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After last night’s loss to the Detroit Red Wings snapped New Jersey’s four-game winning streak, the season isn’t OVER, but it’s over. The Devils technically have some wiggle room to make the playoffs, but it would take a borderline undefeated run coupled with an epic collapse or two by Eastern Conference teams to get them […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Jack Hughes tallied a hat trick, the power play went three for three, and a strong third period pushed the Devils to a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Saturday. [Devils NHL] The four-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-0 loss to the Red […]
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First Period Despite the largely Devils having the better run of early play, the Detroit Red Wings took the lead when Moritz Seider beat Jacob Markstrom high with a point shot on Detroit’s third shot of the game. Markstrom may have been dealing with a poor block attempt by Nico Hischier, but it looked like […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (32-29-2) versus the Detroit Red Wings (35-21-7) The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — ESPN; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: Matt had it here. 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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Last Devils Game On Saturday afternoon the Devils beat the New York Rangers 6-3 at the Rock. The win was the Devils 4th win in a row, and Jacob Markstrom’s 4th win in a row, in which he’s started 5 games in a row for the Devils. The Devils went up 1-0 1:06 into the […]
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First Period The Devils took the lead just over a minute into the game, with Cody Glass finding Jesper Bratt for a one-timer past Jonathan Quick! Bratt shot the puck at the center of the net, but the play developed so quickly that Quick was completely unable to get across. 1-0, Devils. Unfortunately for the […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (31-29-2) versus the New York Rangers (24-29-8) The Time: 3:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — ABC; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: Matt had it here. 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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Last Devils Game On Wednesday night, The Devils defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in the shootout. After losing their previous 5 games in a row, the Devils are now on a 3 game win streak. Don’t get too excited though. The 3 wins were against teams that are all currently sitting out of a […]
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This may have been as quiet of a trade deadline day as possible, but it was not just the Devils. We all knew coming into today that the New Jersey Devils were not in position to be “buyers.” They are well out of a playoff spot. The general consensus has been that the Devils were, […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Well! “New Jersey made all defencemen available besides Luke Hughes and Brett Pesce. Simon Nemec switched agents, always a bad sign for an incumbent. That’s one reason he’s out there.” [Sportsnet] “In simpler terms, the difference in what the Devils give up with Nemec on the ice […]
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Welcome to Deadline Day, everyone. The writers here at All About the Jersey have been writing about trades, roster construction, the big picture and whether Tom Fitzgerald should even still be around to make these kinds of decisions in the lead-up to the trade deadline. Please see the links below for the last several articles. […]
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We have just over 24 hours until the NHL trade deadline, and with the New Jersey Devils well outside of a playoff spot, some expect them to sell off parts prior to 3 PM tomorrow. While there are some hurdles in the way (mainly how many NTC and NMCs that are currently on the Devils’ […]
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Who are these guys and what did they do with the New Jersey Devils? Right? Where was this effort during the Devils’ 97-day pratfall from atop the Eastern Conference standings on Nov. 29, to 14th in the conference today? Was one of the worst collapses in franchise history really just a function of a freak […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (30-29-2) versus the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10) The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — ESPN+, Hulu; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (30-29-2) versus the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — ESPN+/Hulu, Radio — Devils Hockey Network Rolling While it may prove to be “too little, too late,” the New Jersey Devils have been playing great hockey over the last couple games. With Arseny […]
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The NHL Trade Deadline is this Friday. Two days from now. Historically, this is one of my favorite times of the year on the NHL calendar, mainly because it’s one of the few times on the calendar that an NHL GM actually does their job and makes trades. We get to see firsthand which teams […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Arseny Gritsyuk, Dougie Hamilton, Cody Glass, Dawson Mercer and Simon Nemec all scored as the Devils took a 5-1 win over the Panthers on Tuesday. [Devils NHL] Tom Fitzgerald is still running the show this deadline, for some reason: “On the surface, Hamilton’s 2025-26 season looks like […]
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The New Jersey Devils may indeed be pulling out of the three-month slump that sank their season. Or the Devils’ very modest two-game winning streak might just be what it appears to be on its surface – a couple of wins over two teams that are somehow even worse off than the Devils. And make […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (29-29-2) versus the Florida Panthers (30-27-3) The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — TNT, HBO Max; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (29-29-2) versus the Florida Panthers (30-27-3) The Time: 7:00 PM The Broadcast: TV — TNT, HBO Max; Radio — Devils Hockey Network Deadline Uncertainty With the NHL Trade Deadline quickly approaching, there has been an increase in rumors around the New Jersey Devils and the league at large. There […]
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Utica scored ten goals in back-to-back wins over the weekend. This post covers them. Comets Win Utica opened up its winning ways on Friday with a 5-3 victory over the Belleville Senators. Five different comets found the twine: Jack Malone, Shane LaChance, Kyle Criscuolo, Xavier Parent, and Angus Crookshank. Goaltender Nico Daws earned his 10th […]
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The NHL trade deadline is this Friday, March 6, at 3pm ET. With less than a week to go until such an important league-wide event, the New Jersey Devils have a decision to make. They are built to win now, but have very much not won now. As a result, they face the unenviable reality […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links The losing streak is snapped: Goals from Timo Meier, Dougie Hamilton and Nico Hischier helped to push the Devils to a 3-1 win over the Blues on Saturday. [Devils NHL] Luke is back: Just a few hours after the Blues game, Jack appeared on Saturday Night Live: […]
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For the purposes of this article, I am not going to touch the question: “should Tom Fitzgerald be making trades?” Regardless of what I think of him, he has the job. He should keep doing his job as long as he has it, and it’s entirely on ownership to decide whether or not he should […]
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First Period In the first period, the Devils had a very disjointed effort. Despite not generating a ton of scoring chances (three high-danger), the team had several giveaways. Per Natural Stat Trick, Dawson Mercer (2), Connor Brown, Nick Bjugstad, Nico Hischier, Simon Nemec, and Timo Meier were all credited with giveaways on bad passes. Having […]
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