The Devils almost blew a two-goal lead last Friday night to the Maple Leafs. The Devils were in a 2-5-1 slump coming into the hockey game. They only had 12 goals within that span. New Jersey coach Lemaire moved Zubrus up to the top line with Zajac and Parise. This is only his third game after not being able to play at 30 games with a broken knee cap. Thus, a decision by Lemaire really paid off when the three quickly came together and gave the Devils the momentum after Toronto lead earlier. Everything just going for the Devils Toronto had the first goal in the game courtesy of rookie Carl Gunnarsson. He made a goal early in the 6:11 mark, firing a shot from the left point that went over the glove of Brodeur and under the crossbar. The lead only lasted 59 seconds after Parise pulled the score even for the Devils. Parise made a "hard shot that went wide of the net." With the puck moving across the crease to Parise, Zubrus then "snared the carom off the end board," giving Parise an easy chance to score. Lead defenseman Ian White came up the puck again on the second tally of Parise at 13:40 in regulation. Zajac had an opportunity to clear White’s not-so-good clearing pass and Zajac immediately whipped the puck over to Zubrus, who then passed it on to Parise. Parise defeated Jonas Gustavsson to give the Devils star a two-goal game for the fifth time this season and the 20th time in Parise's career. Parise played an inspired game and came close to making a hat trick early in the second period on the Devils' powerplay, but Gustavsson beat him twice which also included a "sparkling glove save on Parise’s blast from the right circle." Four minutes later, Parise came charging into the Maple Leafs Zone but a diving stop by Gustavsson prevented him from reaching his third goal in the game. Zubrus also had a good comeback game when he scored his first goal at 9:22 from a two-on-one break with Zajac. Toronto trying to get back With 11:47 in regulation, Gustavsson was replaced by Toskala which gave Toronto a brief lift that led to Colton Orr’ making a goal at exactly 14:41. Orr is more of an enforcer than a scorer. He gloved down a pass from Jamal Mayers and hot ahead of the Devils defense. Orr then "whipped a shot past Brodeur" for his first goal after 29 games to cut the lead to 3-2. The Devils then came back up with 2:41 remaining in the last period in regulation as the rookie Davis made his first goal. Toronto went on a serious comeback when Alexei Ponikarovsky stripped the puck from Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador to cut the lead to 4-3 with 5:01 left. Matt Stajan then tied the game with 1:31 left in regulation. The game ended in favor of the Devils as Zajac, from the top of the right circle, released a shot for a powerplay goal.