Ugh. What a way to lose a game. It’s overtime, and the puck goes off your skate into your own goal. Unfortunate for the rookie Staal.
Here’s the recap of how the Devils scored 3 of their 4 goals in the unfortunate ways:
The game-opening goal went in off the shaft of Blair Betts’ stick, just as Sergei Brylin was trying to illegally kick the puck in. Zach Parise’s lead goal from the bottom of the faceoff circle changed direction off Brendan Shanahan. John Madden’s winner was banked in off Marc Staal’s leg as he stood alone in front of Lundqvist.