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With playoff berth secure, Senators aim to stay hot vs. Devils
The Ottawa Senators know they will be one of the Eastern Conference's wild-card teams and hold a significant edge in the regulation wins tiebreaker over the Boston Bruins.,A day after clinching a playoff spot for the second straight year, the Senators seek their season-best fifth straight win when t...

Jesper Bratt, Devils eliminate Red Wings from playoff chase
Jesper Bratt's second goal broke a tie late in the third period and the New Jersey Devils rallied for a 5-3 win over the host Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.,The loss eliminated the Red Wings from playoff contention.,Jesper Bratt added an assist, Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist and Cody Glass an...

Red Wings aim to bolster playoff hopes in home finale vs. Devils
With three regular-season games remaining, the Detroit Red Wings will be trying to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when they host the New Jersey Devils in their home finale Saturday.,Detroit (41-29-9, 91 points) trails the Ottawa Senators by three points for the final Eastern Conference wild-car...

Penguins use flurry to down Devils, return to playoffs
Tommy Novak and Egor Chinakhov scored nine seconds apart for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who clinched a playoff spot Thursday with a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins (41-22-16, 98 points). Chinakhov and Sidne...

Devils' Luke Hughes to undergo procedure, shut down for season
The New Jersey Devils shut down defenseman Luke Hughes on Thursday to undergo an undisclosed procedure and "get a head start on rehab for the offseason," the team announced.,The Devils (40-35-3, 83 points) have been eliminated from the playoff picture and have four games left, starting with their Th...

Penguins a win vs. Devils away from clinching 1st playoff spot in 4 years
The Pittsburgh Penguins are one win away from clinching their first Stanley Cup Playoff spot in four years, and they can get that Thursday when they visit the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,Pittsburgh (40-22-16, 96 points) comes into the final week of the regular season having won two straight an...

Hot-starting Flyers blast Devils to boost playoff chances
Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster both scored a pair of goals for the Philadelphia Flyers, who strengthened their hold on an Eastern Conference playoff spot by beating the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,Zegras' tallies give him 25 goals for the season, while Foerster, who returned last...

Devils, GM Tom Fitzgerald to part ways
The New Jersey Devils announced they will part ways with president of hockey operations and general manager Tom Fitzgerald in a mutual decision Monday.,Fitzgerald, 57, was elevated from assistant general manager to interim GM in January 2020, then named New Jersey's full-time GM that July. He was gi...

Flyers, Devils both focused on reaching playoffs in crowded Metro
The Philadelphia Flyers have picked the right time to get hot. With five games remaining, they sit in a playoff spot and start a three-game road trip Tuesday against the rival New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,The Flyers (39-26-12, 90 points) find themselves in third place in the Metropolitan Divisi...

Jakob Markstrom blanks Canadiens, keeps Devils' playoff hopes alive
New Jersey goaltender Jacob Markstrom posted his first shutout of the season as the visiting Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on Sunday to snap the hosts' eight-game winning streak.,Timo Meier, Cody Glass and Connor Brown scored for the Devils (40-34-3, 83 points) to keep their razor-thin play...

On cusp of playoff berth, Canadiens vie for sweep of Devils
The Montreal Canadiens have a basket of Easter eggs to hunt when they play host to the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in the second half of a home-and-home series.,Not only are the Canadiens (45-21-10, 100 points) on a quest to claim both halves of the mini-series after winning a 4-3 shootout clash on ...

Habs outlast Devils in shootout to earn 8th straight victory
Oliver Kapanen scored in the fifth round of the shootout to extend the Montreal Canadiens' win streak to eight games after Saturday's 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,Cole Caufield failed to find his 50th goal of the season, but tallied a pair of assists in the win, while Ivan ...
