#Devils end five-game skid with shutout of Bruins

#Devils end five-game skid with shutout of Bruins

“#Devils end five-game skid with shutout of Bruins” BOSTON — Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the Devils snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask made 24 saves and remained stuck at 299…

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#NHL keeps looking the other way on dangerous play

#NHL keeps looking the other way on dangerous play

“#NHL keeps looking the other way on dangerous play” So NHL referees are kind of done with policing the game, that’s pretty much it, amirite? The Capitals’ Tom Wilson, flashing that lifetime get-out-of-jail-free card with which he has been endowed by the laughably named Department of Player Safety, rammed Brandon Carlo’s head into the glass…

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#Mark Pavelich, ‘Miracle on Ice’ team star, dead at 63

#Mark Pavelich, ‘Miracle on Ice’ team star, dead at 63

“#Mark Pavelich, ‘Miracle on Ice’ team star, dead at 63” Mark Pavelich, a member of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic hockey team, was found dead in a treatment facility in central Minnesota. The 63-year-old died at Eagle’s Healing Nest, where he was receiving mental health treatment, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Pavelich…

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#Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood primed for goalie greatness

#Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood primed for goalie greatness

“#Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood primed for goalie greatness” We have lived through the golden age of goaltending on the banks of the Hudson, more than two decades of it through which first Mike Richter then Henrik Lundqvist challenged Martin Brodeur for supremacy, sometimes even succeeding. Now, we may be set up for a Chapter 2, though…

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#Kyle Palmieri leads Devils’ win over Bruins

#Kyle Palmieri leads Devils’ win over Bruins

“#Kyle Palmieri leads Devils’ win over Bruins” BOSTON — Kyle Palmieri scored his first two goals of the season, one of them short-handed, to lead the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night — New Jersey’s second straight victory since returning from a two-week COVID-19 pause. Pavel Zacha scored for…

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#NBC to shutter NBC Sports Network

#NBC to shutter NBC Sports Network

“#NBC to shutter NBC Sports Network” NBC Universal plans to shutter its sports channel NBCSN by the end of the year, resulting in the NHL having to move its broadcasts to USA Network, the company announced on Friday. The move is in line with the current media trend of consolidating cable channels, while NBC appears…

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#Rangers undone by another bad start

#Rangers undone by another bad start

“#Rangers undone by another bad start” The Rangers didn’t get off to the kind of start they wanted to for the second time in the past three games. Veteran Devils center Travis Zajac caught the Rangers sleeping just 32 seconds into Tuesday’s 4-3 loss at Madison Square Garden, when he put back a rebound for…

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#Devils’ Jack Hughes is flipping the script

#Devils’ Jack Hughes is flipping the script

“#Devils’ Jack Hughes is flipping the script” It wasn’t so much hype as a sense of anticipation. A year ago, for the first time ever, the first two overall selections in the NHL draft were going to teams based approximately six miles apart, and weren’t we all going to be in for a treat watching…

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#Sharks’ Evander Kane files for bankruptcy

#Sharks’ Evander Kane files for bankruptcy

“#Sharks’ Evander Kane files for bankruptcy” San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane filed for bankruptcy, according to multiple reports, two years after signing a seven-year, $49 million contract. Per The Athletic, the 29-year-old’s Chapter 7 filing list liabilities of $26.8 million. It also lists payment of $1.5 million to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for…

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