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Pete DeBoer shook up the lines for the Devils, changed their approach to get more shots in on goal in Game 2 and, most importantly, made sure they kept their composure down a goal late in the second period to a team that smothered them two nights earlier.
All that ... and he even speaks in complete sentences!
Because this has become the coaching matchup in the Eastern Conference finals: DeBoer vs. The Boor. The Devils tied the series with a 3-2 victory at Madison Square Garden last night, which led to another round of the off-Broadway spectacle known as the John Tortorella Show.
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