Both scored twice as the New Jersey Devils extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 5-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. Even though we've been scoring a lot lately, it's real impressive to me that the guys are remaining defensively responsible. Mika Alatalo scored the lone goal for Phoenix, which played the second in a stretch of four games in five nights. This contest originally was scheduled for Sunday but was pushed back due to a conflict with an NFL playoff game at neighboring Giants Stadium.
Every team goes through that.
If we use that as a reason, then we're in trouble. We have no reason to be tired. With former Devil Sean Burke given a night off, Robert Esche stopped 25 shots as the Coyotes had a three-game unbeaten streak halted. Holik had just one goal in his previous 25 games and was benched for the final half of a 1-1 tie with Philadelphia on January 2. But he snapped out of his funk against Phoenix.