The fourth game. The New Jersey Devils are at The Rock once more. After this one, there is no guarantee of a third home game for the Devils against the Carolina Hurricanes. Support the Devils at this one as if there is no more games in Newark after this one. Victory will at least ensure one more time at the Rock in 2024-25.
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes, Series at 1-2.
The Time: 3:30 PM ET
The Broadcast: National TV – TBS, truTV; Canada: SN, SN360, TVAS; 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 Afternoon: 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 fourth game, the song that comes to mind is “Growing Stronger” by Turning Point – an influential band in this scene from Moorestown, New Jersey. They ventured into more emotional and introspective lyrics compared with other straight edge bands at that time. While the band broke up shortly after their one album thinking the kids did not care, it sure hit its mark over time. Their influence can be heard in bands like Farside, Lifetime, and Thursday (I want to say they named themselves after their song?), along with more contemporary groups like MIL-SPEC and Fury. The song was released on their one album, it’s always darkest…before the dawn” and remastered on the compilation 1988-1991.
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!
