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After a dreadful start to the season, the New York Rangers have finally caught up to the pack thanks to their strong play at home. Mats Zuccarello scored twice, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 shots and the Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 Saturday night for New York's 10th win in its last 11 on home ice. Jimmy Vesey, Jesper Fast and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Rangers, who are 15-6-0 - including 11-2-0 at Madison Square Garden - after opening the season with one win in eight games (1-5-2). Continue to Article

December 09, 2017 11:12:pm EST

When Ray Shero was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins back in 2006 he was taking over a team that, even though it had fallen on hard times and had been one of the worst in the league, was on the verge of a breakthrough thanks to a series of top draft picks that brought them a couple of franchise changing players (Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin). In only a couple of years Shero had helped complement those young superstars with a team that would go play in two Stanley Cup Finals in 2008 and 2009, winning the latter in a thrilling seven-game series. There was too much loyalty to players that the Penguins had won with, too many draft picks were traded for short-term rentals that didn’t pan out and the Penguins quickly became a team that had a handful of superstars and no depth to speak of. Continue to Article

December 04, 2017 1:30:pm EST

The Devils filled that need Thursday, acquiring Sami Vatanen from the Ducks in a trade that sent forwards Adam Henrique and Joseph Blandisi to Anaheim. The Ducks also get a 2018 third-round pick in the deal and would send back a 2019 or 2020 third-rounder if they're able to re-sign Henrique. Ducks general manager Bob Murray called it "a classic sort of hockey deal" rather than one team buying and the other selling. Continue to Article

November 30, 2017 2:54:pm EST

Brian Boyle has had some misty moments on ice this season for the New Jersey Devils. The second was Friday when he scored on ''Hockey Fights Cancer Night'' to help the Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. ''It's part of a club you don't necessarily want to be in,'' Boyle said of his fellow cancer survivors who attended the game. Continue to Article

November 24, 2017 11:20:pm EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A man has been convicted of stabbing another man to death near a popular Philadelphia park because of a comment about the killer's New Jersey Devils hat. Philly.com reports Wednesday that 42-year-old Steven Simminger has been convicted Continue to Article

November 22, 2017 3:57:pm EST