A boisterous sellout crowd of 17,625 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey witnessed an exciting first game, with plenty of end-to-end action, but would not go home happy on Friday night. Dejected fans filed out of the arena after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Mike Modano-less Dallas Stars, to kick off the 2010-2011 season.
Loui Eriksson had 2 goals, including the overtime game-winner, in a game that will be known for the debut of the Parise-Zajac-Kovalchuk line, affectionally dubbed the “ZIP line” by Devils fans. (Z – for Zajac, I – for Ilya, and P – for Parise.) The line was absolutely brilliant to kick off the game, scoring twice in under ten minutes. It looked like the...