Brenden Morrow is taking his new role as captain seriously. Morrow had a goal and an assist for his first points of the season to help the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in their home opener Saturday night. Morrow, selected team captain last week, was reluctant to talk about his individual game afterward.
Zach Parise scored twice and Brian Gionta had three assists to lead the New Jersey Devils past the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Friday night, sending the Stanley Cup champions to a second straight home loss to open the season. Jamie Langenbrunner and Patrik Elias also scored for the Devils, who opened their season with an easy win in the arena where their playoff run ended last season.
This time, the New Jersey Devils walked out of the RBC Center smiling. The same couldn't be said for the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes. Zach Parise scored twice and Brian Gionta had three assists to lead the Devils past the Hurricanes 4-0 on Friday night, sending the champs to a second straight home loss to open the season.
Patrik Elias became the captain of the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, the eve of the team's season-opener against Stanley Cup champion Carolina. Elias, who rejected more money in the offseason to accept a seven-year $42 million contract to stay in New Jersey, replaces Scott Stevens. Stevens retired before the 2005-06 season because of problems with concussions.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - The New Jersey Devils made Patrik Elias a wealthy man over the summer. One day before their season opener, they made him their leader.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - SportsTicker recently obstructed New Jersey Devils right wing Grant Marshall and held him long enough to ask the following questions:
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Given some financial flexibility, the New Jersey Devils signed five players Tuesday, including star right wing Brian Gionta.
Devils leading scorer Brian Gionta and four other veterans signed with New Jersey on Tuesday after the NHL gave the team $3.5 million in salary cap relief by placing veteran forward Alexander Mogilny on the long-term injury exception list. Defensemen Paul Martin and Dave Hale, backup goaltender Scott Clemmensen and center Erik Rasmussen signed one-year contracts as the Devils finalized their...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- With the regular season just around the corner, the New Jersey Devils got rid of a personnel problem to move under the salary cap.
The New Jersey Devils made a major move to get under the NHL salary cap Sunday by sending suspended defenseman Vladimir Malakhov and a conditional first-round draft pick to San Jose for defenseman Jim Fahey and the rights to left wing Alexander Korolyuk. The deal will save the Devils $3.6 million on their cap -- Malakhov's salary -- and it probably won't cost New Jersey much because Korolyuk will...
Alexei Yashin had a goal and assist for the second straight night, and Rick DiPietro was perfect in a cameo appearance in his old stomping grounds as the New York Islanders finished the exhibition schedule with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Yashin, who contributed on both goals Friday in a 2-1 home win against the New York Rangers, did the trick again.
Sergei Brylin doesn't want to leave New Jersey and he gave Devils president Lou Lamoriello another reason to keep him on Thursday night. Brylin scored the only goal in a shootout and Martin Brodeur stopped all three Philadelphia attempts to give the Devils a 5-4 victory over the Flyers in a preseason game on Thursday night.
Martin Brodeur stopped all 13 shots he faced in a period and a half and the New Jersey Devils scored three special-teams goals in a 3-1 exhibition victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night at Giant Center. David Clarkson and Zach Parise had power-play goals for the Devils (2-3-0) and Olli Malmivaara added a short-handed goal.
Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne scored power-play goals to lead Philadelphia to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils in the Flyers' preseason home opener Thursday night. Carter, who also had an assist, put the Flyers (1-1) ahead 1-0 at 4:05 of the first period with a one-timer from the crease after taking a pass from Mike Richards.
PRINCETON, New Jersey (Ticker) - The New Jersey Devils officially are the proud owners of an ECHL team.
Henrik Lundqvist posted a shutout in his first preseason game, and Greg Moore set up both New York goals in the Rangers' 2-0 victory over the depleted New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night. Lundqvist was untested in the first period when New York dominated play and held a 21-1 shots advantage. The Devils picked up their pace over the final 40 minutes, but were outshot 48-22 overall.
Blair Betts triggered New York's three-goal outburst in the first period, and the Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 Tuesday night in an exhibition game. Betts, Adam Hall and Brandon Dubinsky scored in a span of 4:16 against Martin Brodeur, last season's runner-up for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie.
Scott Gomez led a New Jersey power-play assault with a goal and two assists, leading the Devils to a 5-0 victory Sunday over the Boston Bruins in the preseason opener for both teams. Defenseman Johnny Oduya had three assists in a game that marked the debuts of former Montreal coach Claude Julien with the Devils and ex-Detroit coach Dave Lewis with the Bruins.
A day after rocking the hockey world by giving goaltender Rick DiPietro a landmark 15-year deal, the New York Islanders conducted some normal business.
Veteran defenseman Eric Weinrich is retiring after an 18-year career and joining the coaching staff of the Anaheim Ducks' AHL affiliate. Weinrich was originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the second round of the 1985 NHL Draft. He also played with Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Montreal, Philadelphia, St.