Parise Leads Devils Over Islanders
Zach Parise had a goal and an assist to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 preseason win over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
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Zach Parise had a goal and an assist to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 preseason win over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the go-ahead goal with 2:19 remaining and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night for their first preseason win.
Michael Del Zotto scored on the power play 52 seconds into overtime to give the New York Rangers a 5-4 exhibition victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
Marian Gaborik scored his second goal at 3:12 of overtime on Thursday and the New York Rangers opened their preseason with a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Mike Richards scored a shootout goal in the fourth round, lifting the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night in the first preseason game for both teams.
During the New Jersey Devils' first practice of the season, new coach John MacLean moved the 27-year-old All-Star from left wing to right wing, playing him with Zach Parise and Travis Zajac.
New Jersey left wing Ilya Kovalchuk said Friday that the NHL's punishment of the Devils for his original, rejected contract was unfair. At the same time, he separated himself from the issue.
The NHL has harshly penalized the New Jersey Devils for signing Ilya Kovalchuk to 17-year, $102 million contract that circumvented the league's salary cap.
A byproduct of the revised 15-year deal was that the Devils helped the NHL and its players union reach an agreement on long-term contracts
Go ahead and exhale hockey fans. The Ilya Kovalchuk melodrama finally has its happy ending. But Lou Lamoriello and company can hardly kick back and relax for the rest of the offseason.
Five weeks after rejecting Ilya Kovalchuk's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts.
The NHL has extended its deadline to Friday for approving Ilya Kovalchuk's $100 million, 15-year contract with the New Jersey Devils.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract to the league for Russian star Ilya Kovalchuk.
A top official of the National Hockey League Players' Association denied reports Thursday that Donald Fehr, the former leader of baseball's players' union, accepted an offer to take the top job at the NHLPA.
The NJ Devils could have some stiff competition for NHL star Ilya Kovalchuk. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Kovalchuk's agent has reached out to the president of Russia's KHL.
