Lundqvist A Wall; Rangers Clip Devils
Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 43 saves and the New York Rangers beat New Jersey 3-1 on Wednesday night, handing the struggling Devils their sixth straight loss.
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Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 43 saves and the New York Rangers beat New Jersey 3-1 on Wednesday night, handing the struggling Devils their sixth straight loss.
Even though the Yankees came two wins shy of returning to the World Series and the Giants collapsed for the second season in a row, 2010 was a good year. Let's start the countdown...
The Rangers look to win a third consecutive game this season against the NHL-worst New Jersey Devils while sending them to their longest slide in 10 years Wednesday night at Prudential Center.
Dan Rosen of NHL.com joined me from Heinz Field to talk about the crazy work hours he has been enduring along with the ice crew for this year's Winter Classic, and to detail the whole process of turning an NFL field into an NHL rink.
The Devils will finish off the calendar year with the man who began 2010 behind their bench, Jacques Lemaire, who then took over for John MacLean on an interim basis last week.
The Leafs and embattled coach Ron Wilson travel to New Jersey on Sunday night for a matchup that will enable one of the Eastern Conference's bottom-feeders to end its losing streak.
Josh Bailey had two goals and an assist and the New York Islanders spoiled the return of Jacques Lemaire behind New Jersey's bench with a 5-1 victory over the Devils on Thursday night.
There are those of us - myself included - who will tell you that coaching has not been the issue with this team. But 9 wins in 33 games demands that somebody be held accountable.
The league's two worst teams take the ice at the Prudential Center, where the hapless Devils try to avoid their ninth loss in 10 games.
John MacLean's short run as Devils head coach has come to an end. Jacques Lemaire will take over head coaching duties for New Jersey.
Andrew Gordon had a goal and assist for his first two NHL points, and the Washington Capitals earned their second straight victory by beating the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night.
The Washington Capitals celebrated when they ended an eight-game skid. The New Jersey Devils might do the same if they can break a road losing streak of the same length - the second-longest such slide in team history.
The Devils come into Christmas week 18 points out of playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Since the NHL lockout, only seven Eastern Conference clubs that were out of a playoff spot as of December 25th recovered to make the post-season.
Since we have already established that hopes of making the playoffs this year are all but extinguished, the Devils have some soul searching to do here.
Eric Boulton scored three times for his first career NHL hat trick, Chris Thorburn added a goal and two assists, and the Atlanta Thrashers routed the reeling New Jersey Devils 7-1 on Saturday night.
