Habs Cool Off Devils At The Rock
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.
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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...
Coming off its best win of the season, New Jersey now gets to face a struggling Calgary team as it tries to post back-to-back victories for the first time.
Johan Hedberg made key saves and New Jersey finally scored some goals. That combination brightened the mood of the struggling Devils, who pulled off a stunning 5-0 win Monday over Washington Capitals.
Coming off two straight losses, a matchup with beaten-up New Jersey may be just what the NHL-leading Washington Capitals need to get back on track.
The Devils reached their 20-game milestone in the 2010-11 season Saturday night in St. Louis and are just 5-13-2. The 20-game point total ranks as the 3rd-worst in club history since the team moved to New Jersey in 1982.
Brad Winchester scored the winning goal 5:15 in the third period and Jaroslav Halak stopped 35 shots to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the slumping New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
As if the New Jersey Devils didn't have enough problems already. They will be without goaltender Martin Brodeur and with their punchless offense Saturday when they try to salvage a win in the finale of their three-game road trip against the St. Louis Blues.
Former NHL coach Pat Burns, who led the New Jersey Devils to the 2003 Stanley Cup title, died of cancer on Friday. He was 58.
After Thursday night's 3-1 loss in Toronto at the hands of the struggling Maple Leafs, I think it's time to come right out and say it: the Devils are in crisis mode.
