Hall, Butcher Each Net 2 Goals As Devils Burn Rangers
The New Jersey Devils have moved to the brink of their first playoff berth since 2012 by forgetting the big picture and concentrating on the little things.
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The New Jersey Devils have moved to the brink of their first playoff berth since 2012 by forgetting the big picture and concentrating on the little things.
Taylor Hall couldn't have picked a better time to get his first career short-handed goal.
Taylor Hall scored two goals and the New Jersey Devils took a major step toward their first playoff berth since 2012 with a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.
On the opening day of the baseball season, Sidney Crosby swung and connected for the Pittsburgh Penguins, preventing the New Jersey Devils from sweeping their four-game season series.
New Jersey extended its lead to three points ahead of idle Florida for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.
The New Jersey Devils took another major step toward making the playoffs for the first time since 2012 with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.
New Jersey is 3-0 against Pittsburgh this season and recovered after being dominated early by the Penguins.
Keith Kinkaid stopped 38 saves for his first shutout of the season, helping the New Jersey Devils improve their playoff positioning with a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
New Jersey's Taylor Hall and Nashville's Kyle Turris each scored in the fourth round of the tiebreaker after none of the first six shooters could solve the opposing goalie.
Hall's consecutive-points streak is the longest in the NHL this season.
Trading deadline acquisition Tomas Tatar scored his first goal with the Golden Knights and the Vegas avoided its first four-game losing streak of the season with a 3-2 victory over New Jersey on Sunday, handing the Devils their third-straight loss.
Teuvo Teravainen and Justin Williams scored in the third period and the Hurricanes overcame yet another goal by New Jersey's Taylor Hall to beat the Devils 3-1 on Friday night.
Jesper Bratt and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his first start since missing 16 games with a lower-body injury.
Sidney Crosby scored his 21st goal and Matt Hunwick tallied his fourth for the Penguins, whose 11-game home win streak ended.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak and allowed the sellout crowd to go home happy after the career scoring leader Patrik Elias's No. 26 jersey was retired in a pregame ceremony.
