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The Vegas Golden Knights tied their season-high win streak when they rallied for a 3-2 victory at Anaheim on Friday night for their fifth victory in a row. But to get to six they'll have to defeat a team that handed them the worst home loss in the franchise's short history. The New Jersey Devils visit Las Vegas for a Sunday afternoon matinée and have won the last two meetings with the Golden Knights including rallying from an early 3-0 deficit to pull out a 5-4 overtime victory on a Nico Hischier goal on Dec. 14 in Newark, N.J. That made it two wins in a row over Vegas for the Devils dating back to last season when New Jersey, behind two goals by Blake Coleman and a 39-save performance by Ke... Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 6:52:pm EST

Already down a goalie, the New Jersey Devils watched MacKenzie Blackwood leave in the first period with a lower-body injury. Keith Kinkaid filled in nicely for someone who hadn't played in four games. Kinkaid stopped 21 shots and had two saves in a shootout, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night. Continue to Article

January 05, 2019 12:47:am EST

New Jersey coach John Hynes received a multiyear contract extension, a reward for making the playoffs last season for the first time since the Devils reached the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals. The team announced the deal Thursday, saying Hynes' leadership was instrumental in building a culture and system for the development of the players. ''He has cultivated a group of veteran leaders, while helping our young players develop and gain experience,'' general manager and executive vice president Ray Shero said. Continue to Article

January 03, 2019 12:23:pm EST

The New Jersey Devils took care of some business on Thursday morning, as they handed head coach John Hynes a multi-year extension. Hynes and general manager Ray Shero have done a remarkable job of resurrecting the Devils from the dead in just a short amount of time. When they took over in their respective roles in 2015, the state of the Devils franchise wasn’t great. Continue to Article

January 03, 2019 11:30:am EST

The NHL on Friday suspended Boston Bruins forward David Backes three games without pay for what the league called "an illegal check to the head" of New Jersey Devils forward Blake Coleman. The hit happened during the Devils' 5-2 victory in Boston on Thursday. With two minutes remaining in the game, Backes skated from the left circle into the slot and put his shoulder into Coleman's face as Coleman cleared the puck. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 10:14:pm EST