New Jersey Devils

New York, NY - New Jersey Devils (1-4-1) could not hold back the Boston (2-1-0) Barrage in the second period in the 4-1 loss to the Bruins on Saturday night at the Prudential Center. The Bruins had three unanswered goals to send the Devils to the teams second worst start to the season since the 1983 - ‘84 lean years. Things started out well for New Jersey as they were able to have a solid first period. New Jersey even held a brief 1-0 lead in the second period as Dainius Zubrus connected off a wrist shot that was set up by Zach Parise and Andy Greene at the 3:45 mark. Fans of the Devils had hoped that maybe the team would be able to capture a victory with several strong rushes to th...

New York, NY - It was a classic goaltending dual between Martin Brodeur and Ryan Miller, but the New Jersey Devils (1-2-1) prevailed with a 1-0 victory over the Sabres (1-2-1) in overtime as Illya Kovalchuk hit a wicked slap shot for the first Devils victory of the season. Both teams were wanting to win but it was the Devils who were able to prevail as Matt Taormina and Jamie Langenbrunner was able to get the puck on Kovalchuk’s stick. The winger was able to put the puck into the net to release the weight of the losing streak off of the Devils back. Both teams were able to grind and work, but it was the defensive play of the Devils along with the goalkeeping of Martin Brodeur who m...

New York – All the headaches of the offseason have not lead to a good start so far for the New Jersey Devils (0-1-1) were defeated by the Washington Capitals (1-1-0) by the score of 7-2. Led by Alex Ovechkin who finished with two goals in what was a rough Saturday night for Devils keeper Martin Brodeur. Ovechkin who completed the Washington four-goal second period by beating Brodeur on a penalty shot in one of the many Capitals ways in which they were able to score. The others included an even strength goal, a short-handed goal and the above mentioned penalty shot. Also getting on the score sheet was John Calrson who had a goal and two assist for Washington which won its ninth straig...

It was no secret that the New Jersey Devils have been scrambling to get under the cap the past few days. Sitting at roughly $3.5M over the limit, Lou Lamoriello has to do something before the deadline of 3 PM on Wednesday afternoon. There was a lot of speculation and excitement over a possible major waiver move (i.e Brian Rolston, or Dainius Zubrus) or a trade of a big-name top six forward to free up some space, but as the deadline passed, there was no word of a major move. Other teams in the league knew that the Devils had their back against the wall, and no GM was willing to take on any contract to help their cause. But before 3 PM on Wednesday even had a chance to pass, the Devils made...