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Volchenkov Suspended 4 Games
Anton Volchenkov has been suspended by the NHL Department of Players Safety for four games for his hit on Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand. The hit was obviously dirty and was well due for a suspension. Anton Volchenkov has had previous disciplinary action before which is why he probably received four games.
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Devils Drop To Bruins As Freefall continues
The Boston Bruins only needed about eight minutes to establish their presence at the Prudential Center as they were able to score three unanswered goals in the first period and go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-4.
The Devils loss drops the club to a miserable (15-15-10, 40pts) and are now 4 points back of both New York teams for the final spots in the Eastern Conference...
Ineffective Devils Lose Seventh Straight Game
The New Jersey Devils dropped their seventh consecutive contest on Sunday evening by a score of 3-2. The Devils, though, came away with a point after forcing a shoot-out. The Buffalo Sabres narrowly defeated Jersey's Team after a hard-fought, physical battle.
Early on, turnovers cost the Devils--big time. Patrick Kaleta netted an early goal for Buffalo to give his team a...
What Went Wrong?
With the recent struggle of play over this six game stretch, many Devils fans including our staff at Running with the Devils are wondering what happened?
One of the obvious reasons is the team without Ilya Kovalchuk. As we all know, Ilya Kovalchuk is currently recovering from a shoulder injury which has been projected to sideline the All-Star for 2-4 weeks. When he went down...
Devils Left Bitter With 2-1 Home Loss to Leafs
The New Jersey Devils needed this game. They knew that if they could beat the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, then there would be a boost in morale to do even better in the remaining regular season games. Unfortunately, they did not show up for the majority of the match and that cost them another game.
Right from the start of the game, the physical tone was set. I’ll...
Devils, Maple Leafs Preview: April 6, 2013
With only eleven games remaining in the regular season, the New Jersey Devils are on the outside looking in. Jersey's Team dropped out of the top eight on Thursday night after their fifth consecutive loss, a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins. With a win tonight, combined with a Rangers and/or Islanders loss, the Devils could be back in the playoff picture.
The...
Beantown Burden: Devils Shutout By Bruins
How can you describe this game in one adjective? Frustrating? Abominable? Bleak? Either way, as a Devils fan, this game was an opportunity for the Devils to fight back in an attempt to move up higher in the Eastern Conference. Before the game, they were in 8th place. Because of the Islanders taking a point in Washington and the Devils coming up empty in Boston, the New Jersey...
Devils Battle Boston as RWTD Returns
Running With The Devils will return from its brief hiatus this evening as Jersey's Team battles the Boston Bruins. Previews and recaps were not available for the last two games due to personal issues with the writing staff, but things are back to normal tonight.
Content Writer Raj Vaidya is back on board after a brief absence from the blog. Raj will cover tonight's full...
Devils Fall Apart Late, Lose In SO
The New Jersey Devils coming into tonights game have won 8 of the last 9 games against the Tampa Bay Lightning on the road and were looking for a big win to help gain ground in the playoff seeding.
Jon Cooper was also making his NHL coaching debut for the Tampa Bay Lightning in tonights game.
Bryce Salvador and Alexei Ponikarovsky both returned from injuries.
The Devils...
Devils Battle Hard but Fall in Shootout
The New Jersey Devils dropped a hard-fought game in a shootout to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night. Jersey's Team showed a lot of character in this game, however, which should be encouraging to Devils fans. Already without Ilya Kovalchuk, the Devils lost Bryce Salvador and Stephen Gionta after the first period to injury. With only sixteen skaters for the second and third period...
Devils vs. Senators, March 25, 2013: Preview
The New Jersey Devils will face-off against the Ottawa Senators on Monday evening at Scotiabank Place. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM. The Devils (15-11-6)
The Impact of Ilya Kovalchuk's Injury
New Jersey Devils fans were hit with some tough news on Sunday afternoon: Ilya Kovalchuk will be out two-to-four weeks with a shoulder injruy.
Photo by Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger.
The superstar winger was injured in the Devils' 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday evening. Kovy lost his footing as he swooped around the net and crashed hard into the boards...
Devils Win Again, Kovy Hurt
The New Jersey Devils won their second straight contest on Saturday evening after defeating the Florida Panthers by a score of 2-1. Patrik Elias and David Clarkson netted goals and Martin Brodeur stopped 17 of 18 Florida shots to secure the victory. On the flip side, forward Ilya Kovalchuk left the game in the middle of the third period with an apparent shoulder injury. Needless...
Panthers vs. Devils, March 23, 2013: Preview
The New Jersey Devils will square up against the Florida Panthers today in Newark, New Jersey, at the Prudential Center. This is the first meeting of the season between the two teams. The Devils (14-11-6) are looking to move up from their seven-spot in the east. A Devils win combined with a Toronto Maple Leafs regulation loss will push the Devils to sixth in their conference. The...
Recommended Devils Offensive Lineups
Over the past couple of weeks the Devils have acquired some young talent and is beginning to get back some key players from injury. With the season quickly coming and going because of the lockout, its time to ramp things up for a New Jersey Devils playoff push.
The New Jersey Devils (14-11-6) are currently sitting at 7th in the Eastern Conference with 34 points. With critical...
Devils Acquire D'Agostini From St. Louis
The New Jersey Devils have acquired 26 year old, Matt D'Agostini from the St. Louis Blues. In the trade the Devils have also acquired a conditional 7th round pick and St. Louis will either receive a 4th or 5th round pick depending on whether or not D'Agostini chooses to resign with New Jersey or not. If he signs, it's a 4th round pick. If not, it's a 5th round pick...
Marty shines in return, beats 'Canes.
Martin Brodeur is back, baby!
In a virtual must win game, the New Jersey Devils shinned and were able to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 and avoid the season series sweep by Carolina.
The Devils welcomed back the greatest goaltender, Martin Brodeur, who was returning after a 13 game absence with a pinched nerved in his back.
The Devils were in need of their starting...
Marty set to Return, Devils Need to Capitalize
The New Jersey Devils are coming off a tough loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. The defeat knocked the Devils out of a playoff spot for the first time this season and sent Jersey's Team even further into their recent downward spiral. Travis Zajac and Anton Volchenkov tallied goals for the Devils in Tuesday's loss, but the game-winner came off the stick of Rangers...
Devils Stumble Late, Fall to Canadiens
The Canadiens are so hot that there young players who are called up from the minors are even producing.
With the Devils attempting to clear the zone, Jarred Tinordi set up Tomas Plekanec with the redirect goal and giving the Canadiens the 2-1 lead late in the game.
"We make that play 20 times a game, and sometimes the puck doesn't want to go your way," said...
Devils Fall Short In SO
In a completion of the home and home series, the Philadelphia Flyers were able to come away with a much needed home win keeping their slim but possible playoff hopes alive. Thanks to superb play from the goalie Ilya Bryzgalov who stopped 27 of 28 shots, the Flyers came away with a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Johan Hedberg stopped 21 of 22 of his shots, but was unable...
Devils Win In Rout Of Flyers
The Devils arguably played their best hockey of the season and it came against one of the Devils biggest rivals in the league, the Philadelphia Flyers. The Devils were able to score 5 goals in the game as they blew out the Flyers 5-2 in front off another sold out crowd at the Prudential Center. Adam Henrique added a pair of goals with Kovalchuk, Elias, and Loktionov, all adding goal...
Devils Bounce Back on Home Ice
The New Jersey Devils got a much-needed win on Sunday night, just 24 hours after their worst loss of the season. That loss came to the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 6-3. Johan Hedberg was pulled for the second time in three starts after the second period and gave way to rookie goaltender Jeff Frazee.
However, Hedberg and the Devils rebounded nicely on Sunday, defeating the...
Travis Zajac Struggles
The eight year term is now the maximum allowed under the new rules of the CBA. In January, Travis Zajac was able to garnish such a contract of that length and with the cap hit size that goes along with an eight year contract you HAVE to assume a team knows what it is going to get out of that player. Want to hear some cap hit comparables? Lucic, Franzen, Jordan Staal, Pavelski...
The Streak Is Over
Sleep easy Devils Army, the streak is over!
Patrik Elias and David Clarkson were able to score on Ryan Miller, who backed up the injured Jhonas Enroth, and gave the Devils a much needed win snapping their six game losing streak. Hedberg made some huge saves including the two in a shootout to help end the streak.
With the Devils needing a win they turned to Johan Hedberg who...
Struck Again: Devils Drop Sixth Straight
Are you kidding me?
The New Jersey Devils dropped their sixth (yes, sixth) consecutive contest on Tuesday evening at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bolts beat the Devils for just the third time in the Prudential Center by a score of 5-2. Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias netted goals for New Jersey.
This is the Devils' first losing streak of six or more games...
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