13-Year Playoff Streak In Jeopardy For Brodeur, Devils
This could be the year of the Devils' demise, and it's only 29 games into season.
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This could be the year of the Devils' demise, and it's only 29 games into season.
Tomas Holmstrom and Danny Cleary scored on Detroit's first two shots against Martin Brodeur, and the Red Wings beat the slumping New Jersey Devils 4-1
Milan Michalek and Jarkko Ruutu scored 2:16 apart midway through the second, spoiling Martin Brodeur's return to New Jersey's lineup in the Ottawa Senators' 3-2 victory over the Devils on Friday night.
The New Jersey Devils continue to struggle and are mired in their fourth three-game losing streak of the season. The return of their future Hall of Fame goaltender may inspire a turnaround.
New Jersey's streak of reaching the NHL playoffs in each of the last 13 seasons is in jeopardy. Only the Red Wings have a longer active consecutive seasons streak.
As bad as it's been for the Devils this year, anybody who has kept up with my column knows that I have been what you might call optimistic. Now I'll allow you to call it what it really was: denial.
Sidney Crosby scored a goal and set up another, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Monday night.
The Atlantic Division has been won by either the Pittsburgh Penguins or the New Jersey Devils for five consecutive seasons. Only Pittsburgh is looking like a contender in 2010-11.
Mike Richards scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Brian Gionta and Lars Eller scored in the first 1:38, Carey Price made 27 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Thursday night.
The Devils try to win their fifth straight at the Prudential Center against the Northeast Division-leading Canadiens.
The Devils finished up November with three wins in four games, thanks to the goaltending of Johan Hedberg who also led New Jersey to its first back-to-back victories of the season.
The strong play of backup goalie Johan Hedberg has made the absence of Martin Brodeur less painful for the New Jersey Devils.
Rick DiPietro turned aside all 29 shots he faced and the New York Islanders ended a 14-game winless streak by shutting out the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Friday.
Few could have predicted that the New Jersey Devils would be this far down in the standings by this time of year. But that's not to say that they have nothing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday...
