Avalanche Hand Devils Their Fifth Straight Loss With Late Goal From Beauchemin
The Devils avoided a third straight shutout but fell to 1-7-2 in their last 10 games.
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The Devils avoided a third straight shutout but fell to 1-7-2 in their last 10 games.
New Jersey was held scoreless as Bjorkstrand and Atkinson both notched goals for Columbus.
Zacha returned to the Prudential Center ice Sunday, in a dreary 3-0 loss to Columbus, after missing the previous four games due to a concussion he suffered when he was blasted into the boards from behind by Ottawa's Derrick Brassard on Feb. 21.
New Jersey had no answer to goals from Gagner, Bjorkstrand, and Jenner.
Drew Stafford capped off a productive Bruins debut, setting up Ryan Spooner with the go-ahead goal with 11:42 left to help Boston to a 3-2 victory over New Jersey on Saturday.
Jakub Vrana broke a scoreless tie at 7:21 of the third period and the Washington Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night for their franchise-record 14th straight home win.
Kyle Quincey will have a chance to play meaningful spring hockey.
The New Jersey Devils' slim playoff hopes got even slimmer after a pair of rare home-ice overtime losses to the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens.
The Devils are facing the same scenario as a year ago, set to become trade deadline sellers. They should be past this by now.
A power play goal by Alex Galchenyuk lifted Montreal over New Jersey Monday night.
When the Devils take the ice for warmups Monday night before their game against the Montreal Canadiens at the Prudential Center, the evening will be about more than just a matchup of two Eastern Conference foes fighting for valuable points in the standings.
The New York Rangers took a stunning one-two punch from the New Jersey Devils early in the third period Saturday at the Prudential Center but pulled themselves together in time to rally for an exciting 4-3 overtime victory.
Following an injury-shortened 2015-16 campaign, Mike Cammalleri was expected to boost the Devils' attack this season. It just hasn't happened.
A 3rd period goal from Travis Zajac wasn't enough to push New Jersey over Ottawa.
The Devils remained in the conversation for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after splitting their home-and-home set with the Islanders over the weekend.
