The Devils beat the Isles 6-1 tonight at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Ma. Brian Gionta took Wade Dubielewicz to school 3 times on the game, while John Madden added a pair and Travis Zajac chipped in one.
Richard Park scored the lone Isles goal.
The teams meet again on Saturday in Bridgeport.
Here were the line combos tonight:
ISLANDERS
Goaltenders
34 Wade Dubielewicz
35 Joey MacDonald
Defensemen
4 Bryan Berard – 8 Bruno Gervais
14 Chris Campoli – 24 Radek Martinek
44 Freddy Meyer – 2 Aaron Johnson
Forwards
16 Jon Sim – 18 Mike Sillinger – 7 Trent Hunter
15 Jeff Tambellini – 29 Ben Walter – 57 Blake Comeau
20 Sean Bergenheim – 51 Frans Nielsen – 28 Tim Jackman
54 Gordie Dwyer – 10 Richard Park – 27 Darryl Bootland
NEW JERSEY
Goaltenders
30 Martin Brodeur
1 Frank Doyle
Defensemen
6 Andy Greene – 28 Karel Rachunek
2 Vitaly Vishnevski – 32 Mike Mottau
29 Johnny Oduya – 42 Matthew Corrente
Forwards
52 Nicklas Bergfors – 16 Dainius Zubrus – 14 Brian Gionta
9 Zach Parise – 19 Travis Zajac – 48 David Clarkson
11 John Madden – 49 Rod Pelley – 22 Arron Asham
17 Mike Rupp – 18 Sergei Brylin – 47 Barry Tallackson