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Article: Patrick Roy's gaffe opens door for Devils' Game 4 win.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The cocky swagger that makes Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy great also makes him an accident waiting to happen.

Folks were reminded again of Roy's Icarus-like quality in New Jersey's 3-2 victory against Colorado in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night.

The Avs were 20 minutes away from returning to Denver with a chance to win the Cup with a victory in Game 5 on Monday. The game plan was simple. Don't do anything stupid. If the Devils were going to come back from down 2-1, they were going to do so on a great play, not an Avs mistake.

Except Roy didn't see going behind his net to play the puck in the face of a ...

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