Just as the Canadiens first power-play of the game expires,Paul Martin exit the penalty box and got a lead pass to give him a breakaway which he scored on.Martin added an assist later in the game to help the Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 last night for their 5th straight win."It's a credit to the players, staying with it and being strong," Devils coach Brent Sutter said. "Being mentally strong allows you to handle adversity on the ice. We've dealt with adversity in the right way. Guys in that room have been through a lot, and they don't seem to get rattled."Travis Zajac, Johnny Oduya, Zach Parise and Patrik Elias also scored goals for the Devils in this game.Josh Gorges and Matt D'Agostini scored the only goals for Montreal.
"The last 30 minutes against Atlanta was better," Montreal coach Guy Carbonneau said. "Tonight we struggled for 60 minutes, but that's the way the Devils play. They make you work hard, they make you push yourself. Give them credit, that's the way they play. We've seen this for the last 15 years. We didn't have enough people respond."Montreal Captain Saku Koivu made his return last night along with Carey Price (Who started in his first game in over a month).Koivu(who Played his first game in 2 months) had about 5-7 shots on goal but he Couldn't beat the Devils golie Scott Clemmensen."Physically I felt good,but probability better than I expected.Still after missing along time I fell all the emotion the reaction and lose pucks and all those kinda things.I wasn't where I wanted to be but that's going to take some time.The foot felt fine it was an ok game."Koivu told TSN.Don't forget the All star game starts saturday in Montreal.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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