I effectively paid money to see the New Jersey Devils play against the Montreal Canadiens. I almost wish I did not. The Devils did not just lose to the Montreal Canadiens, 1-3. They put up a dismal performance amid some dubious penalties that effectively did in the Devils tonight. This ends a three-game winning streak. How the team played killed plenty of the goodwill that was built up over the last three games.
What directly led to the loss tonight were penalties. The Devils conceded seven power plays to Montreal out of five penalties and the visitors scored all three of their goals on those power plays.