Canes @ Devils

The Canes and Devils are scoreless after the first period at The Rock. Cam Ward has a couple of high-quality saves to keep the Devils off the board. He had a sliding stop of a Niklas Bergfors shot midway the period, and stopped Jamie Langenbrunner on a rebound in the final 30 seconds of the period. Eric Staal had a good chance in front in the opening minute of the game and Martin Brodeur turned away a hard Ray Whitney shot, on a pass from Staal off the rush, midway the period. The Devils, 0-3 at home this season, had the only power play of the first period but the Canes were able to kill it off, although Tim Gleason did suffer a cut under his right eye. Gleason quickly returned. Canes defenseman Niclas Wallin also was taken to the locker room after a mid-ice collision early in the first but returned. Defenseman Joni Pitkanen, after a good morning skate, was in the lineup for only the second time this season. Pitkanen had knee surgery Sept. 10 and has been slowed by sorenes...