First Period: Off the opening faceoff, the Devils turned the puck over to Anze Kopitar in near the faceoff circle to the left of the Devils net, and he fired a challenging shot on Keith Kinkaid. Kinkaid made the save, but it was not a pretty way to open the game. Kopitar was very good in his first shift of the game, until John Moore knocked him in the ice after he made another attempt on Kinkaid.
Keith Kinkaid was sharp early in the period, being forced to make a few stops.