Unbeaten Devils End Toronto's Perfect Start With 6-3 Win
Brian Gibbons had a rare 3-on-5 goal, Miles Wood and Pavel Zacha each scored twice.
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Brian Gibbons had a rare 3-on-5 goal, Miles Wood and Pavel Zacha each scored twice.
When Phil Kessel got over the initial shock of being diagnosed with cancer and had surgery, he asked doctors, "When can I play?"
The Devils are off to a good start to the regular season with a pair of victories and 10 goals scored.
Rookie Jesper Bratt and Marcus Johansson each had two goals and an assist and the New Jersey Devils earned a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
Devils coach John Hynes wasn't kidding about having to make difficult roster choices after what he called the most competitive training camp in his three years on the job.
Adam Henrique, Jimmy Hayes, rookie Jesper Bratt and John Moore scored as the Devils started eight players who were not with the team last year.
The Prudential Center is set to unveil the largest in-arena, center-hung, high definition scoreboard in the world.
In almost every respect, the Devils' 5-1-1 run through the preseason, with their sole regulation defeat using a "B" split squad against many of the Islanders' regulars, was meaningless.
Coming off their worst season in nearly 30 years, the New Jersey Devils don't expect Nico Hischier to lead them back to the playoffs after a five-year drought.
So, with one tilt in Washington on Wednesday remaining before the games begin to count Oct. 7, here are some nuggets from these affairs, all coming with the preface, "Yeah, I know it's only preseason but ... "
Brian Boyle hopes to play hockey again soon after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow cancer that the New Jersey Devils' team doctor said can largely be treated with medication.
The few thousand folks who gathered at the Prudential Center on Monday weren't interested in the play of veterans in a meaningless exhibition.
Devils general manager Ray Shero didn't attempt to sidestep his club's backward step last season. "That falls to me," Shero said at media day on Thursday at the Prudential Center.
Being an unrestricted free agent without arbitration rights, defenseman Damon Severson was hoping to get contract from the New Jersey Devils that would carry him over for a couple of years.
Here's hoping the dip little Brecken took in hockey's "holy grail" will bring him countless future victories.
