New Jersey Devils vs. Winnipeg Jets – 10/9/15 National Hockey League Pick

The Devils lost their home opener on Friday night, 3-1, to the Winnipeg Jets.

“Clearly, getting out and about you need to assemble a few wins and have a great time”, Ladd said. “I think there’s a lot of potential to move up, but we’re making significant strides off a relatively low base”. The 32-year-old Greene is entering his ninth season with the Devils, and is coming off a season in which he played all 82 games and notched 22 points, with three goals and 19 assists. “We obstructed a few of their better than average scoring chances and our D made an awesome showing of clearing the puck and restricting their bounce back”. The Devils don’t have a ton to offer at either end of the rink and don’t match up considerably well with the Jets and the oddsmakers have this game on point right now as the Jets should be favoured even though it is in New Jersey and Winnipeg is on a back to back. It was actually an own goal that Winnipeg defenseman Jacob Trouba fired into his own net trying to clear a puck in front.

Trouba knows he is going to take a few grief from teammates. “I don’t know if it bounced or what, but right post and in. I want to win, but I’m not willing to sacrifice our ultimate goal which is to be an elite team”.

While saying there is parity in the National Hockey League and this is a younger and faster team, Harris acknowledged that the new leadership is taking over a team that was aging and missed the playoffs three straight seasons. Shero, who was formerly the Pittsburgh Penguins GM, brought in John Hynes from that organization to be the Devils’ new Head Coach. There were likewise times he felt the Jets outworked them. “The game was full of spurts, but not enough good ones for us consistently to get a better result”.

Winnipeg, which beat Boston 6-2 on Thursday night, dominated after being outshot 3-0 in the opening minutes. The puck seemed to fool Schneider and might have been deflected by Devils defenseman David Schlemko.

“I’m simply cheerful they are going in”, he said.

After a scoreless first period on Friday night, Scheifele scored at 1:13 of the second period as he ripped a snap shot past Jersey net minder Cory Schneider, a star with the Manitoba Moose from 2007 to 2010.

“All it takes is five minutes and the game makes tracks in an opposite direction from you a tiny bit”, Schneider said.