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Rangers blow game to determined Devils in bad fashion, Hudson rival turn tables in overtime comeback win in final meeting, Goodrow’s brutal giveaway proves costly in loss, Turk’s Buddy System

There are games that a team loses and they’re just shrugged aside. Then, there are bad losses like the one the Rangers had in Newark earlier this afternoon. They blew a two-goal lead after two periods to lose in brutal … Continue reading

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Devils rally to win another wild Battle of the Hudson game in OT

Finally, our long state nightmare is over…the Devils’ home losing streak ends at eight after a roller-coaster 4-3 come-from-behind win in OT over the Rangers this afternoon. I was tempted to just let Derek do the game recap and I’m … Continue reading

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Devils’ jekyll and hyde nature leaves them stuck in limbo

If there was a more perfect prism to view the last month of Devils hockey, these last two games provided it. Considering the Devils are 14-2-1 on the road and 10-10-2 at home with eight straight losses at the Rock, … Continue reading

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Devils’ swoon is now a point of concern

In prior seasons, one of my tells for when things were in crisis mode in Devils land was to post a DEFCON 1 YouTube (symbolizing that World War III was about to be declared) from one of my favorite movies … Continue reading

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Chytil provides spark in Rangers’ come from behind win over Devils in overtime, Shesterkin stops Hughes on penalty shot

Something needed to change. It was more of the same early on for the Rangers against the Devils. Playing their archival for the second time at MSG, they found themselves in a two-goal hole quickly. A goal originally credited to … Continue reading

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Devils still rolling entering rivalry week

Heading into a big week of games against all three of their closest rivals, the Devils express keeps on rolling despite finally hitting a legitimate bump blowing last Friday’s game against Nashville in the final minute, losing in OT the … Continue reading

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Devils once again streaking after a 5-3 win in 2022-23’s first Battle of the Hudson

This Devils team sure does know a thing or two about winning streaks, doesn’t it? After the end of a thirteen-game heater (thanks to Jack Hughes’ quote it’ll be a while before I stop thinking about a Devils winning streak … Continue reading

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Devils’ dominant four-game winning streak has them in first(!) place at the ten-game mark

While admittedly part of me is annoyed that I haven’t been able to watch or attend as many of these first ten games as I’d have liked to (for various reasons), part of me is also finally starting to be … Continue reading

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Two impressive wins quiet the critics in Newark for the moment

First let’s start with the disclaimers…yes the schedule hasn’t exactly been the toughest so far with every game in the tri-state area against teams who didn’t make the playoffs last year. Obviously nobody’s going to throw a parade now that … Continue reading

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Strome and Vatrano contribute in Ducks’ win, Kravtsov not traveling with Rangers for road trip, Hischier rules himself out for Devils opener at Flyers

There’s already plenty to cover in the first week of the new season. Thus far, only a handful of teams have played their first game. That’ll change over the next two nights. Ten games are on Thursday’s schedule. That includes … Continue reading

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