Heading into Monday night's game against the Devils, the stars were aligned for a tough night. A scoring-challenged team against a defensive-minded club with an all-world goalie, plus a newly added sniper

During Monday Night's matchup between the New Jersey Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers, Devils defensivemen Anssi Salmela scored a pretty goal in the second period to give the Devils, a 2-0 lead.Nearing the end of his shot, Flyers centre Jeff Carter absolutely unloaded on him with a hit that knock Salmela flat out on the ice.Salmela was taken off the ice in a strecher (as evidenced in the video), there is no current word on his status.The hit itself appeared to be legal since Carter'…