The New Jersey Devils came out of their contest with the Vancouver Canucks with an important win, dominating pretty much from start to finish. They let up some plays in the second period, but overall, they were the better team throughout.
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.
Going into this season, the state plan from head coach Sheldon Keefe was to play a fourth line of Amadeus Lombardi, Cody Glass, and Connor Brown. Unfortunately, Connor Brown sustained an injury in practice at the end of the preseason, holding him out of these first two weeks of regular season action.
Just four games into the 2026-27 season, the New Jersey Devils are already facing all too familiar issues—giving up the first goal, lineup adjustments due to injuries, and 5-on-5 struggles.
On Saturday, Oct. 10, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Vancouver Canucks for a matinee matchup. Both teams came out with a strong start, with the Canucks scoring on a power-play opportunity five minutes into the first.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The New Jersey Devils had a great showing on Saturday afternoon, scoring four goals against the Vancouver Canucks in a big bounce back from two disappointing games against the New York Islanders and Utah Mammoth.
Sunny Mehta took over as New Jersey Devils GM and had a huge job to do. He had some heavy contracts that needed to get off the books. He did that immediately, sending Jacob Markstrom to the Florida Panthers .
With the 2026-27 season officially underway, the New Jersey Devils already have plenty to celebrate. Timo Meier skated in his 700th NHL game earlier this month, while Jake Allen hit number 500 against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday afternoon.
After putting together four good shifts to start the game, the New Jersey Devils took a bad penalty when Anthony Mantha went to the box for hooking in the neutral zone four and a half minutes in.
The New Jersey Devils won a game on Saturday, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-1. The Canucks scored the first goal, keeping the Devils streak of giving up the first goal intact.
Nico Hischier scored twice on the power play, including his 200th career goal, and the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Saturday afternoon in Newark, N.J.
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.
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.
On Thursday, Oct. 8, the New Jersey Devils placed forward Stefan Noesen on waivers. This was a big risk the Devils took. In the event he was claimed by another team, the Devils risked losing Noesen.
The New Jersey Devils sent Stefan Noesen to the AHL on Friday after putting him on waivers on Thursday. The move saves the Devils $1.22 million on the salary cap, but the front office wasn’t done making salary cap-adjacent moves. See, Sunny Mehta did not come to New Jersey alone.
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.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the New Jersey Devils have placed veteran forward Stefan Noesen on waivers. It’s the first time Noesen has been placed on waivers since his time with the San Jose Sharks in the 2020-21 season.
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.
Jack Hughes had an eventful opening night to his 2026-27 season on Thursday, and it wasn’t just because he ended the game with the overtime-winning goal before bringing out his patented stick-throwing celebration.
Jack Hughes scored with 1:37 left in overtime and the New Jersey Devils opened their season by coming back to edge the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Thursday in Newark, N.J.
New Jersey Devils forward Connor Brown will sit out the first two games of the 2026-27 season after sustaining an injury in practice this week, team reporter Amanda Stein reported Wednesday.
Luke Evangelista might have found exactly what he needed in New Jersey. The 24-year-old winger is coming off a pretty encouraging season in Nashville, putting up a career-high 56 points with 12 goals and 44 assists.