Ilya Kovalchuk brought the Devils' fans out of their seats again. Only this time, the New Jersey faithful were cheering instead of booing the Russian star. Kovalchuk scored on a power play at 3:27 of overtime -- New Jersey's slumping $100 million man's first goal in seven games -- to give the Devils their first home victory of the year, 4-3 over Edmonton on Friday night. "Yeah, that's nice. Better than last game. So I appreciate that," Kovalchuk said. "Especially after the last game, you just have to smile and go through it." In that last game, Kovalchuk lost control of the puck about 20 feet from goalie Jhonas Enroth on the final attempt in a shootout in the Devils' 5-4 home loss to Buffalo on Wednesday night. After that loss, Kovalchuk was bent over at the waist, his hands clutching his knees, while boos rained down. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=301112011
Lol, poor New Jersey.. Atleast he made up for that failed attempt at a goal in the shootout a while ago!
