First Period
Zacha, Hischier, and Bastian started for the New Jersey Devils, and they iced the puck 14 seconds into the game. After the faceoff, Aaron Dell misplayed a puck and had to make a tight save. The Devils were unable to regain the puck, and Sidney Crosby ripped a puck from faceoff dot off of Dell’s shoulder and in to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 1-0 lead. That was not a good goal to let in. Right after the next faceoff, Cody Ceci hit a shot off the post.
After Kasperi Kapanen missed the net on an odd-man rush, Nico Hischier set Nathan Bastian up in front of Tristan Jarry. Bastian rang a shot off the crossbar and out. A couple minutes later, the Boqvist line forced the Penguins to take an icing. Nico Hischier took the puck away behind Jarry, but his attempt to move the puck to Zacha was taken away. They got back into the offensive zone, and Zacha took a shot on the rush that went wide.
Binghamton Devils Lose to Hershey 3-2
The Binghamton Devils lost at home last night to the Northern Division Rivals Hershey Bears 3-2, at the RWJ Barnabas Health Hockey House in Newark.
Binghamton Devils Goaltender Jeremy Brodeur made his AHL debut last night with 47 saves in a close game against the Bears.
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Hershey struck first on a goal from Hershey’s Matt Moulson 11:42 into the match, but the Devils would bounce back on a Travis St. Denis power play goal, off a rebound from a try by Matt Tennyson to even the score 1-1.
Hershey pulled a head with less than two minutes left in period one, as Shane Gersich scored to put the Bears up 2-1 going into the first intermission.
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With just a few days left before the puck drops, the deal is done and signed: The Devils have signed Jesper Bratt to a two-year contract with a $2.75 million AAV. [NHL]
Step 1: Jesper Bratt secures a work visa, which could take like 36 hours or several days
Step 2: Travels to NJ, 7-day quarantine, four consecutive negative COVID-19 tests
Step 3: Can rejoin the team for practices and games Corey Masisak (@cmasisak22) January 10, 2021
ICYMI: Corey Crawford makes a surprising decision to retire after 10 seasons, a few days before this season is set to begin.
Corey Crawford has officially announced his retirement from the NHL following 10 NHL seasons and 488 regular-season games.