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NEWARK, N.J. -- What a difference a year makes. In 2011, the Devils missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996, and the Florida Panthers fired their coach, Peter DeBoer. Now, the Devils are one game away from advancing to the Stanley C...

There might be plenty of similarities between the 1994 and 2012 Eastern Conference finals, but Martin Brodeur doesn't see them. "I know if you look at it, it looks the same," the Devils goaltender said Thursday, in between Games 5 and 6 against t...

AP Photo/Julio CortezStephen Gionta scored his third goal of the playoffs.NEW YORK -- Stephen Gionta spent most of the season in the AHL -- just as he has throughout his career. Now, the 28-year-old is playing a prominent role on a New Jersey Devi...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Los Angeles may be ecstatic about the Kings reaching the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1993, but the Devils sure aren't. "Good for them. I don't care," Ilya Kovalchuk said following Wednesday's morning skate. But...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Devils coach Peter DeBoer has apparently had some pretty bad insults hurled his way at Madison Square Garden. Unfortunately, they weren't PG enough to disclose. "There's no language there you can say on the record," DeBoer sai...

MarShon Brooks thought he should've been drafted much earlier than 25th overall. He was right. Brooks, who was acquired by the Nets in a draft night deal with the Celtics, was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team on Tuesday. The Provid...

These days, Devils coach Peter DeBoer can do no wrong. From tinkering with his lines to moving players in and out of his lineup, DeBoer has pushed all the right buttons during New Jersey's postseason run. It wasn't supposed to be this easy. No...

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals will take place on May 30, the NHL announced Tuesday. The winner of the Devils-Rangers series will have home-ice based on points. The winner of the Kings-Coyotes series will host Games 3, 4 and, if necessary, ...

Tension continues to escalate in the Eastern Conference finals, but Devils star Zach Parise doesn't expect the animosity between New Jersey and the New York Rangers to boil over through the rest of the series.

Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams, who has stated his intentions to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, told reporters Tuesday that he's still undecided on his future.

NEWARK, N.J. -- An eye for an eye? Try a groin shot for a groin shot. With 4:57 left in the second period of the Devils' 4-1 victory over the Rangers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night at the Prudential Center, Ilya Ko...

Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesBryce Salvador's first-period goal "lifted a weight off us" said Devils coach Peter DeBoer.NEWARK, N.J. -- All the Devils needed was a bounce, a puck with eyes. Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots he faced in Game 3 of...

Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesRangers coach John Tortorella wasn't too pleased with Michael Del Zotto on Monday.NEWARK, N.J. -- Michael Del Zotto has been one of the Rangers' most consistent defensemen this season. But in Game 4 of the Eastern Conferen...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Petr Sykora hasn't missed a game this season. Which is why the 35-year-old left winger wasn't happy to see reporters congregate around his locker stall after Monday's morning skate. "What do you guys want?" Sykora said. "I get...

NEWARK, N.J. -- For the second time in the first three games of the Eastern Conference finals, the Devils failed to capitalize on the power play. They went 0-for-5 on the man-advantage in their 3-0 loss to the Rangers in Game 3 on Saturday aftern...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Zach Parise was as silent in the locker room following Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals as he was on the ice. After accumulating three shots and a minus-2 rating in his team's 3-0 loss to the Rangers, the Devils' captain de...