Devils beat Predators 5-4 in OT
Adam Henrique proved that being in the rightJamarca SanfordJersey place at the right time can make all the difference. Henrique forced overtime with a goal, then scored 1:54 into the extra period on the power play as the New Jersey Devils beat the Predators 5-4 Thursday night, snapping Nashville's five-game winning streak. Henrique's wrister with 39.7 seconds tied it, and his 22nd goal this season 12 seconds afterhttp://www.saintsshopnfl.com/Authentic-Joe-Morgan-Jersey Nashville took a delay of game penalty led the Devils to their first win in four games. ''On both of them, guys made great plays there,'' Henrique said. ''Just find the rebound, all you can think of is you just pray that he is not going to stick his glove out there and stop that one. It was a huge win for us.'' Travis Zajac also scored in the third and had an assist on the game-winner,http://www.saintsshopnfl.com/Authentic-John-Jenkins-Jersey Kyle Palmieri had a power-play goal and two assists, and Devante Smith-Pelly also had a goal and an assist in his New Jersey debut. Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists, and Craig Smith and Mike Ribeiro each scored power-play goals and added assists. The Predators set a franchise record with a point in their 11th straight game (7-0-4). ''It's been a great stretch,'' Predators center Mike Fisher said. ''It's disappointing tonight to Marqise Lee Jerseylose that way. It wasn't our best, but we've just got to regroup and have a good game in a couple nights and forget about this one and just keep rolling here, keep our confidence high and forget about it.'' Forsberg, who scored 12 goals in February and had two natural hat tricks within three games last week, put Nashville up 4-3 with his wrister with 2:04 remaining in regulation. But Henrique got the Devils to overtime.http://www.shopjaguarsnfljersey.com/Mike-Brown-Jersey When Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne came out into the slot to cover up the puck, he was called for delay of game at 1:42 of overtime. Rinne saved John Moore's shot, but Zajac kept the puck alive for Henrique who scored on a wrister. ''You could feel it,'' Devils coach John Hynes said of the comeback. ''A lot of times in those games, you can feel it on the bench and with your team that guys felt good tonight, felt good about how we played, and it was nice we were able to tie it up and find a way to win.'' Fisher skated in his 1,000th career NHL game, becoming the ninth player drafted in 1998 to play in that many games. This was his 325th game with Nashville after playing 675 with Ottawa, and fans gave him a standing ovation during a timeout early in the first period.
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