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Rangers breeze past Devils as trade pieces sit before deadline

A bit of sensibility emerged, and it didn’t seem to hurt. The Rangers finally decided it to be prudent in sitting three of their big trade pieces — scratching Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Hayes and Adam McQuaid for Saturday’s Garden matinee against the Devils. And the Blueshirts ended up not needing them against the mostly lifeless...

Swell of gambling marketing is swallowing up our sports

There’s an old gag about the gambler who has lost 20 straight bets on football. Even his bookie feels bad for the guy, so he makes this suggestion: “Why not bet on a different sport, say hockey?” “Hockey?” he hollers, “What do I know about hockey?” Years ago I watched a neighbor crash and burn...

Devils deal defenseman Ben Lovejoy to Stars

DALLAS — The Devils traded veteran defenseman Ben Lovejoy to the Stars on Saturday. The Stars sent defenseman Connor Carrick and a 2019 third-round draft pick to the Devils in the deal reached two days before the NHL’s trade deadline. Lovejoy is an 11-year veteran and defensive specialist who won a Stanley Cup with the...

Cory Schneider posts rare shutout as Devils brace for trade deadline

Cory Schneider made 30 saves in posting his first shutout since November 2017 and Devils beat the undermanned Senators 4-0 on Thursday night at Prudential Center in Newark in a game in which both teams gave indications they were getting ready to make trades before Monday’s deadline. “It’s never easy,” Schneider said of the trading...

‘Puddy’ sees Devils fall to Penguins as win streak ends at 2

There goes the Devils’ modest winning streak. Bryan Rust scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the second period and the Penguins continued their playoff push and avoided the embarrassment of being swept by the lowly Devils with a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night at Prudential Center in Newark, despite the fact the character David Puddy...

Cory Schneider wins first game in more than a year

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nico Hischier scored 3:19 into overtime, Cory Schneider got his first win in nearly 14 months and the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Friday night. Hischier, Marcus Johansson and Kyle Palmieri each had a goal and an assist for the Devils, who won for the...

Devils blow early lead, continue stumbling with loss in Chicago

CHICAGO — The Blackhawks showed the struggling Devils no love on Valentine’s Day. Patrick Kane scored his 34th goal and added two assists to lead Chicago to a 5-2 win over the Devils on Thursday night for the Blackhawks’ eighth victory in nine games. Meanwhile, the Devils — in last place in the Metropolitan Division...

Keith Kinkaid melts down as Devils blown out by Blues

ST. LOUIS — The Devils continue to sing the Blues. Pavel Zacha, Kyle Palmieri and Mirco Mueller scored for New Jersey, but it still lost its 10th straight to St. Louis. Alex Pietrangelo and Ivan Barbashev each scored twice for the Blues, who won their seventh straight game, blowing out the Devils 8-3 on Tuesday...

Familiar face helps send Devils to third straight defeat

Former Devil Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal, and the Wild snapped a four-game losing streak and gave coach Bruce Boudreau something to smile about in his 900th NHL game with a 4-2 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center on Saturday. The third line of Marcus Foligno, Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin all...

Islanders weren’t dominant but find way to slip past Devils

These were not the screw-tight Islanders, but they managed to get it done anyway. In what was a rather tepid affair that had some solid goaltending from Thomas Greiss and Cory Schneider, the Islanders managed a 2-1 shootout victory over the Devils on Thursday night at Prudential Center. The game-winning tally came when Josh Bailey...

Brian Boyle’s feel-good story heads to Nashville after Devils trade

The rebuilding Devils traded a respected and inspirational part of their present on Wednesday for a chance to build for the future — dealing 2017 Masterton Trophy winner Brian Boyle to the Predators for a second-round pick in this June’s NHL draft. Boyle, 34, thus gets a chance to win a Stanley Cup with the...

Devils whipped by same player who beat Rangers a day ago

The Devils didn’t fare any better than the Rangers did. Tyler Toffoli scored twice in 35 seconds early in the third period to spark the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night at Prudential Center in Newark. Toffoli, who had the overtime winner Monday against the New...

Nico Hischier wins it for Devils after leadership promotion

MONTREAL — Nico Hischier wore the alternate captain’s “A” on his jersey for the first time in his career. The 20-year-old Swiss star has fast become a leader for the New Jersey Devils. Hischier scored at 1:56 of overtime after tying it midway through the third period in the Devils’ 3-2 victory over the Montreal...