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Isles gear for stingy Devils

It has been an offensive free-for-all in the early going for the Islanders. They have scored 22 goals, second in the Eastern Conference, behind only the explosive Lightning through six games. But now comes a true measuring stick: two games in four days against the ever-stingy Devils and future Hall-of-Fame...

Devils fall to Bruins in shootout

BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored the decisive shootout goal after teammate Nathan Horton forced overtime late in the third period and the Bruins rallied for a 2-1 win over the Devils last night. Boston’s Tyler Seguin and New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk scored on their teams’ first shot during the...

Devils fall to Bruins in shootout

BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored the decisive shootout goal after teammate Nathan Horton forced overtime late in the third period and the Bruins rallied for a 2-1 win over the Devils last night. Boston’s Tyler Seguin and New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk scored on their teams’ first shot during the...

Devils’ winning Hab-it ends

MONTREAL — Nobody’s perfect. The Devils erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to put themselves in position to preserve their unblemished record, but Andrei Markov scored 4:22 into overtime on a power play to give the Canadiens the 4-3 win last night. Markov was at the edge...

Kovy keeps Devs perfect

Maybe the lockout was just what the Devils needed. Three games into the season, they have three wins, as Ilya Kovachuk scored with 21 seconds left in overtime to lead the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Capitals at Prudential Center. After blowing a 2-0 lead when the Capitals...

Devils’ Zajac looks to step it up

One big contract and suddenly Travis Zajac is a big talker.“I’m just trying to, maybe, take my game to another level,” he said after practice yesterday.For the Devils soft-spoken first-line center, that’s akin to guaranteeing the Stanley Cup.Zajac is unassuming and humble. He refused to...

Brodeur, Devils shut out Flyers

The Devils will never be able to replace former captain Zach Parise, who signed with the Wild as a free agent in the off-season, but they still have future Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur in net. Brodeur did his best to help fans forget about their departed captain last night...

Devils confident Rock will be rocking in home opener vs. Flyers

Finally, the Devils return home. More than seven months ago, the Devils were unable to force one more game at Prudential Center, dropping Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Los Angeles. Then, the team lost any control over the situation, waiting for the end of a lockout that...

Matteau’s son Stefan enjoys solid Devils debut

A lot can change in one week. Just ask Stefan Matteau. Seven days ago, the son of former Rangers hero Stefane Matteau was on his way to New Jersey for an abbreviated training camp, thinking for what would be a very short stay, a break from his juniors career. Last...

Brodeur rises to occasion

Martin Brodeur spent the early part of last night’s season opener just watching.The veteran Devils goalie was tested very little in the first two periods of his team’s 2-1 win over the Islanders at the Coliseum, but when he was called upon to make big saves, it...

Islanders fail to convert chances, fall to Devils

Close is not a word that carries much optimism for the Islanders any more, because close is a word for losers. With their coach Jack Capuano hospitalized as he battles kidney stones, the Islanders opened the season last night at the Coliseum with a 2-1 loss to the Devils, one...

Devils beat Islanders in opener

NHLI via Getty Images Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov makes a stick save in front of Travis Zajac of the New Jersey Devils at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. The Devils won, 2-1. UNIONDALE — David Clarkson's goal at 8:17 of the third period sent the New Jersey Devils...

Devils will return to

The last time there was a 48-game season following a lockout, it was the Devils, led by goalie Martin Brodeur, who won the Stanley Cup. That was in 1995, when Brodeur was still a youngster and his Hall of Fame plaque was not yet a given. Now the franchise goalie...

Matteau’s son on Devils’ roster

Stefan Matteau has made the Devils’ roster — for now.The son of former Rangers great Stephane Matteau was kept on the team’s 23-man roster yesterday, and the 18-year-old Matteau can play five games with the Devils before the first year of his entry-level contract goes into effect. Odds are...

Islanders’ plan: 2 goalie rotation

An already complicated goaltending situation for the Islanders was made even more so by the four-month lockout. Now, with a condensed 48-game schedule that includes seven back-to-backs, the pressure is on coach Jack Capuano to play his hand properly. To cool the hot play of either Evgeni Nabokov or Rick...

Defenseman new ice leader for Devils

Ilya Kovalchuk is under contract for 13 more years, Travis Zajac just landed an eight-year deal, and Patrik Elias is entering his 16th season with the Devils, but none of them was named team captain yesterday. Instead, it was defenseman Bryce Salvador, who was named the 10th captain in Devils...

Rangers, Devils, Isles finally drop the puck

The NHL season is short on games because of the lockout, but not on expectations for the Rangers. The Blueshirts led the Eastern Conference in points last season and before the labor turmoil officially shut down the league, they acquired Blue Jackets star Rick Nash. It’s the first time...

DeBoer confident in Devils' success

With only a week-long training camp to prepare for the lockout-shortened season, the Devils will rely heavily on their coaching staff to equip them for a run at the Stanley Cup similar to that of last year’s— so they hope. In his first season with the team, head coach...

Devils’ Zajac gets long-term deal

The playoff run that center Travis Zajac had last season for the Devils impressed general manager Lou Lamoriello so much that on the fourth day of training camp he gave Zajac a new contract. Zajac signed a maximum deal Wednesday, one that is reported to be for eight years and...

After delay, Kovalchuk returns to Devils

It was almost like everything was back to normal, the Devils’ $100 million man out there on the Newark ice, carving up defenses and scoring goals like the superstar winger that he is. But it wasn’t normal, because yesterday’s scrimmage against the Albany Devils (AHL) was the first...

Devils have yet to name captain

Three days to go before their first game of the season, and the Devils still haven’t named a captain. But that could change as early as today, with the long-awaited arrival of Ilya Kovalchuk to training camp. “We’ve had some good discussions and are pretty close [to naming...

Devils look for offense

Patrik Elias has been here before, so forgive the Devils forward when from his depth of confidence comes a snarky answer. With both Zach Parise and Petr Sykora gone from the Devils’ lineup one season after the team went to the Stanley Cup Finals, there is a void of 52...

Lou OK with Kovalchuk’s late arrival

Lou Lamoriello has never been anything but cool, so this is exactly how one would expect the Devils general manager to react to his superstar still being in Russia. Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to return to New Jersey tomorrow and participate in his first practice on Wednesday — three days later...

Lou OK with Kovalchuk’s late arrival

Lou Lamoriello has never been anything but cool, so this is exactly how one would expect the Devils general manager to react to his superstar still being in Russia. Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to return to New Jersey tomorrow and participate in his first practice on Wednesday — three days later...

Puck drops Saturday with angers-Bruins, Isles-Devs

The NHL announced its 48-game regular-season schedule last night, and for the Rangers, it will feel like the playoffs right from the opening faceoff. The Blueshirts open up Saturday at 7 p.m. against the Bruins in Boston, and return to Madison Square Garden the next night to face the...