The Devils and Canucks were tied at one after 40 minutes, setting up a big third period for two teams in search of a valuable win. Both teams with plenty to play for as we come down to the wire of the NHL's regular season.

You could talk about the Devils once again coming up small in the shootout. All of those are perfectly valid topics to focus on. But to me, when I think of how the Devils lost this game, I think of poor fundamentals.