The New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals have each collected eight points through their first seven games this season. They've just taken drastically different paths to the same destination.
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On Thursday, Oct. 15, the New Jersey Devils hosted the New York Rangers for their first matchup of the 2026-27 NHL season. The first period got a little chippy, with both teams taking penalties, three for the Rangers and two for the Devils.
Boy did the New Jersey Devils need this. It’s not like the season has been a Philadelphia Flyers level catastrophe thus far, as a 3-3-0 record is perfectly adequate six games into the campaign.
The New Jersey Devils needed this one. They destroyed the New York Rangers, one of the hottest teams to start the NHL season. They scored seven goals on the duo of Dylan Garand and Spencer Martin, but the Rangers only got on one past Nico Daws.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Luke Hughes led the way with two of the New Jersey Devils' four second-period goals to help bury their rival New York Rangers 7-1 in Newark, N.J. on Thursday.
The New Jersey Devils are set to face the New York Rangers for the first time this regular season on Thursday night. The Devils enter this game hoping to build on their momentum after winning their most recent game against the Detroit Red Wings in overtime, 5-4.
Johnathan Kovacevic returned to play in the New Jersey Devils' last game -- a 5-4 overtime victory against the Detroit Red Wings -- and, with that, veteran defensive defenseman Brenden Dillon ended up riding the bench in the affair.
Just six games in, the 2026-27 season has already been a rollercoaster for the New Jersey Devils. They’ve had two nail-biting overtime wins and a matinee
The New Jersey Devils hit the road on the second half of a back-to-back to face the Detroit Red Wings, after falling to the Ottawa Senators 4-1 at home on Monday night.
When I talked about my concerns with this Devils team last week, the very first thing that I mentioned was their inability to play from ahead. To that point of the season, they hadn’t led in a game at all thanks to the fact that they regularly surrender the first goal of the game.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway 1:19 into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 5-4 win over the host Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Jesper Bratt, who had a goal and an assist in regulation, also assisted on the winner.
It has not been the start to the season the New Jersey Devils had hoped for. They have gone an unimpressive 2-3 over their first five games. They are 3-3 after a Frozen Frenzy overtime win against the hapless Detroit Red Wings.
The New Jersey Devils lost 4-1 to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at the Prudential Center. As the story has been, the Devils outplayed Ottawa for long stretches, including the third period, when they outshot the Senators by eleven.
The New Jersey Devils have announced two transactions this morning, calling forward Stefan Noesen from the Utica Comets, their AHL affiliate. At the same time, the club has placed forward Connor Brown on injured reserve while dealing with an injury that dates back to Sept.
New Jersey forward Evan Rodrigues was fined $5,000 for high-sticking Vancouver Canucks forward Marco Rossi during the Devils' 4-1 win on Saturday in Newark, N.J.
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Sunday that it has assessed a $5,000 fine to forward Evan Rodrigues of the New Jersey Devils for a high-sticking infraction he committed on Saturday night.
The Devils are now fully healthy on the back end, at least among their NHL defenders. The team announced that Johnathan Kovacevic has been activated off injured reserve. To make room on the roster, Anton Silayev has been returned to AHL Utica after being a paper recall for LTIR optimization purposes on Friday.
The Devils made a pair of transactions with their active roster today. After clearing waivers, veteran winger Stefan Noesen was sent to AHL Utica. Meanwhile, prospect defenseman Anton Silayev was recalled from the Comets. At least, he was recalled on paper.
The New Jersey Devils have placed veteran forward Stefan Noesen on waivers, a move reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. It marks the first time the winger has been exposed since his brief stretch with the San Jose Sharks in 2020-21.
The New Jersey Devils are off to a good start so far in 2026-27. Almost six months after closing the previous campaign with a shutout loss at Boston, the Devils began the new season Thursday with a 3-2 home overtime win over longtime rival Philadelphia.