SUNRISE, Fla. -- Now the Devils have the Panthers where they want them. Down by a game with the fear of going to New Jersey in an 0-2 hole.

"The pressure shifts to them. We have to get greedy now," coach Pete DeBoer said.



What can the Devils expect in Game 2 Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center?



"We know they're not going to just lay over and let us do what we want," goalie Martin Brodeur said.

Ryan Carter, who scored the winning goal against his former club, said: "I would expect a lot of the same (resiliency). That's a good team over there. A lot of skill and a lot of speed. In the second period we kind of got away from what we had some success with and they got into their game, up and down the ice making plays and shooting the puck. We took some penalties, too, and they have a good power play. I would expect them to play a game like that."

Carter said the Devils took the crowd out of the game early on.

"We knew they were going to come out with some jam and the building was going to be intense," Carter said. "It's been a while since they've been in the playoffs, so they were going to come out flying. We wanted to match that and I think we found a way.

"The mandate was keep it simple, shots on net, get rebounds and things like that. I think we had some success doing it, they got a little frustrated, took penalties and the power play capitalized. That's a good way to start a road game."

Carter explained his goal.

"I ended up with the puck. It was a controlled forecheck by them and I think they had a misread on who was supposed to get the puck and who was supposed to go where," he said. "It allowed me to jump in there and kind of pull it away from them.

"Then I found myself on the blue line, just chipped it past the D man (Ed Jovanovski) for a 2-on-1. I wanted to buy a little time and shoot on my forehand. I did that and it found its way in."