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NEWARK, N.J. — Jacques Lemaire didn’t want to describe his 20-minute, on-ice discussion with the New Jersey Devils as a pep talk.
It was just a coach stating the obvious at practice on Wednesday to a team that has lost four of its last five games and 10 of 14.
There was no shouting. No wild arm gestures. Maybe a couple of taps on the ice with his stick.
“Most of it was about winning battles, Continue reading ‘Slumping Devils could use a break’
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NEWARK, N.J. — The Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils aren’t going to have to wait very long to finish their suspended game.
The NHL announced Saturday that the teams will play the final period and a half at the Prudential Center, starting at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
The game was suspended on Friday night with 9:12 left in the second period when a lighting problem on one side of the arena could Continue reading ‘Lightning-Devils game resuming on Sunday’
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OTTAWA — The New Jersey Devils found a way Saturday night to extended their unbeaten road record to eight games, even if it wasn’t all that pretty.
Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play as the Devils came from behind in the third period to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2.
“It seems we find ways to win,” said Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. “We stuck with it. It Continue reading ‘Weary Devils hang on to edge Senators’
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As expected, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is out of the lineup because of an upper-body strain.
Ovechkin has been termed “week to week” by the Capitals, but the two-time NHL MVP was not ruled out beyond Wednesday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils.
Ovechkin travelled with the team and could potentially play at Florida on Friday or at home in a rematch with the Panthers on Saturday.
Continue reading ‘Ovechkin feeling better, but sits vs. Devils’
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NEWARK, N.J. — After six years without a Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils are handing over the team to the coach who led them to their first NHL title.
Jacques Lemaire, who coached the Devils for five seasons in the mid 1990s and led them to the Cup in 1995, is New Jersey’s coach again. He was hired on Monday, some five weeks after Brent Sutter resigned and eventually took over as coach Continue reading ‘Devils name Lemaire head coach’
NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have acquired forward Tim Sestito from Edmonton in exchange for a 2010 conditional draft pick and signed free agent goaltender Yann Danis.
The team announced both deals on Friday without providing details.
The 24-year-old Sestito made his NHL debut with the Oilers last season, playing in one game and recording a shot on goal. He spent most of the season with Springfield of the AHL.
NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have acquired forward Tim Sestito from Edmonton in exchange for a 2010 conditional draft pick and signed free agent goaltender Yann Danis.
The team announced both deals on Friday without providing details.
The 24-year-old Sestito made his NHL debut with the Oilers last season, playing in one game and recording a shot on goal. He spent most of the season with Springfield of the AHL.
Continue reading ‘Devils get F Sestito from Oilers’
RED DEER, Alta. — Brent Sutter has resigned as coach of the New Jersey Devils after two seasons with the NHL club.
The Red Deer Rebels president and owner decided his highest priorities in life are his family, his ranch outside of Sylvan Lake, Alta., and his Western Hockey League club. He wrestled with the decision for weeks before making it official on Tuesday.
“I decided to go this way for all of the right reasons,” he Continue reading ‘‘Homesick’ Sutter leaves Devils’
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New Jersey Devils backup goalie Kevin Weekes will miss between two and three weeks with what the team called a lower-body injury.
Speaking prior to the Devils’ game at Buffalo on Saturday, team president Lou Lamoriello said Weekes’ injury is not expected to be serious, though the team is still awaiting test results. Weekes was hurt early in the second period of New Jersey’s 5-4 overtime win against Tampa Bay on Friday, Continue reading ‘Devils’ Weekes out 2-3 weeks’
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Tomas Vokoun and the Florida Panthers kept pushing for the playoffs, slowing down the surging New Jersey Devils in the process.
Vokoun stopped 36 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, and the Panthers snapped New Jersey’s seven-game road winning streak with a 4-0 victory Tuesday night.
“If you beat a team like that, especially a team that’s a roll, it’s Continue reading ‘Panthers’ Vokoun shuts out Devils’
