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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (28-25-2) at the Columbus Blue Jackets (27-20-7) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I wrote the preview this morning. The Song of the Day: The last time the Blue Jackets hosted the Devils, they promoted “Knock Them Out New Year’s” and […]
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With ten goals in his last twelve games, it may be time to give Brian Halonen another look. Halonen Hot This is not exactly breaking news for fans of this site, but the Devils have struggled scoring goals this season. One guy who is doing that in Utica lately is Brian Halonen. Is it time […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (28-25-2) versus the Columbus Blue Jackets (27-20-7) The Time: 7:00 PM The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN Columbus 8-1-0 Since Firing Head Coach If you are expecting the same sad Columbus team who promised to knock the Devils out on New Years’ Eve and promptly fell apart in the actual […]
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There is a lot to be negative about these days. Thanks to their loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the New Jersey Devils’ season is sadly right on the precipice of being officially lost. Unless the team has a 2010-11 Jacques Lemaire-esque run in them (23-3-2 in one 28-game stretch after Lemaire took over), […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links The Devils went 0-for-5 on the power play and could only muster a single Timo Meier goal on Saturday as the Senators took a 4-1 win. [Devils NHL] Jack Hughes missed the Senators game: It’s time: “Put a pitchfork in the New Jersey Devils’ season. Well, most […]
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In his first game in over a month, Linus Ullmark was finally tested four minutes into the game when Connor Brown redirected a hard pass from Timo Meier, who was near the corner at the wall. Ullmark made the initial save, but it bounced up and was trickling behind him when Brown whacked the puck […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (28-24-2) at the Ottawa Senators (25-21-7) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSG; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (28-24-2) at the Ottawa Senators (25-21-7) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSG; Radio — Devils Hockey Network No News is Bad News Yesterday evening, I wrote about the recent injuries to Jack Hughes and Cody Glass, which have massive implications for the Devils in their […]
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The New Jersey Devils managed to avoid another terrible loss in last night’s overtime win over the Nashville Predators. However, they could not do so without sustaining another injury. Early in the game, Jack Hughes left the ice and went to the dressing room, with the broadcast and attending media mostly oblivious to his absence […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links A tying third-period goal from Jesper Bratt, and a Nico Hischier goal in overtime pushed the Devils to a 3-2 win over the Predators on Thursday. [Devils NHL] Well! “The Devils did well in the Palát half of this trade, but Tsyplakov is not a bum. He […]
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If the New Jersey Devils are going to salvage their season and actually make the playoffs, it would have needed to start with a win tonight. It wasn’t looking likely, and in fact they did not hold one lead all night long. But thanks to Nico Hischier’s heroics, the Devils did indeed get back in […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (27-24-2) versus the Nashville Predators (24-23-5) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Matt wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: […]
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Tuesday evening saw New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald finally begin to correct a years old mistake now when it was announced that Ondrej Palat would be held out of the game for “roster related reasons” which usually means a trade is coming. By the time the first period came to an end on […]
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Last Devils Game On Tuesday, the Devils lost their second game in a row to the 29th place Winnipeg Jets. Yes my friends, the Devils lost to a team that only has a better record than 3 other teams and more win than 2 other teams. The teams went goal for goal in the first […]
6 days ago | 2 reads
Allow me to turn the clock back to one of the more frustrating New Jersey Devils seasons of my lifetime, if you will. It’s 2013. The Devils, knowing the end of the Martin Brodeur era was near with him entering the final season of his contract, acquired the then 26-year-old Cory Schneider from the Vancouver […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links A trade! John MacLean to the New Jersey Devils Ring of Honor: The Jets scored three second-period goals, and the Devils made a push to get things tied but couldn’t find the equalizer and dropped Tuesday’s game, 4-3. [Devils NHL] A look at how the addition of […]
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Prior to the New Jersey Devils loss to the Winnipeg Jets, Devils team reporter Amanda Stein reported that veteran winger Ondrej Palat was being held out of the game for “roster related decisions.” For those who aren’t on Hockey Twitter an unhealthy amount of time, “roster related decisions” is typically code for “we’re holding out […]
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The New Jersey Devils were looking for a little nostalgia when they made John MacLean the fourth member of the team’s Ring of Honor in a pregame ceremony Tuesday night at Prudential Center. What they got instead was deja vu. That’s because these Devils, who lost 4-3 to the Winnipeg Jets, are way more reminiscent […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (27-23-2) versus the Winnipeg Jets (20-24-7). The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Jackson wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: […]
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With plenty of positive goalie news amongst the Devils prospects in recent weeks, one goaltender’s achievements went largely unnoticed. Veeti’s Very Good Week Goaltender Veeti Louhivaara has excelled since joining the Chicago Steel of the USHL midseason, his third team he’s played for this year. In seven games for the Steel, Louhivaara is 3-1-3 with […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (27-23-2) vs. Winnipeg Jets (20-24-7) The Broadcast: MSGSN, Devils Hockey Radio Network The Time: 7:00pm ET Last Devils Game New Jersey finished up a four-game, west coast road trip by losing 4-2 to the Seattle Kraken. Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes scored power play goals, but the 5-on-5 offense couldn’t finish (again), and the […]
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The New Jersey Devils are returning home this week from a successful west coast road trip. The final game of that swing, a 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken, left a bitter taste in everyone’s mouths, but aside from that, three wins against the western Canada teams went a long way toward getting the Devils […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Cody Glass had three points, Lenni Hämeenaho tallied his first two NHL points and the Devils held on for a 5-4 win over the Canucks on Friday. [Devils NHL] Then on Sunday, the Devils rounded out the road trip with a 4-2 loss to the Kraken. [Devils […]
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The Devils finished their West Coast trip with a Sunday matinee in Seattle, dropping a tough one to the Kraken. Joey Daccord headlined this win, stopping 27 of 29 shots, including 12 of 13 in the final frame to send the Devils home with a 3-1 record on their northwest road trip. This one would […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (27-22-2) at the Seattle Kraken (22-19-9) The Time: 3:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: I wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: […]
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