breaks down how it happened and why Miles Wood and Nathan Bastian richly deserved the assists on the play.
• Barzal produced a two-point outing with a goal and an assist on Bailey's marker. The center also extended his point streak to four games where he has six points (2G, 4A) during that span. Through nine games this season, Barzal leads the Islanders across the board with four goals, six assists and 10 points. Barzal also appeared in his 241st consecutive game, passing JP Parise for eighth on the all-time club list. • Lee had the sole assist on Barzal's goal as he won a foot race to create a meaningful two-on-one for the Islanders in the third period. Lee now has five points (3G, ...
Devils, Comrie pick up a 5-3 Win in Buffalo Share this story So, no Hischier, no Vatanen, no Blackwood, no Dell, no Zajac, no Wedgewood, and now no Palms? NO PROBLEM First Period New day, HOT START. Michael McLeod finally got his first NHL goal the other day and he has arrived. Right off the start PK Subban feeds him into a breakaway and he streaks down the ice, beats Carter Hutton and puts the Devils up 1-0 just 20 seconds into the game. Michael McLeod is Buffalo’s worse nightmare. He scores like this and dips his wings in ranch.
Periods bookended by goals against Michael McLeod jumped behind the Buffalo defense and beat Carter Hutton on a breakaway to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead just 20 seconds into the contest. It turned out to be a sign of things to come. Four of the Devils' five goals were scored in the first or last minute of a period. Andreas Johnsson put the Devils ahead 2-0 with 16.1 seconds remaining in the first. The Sabres fought back on the strength of goals from Curtis Lazar and Rasmus Dahlin, but Miles Wood regained the lead for the Devils with less than a second remaining prior to the second intermission...
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images For the first time in over 10 months, there is a month of New Jersey Devils hockey to review. I could be cute and just leave at that. The Coronavirus Pandemic continues throughout the world and there is no guarantee the Devils or the National Hockey League will complete the 56-games-in-fiveish-months season sprint in full. However, this is All About the Jersey and not All About the Epidemiology. The focus is on the Devils. This is about the first month of the season they just completed. It had a surprising retirement, absences, a major return, many debuts...