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The day after the trade deadline is often like the day after a big family wedding. Lots of stuff to sift through. Maybe you'll find an unexpected and unopened gift, or maybe you'll be reminded that the gift you thought stunk the day before still stin...

So, maybe the New York Islanders are about to show us they can be something other than the butt of cruel hockey jokes about dingy arenas, lunatic contracts and adding useless bodies in order to get to the salary-cap floor. Absent from the playoffs...

Scott Burnside looks deeply into his crystal puck to tell you what will happen in 2013.

Scott Burnside grades the New Jersey Devils' run through the postseason.

Given how the 13-2 Los Angeles Kings have rolled through the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, it's not overstating the matter to say that Game 2 on Saturday night in Newark is a must-win for the New Jersey Devils. The Kings are a league-record 9-0 on the r...

They might not have been the popular choices when Stanley Cup finalists were picked in September, but make no mistake, the Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils have proved that they are the best. Never mind the eighth-seed label that the Kings...

NEWARK, N.J. -- With the ghosts of the 1994 Eastern Conference finals dragging their chains around the edges of the current conference finals between longtime rivals the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils, Friday's Game 6 won't want for drama. ...

The Devils now own a 3-2 series lead, having won two in Madison Square Garden, and can advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003 with a win at home Friday evening, writes Scott Burnside.

When the Rangers have absolutely, positively needed an important offensive play this spring, Richards has invariably been at the heart of that play, writes Scott Burnside.

NEW YORK -- If he keeps this up, they'll just start calling David Clarkson GW -- as in game winner. Before Wednesday night's third period was three minutes old, Clarkson got a stick on an Adam Henrique blast and tipped it past New York Rangers net...

But this is the Devils' recipe for success. Take away one of the elements, the big, the little or the unexpected, and their chances of winning go down. But when the recipe is followed, well, they're a formidable group, writes Scott Burnside.

NEW YORK -- It looks like New Jersey Devils stars Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise will be reunited for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The two have played on separate lines for most of the pos...

Whether Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi came together via happenstance or not, you could hardly find two more inexorably linked yet unique pieces of the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup puzzle, writes Scott Burnside.

The man often referred to in these parts as King Henrik turned aside all 21 New Jersey shots he faced Monday night to lead the Rangers to a 3-0 victory, writes Scott Burnside.

Who are these guys? Scott Burnside has instant scouting reports on the Devils and Rangers.

And so it comes down to a clash between two longtime neighbors to see which Eastern Conference team will punch its ticket to the Stanley Cup finals. The New York Rangers, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, have taken the hard way to the confere...