On this Friday, the Rock will host a playoff game for the first time since May 2023. The New Jersey Devils fans there should be loud and hopefully the team gives them reasons to stay loud against the Carolina Hurricanes. Discuss the game as it happens here in this post, a Gamethread.
The third game. The New Jersey Devils are at The Rock. I request everyone there to be as loud as possible. If there is any lesson to learn from the playoffs for any fan, then it is that there is no guarantee there will be future home games beyond this weekend. Which is unfortunately a real possibility. Let the Carolina Hurricanes and the larger hockey world how much noise a New Jersey crowd can make.
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes. The series is 0-2 in favor of Carolina.
The Time: 8:00 PM ET
The Broadcast: National TV – TBS; Canada: SN360, TVAS 2; Streaming: MAX; Local TV – MSGSN, FanDuel Sports Network South; Digital Audio – The Devils Radio Network
The Song of the Series: From the massive series preview:
Playoff hockey is inherently anxiety-inducing and nerve-wracking. Even when your favorite team has a commanding lead in the series, you just know nothing is actually over until the series is actually over. The Devils-Hurricanes series is likely going to be filled with forechecking pressure, worry over whether the Devils can handle that pressure, and concern if they can hit back. Evoking this kind of intense anxiety in music is tough, but the instrumental to Danny Brown’s “Ain’t It Funny?” from his 2016 album Atrocity Exhibition absolutely nails the feeling for this series and playoff hockey as a whole.
The Song of the Evening: Of course, this is the time to be hopeful as fans. Instead of worrying what could go wrong, ask about what could go right. Positivity may not be your cup of tea but there has been crews of youth who yell about it for decades. That will be the running theme for each Gamethread for this series.
For this third game, it is important to understand that youth crew hardcore has always been dogged for being too cheesy in its positivity. The older I get, the more I appreciate sincerity. This is why you really should check out Insted’s work. Their We’ll Make the Difference EP in between the Bonds of Friendship and What We Believe albums is energetic and hopeful. Literally in the case of the song, “I Will Try.”
The Rules: The rules remain the same as always. Please keep your language clean (no language masking, abbreviating, etc. I mean it: no swearing), respect your fellow Devils fan with no personal attacks (play nice or you will not play here), no illegal streams (this means no asking, no hints, no nothing about it), and please keep your comments relevant to this game. Go Devils!