Johan Hedberg Helps Deflate Flyers in 3-1 Victory

“When you start to work, you get a better team,” Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. “I feel now the guys are working as a team.” Johan Hedberg stopped 26 shots to give the Devils points in a season-high six straight games (5-0-1). Hedberg helped give the Devils a victory in a game between teams that

Rinne Stops 32 in Win, becoming Fantasy Hockey Stud

Pekka Rinne stopped 32 of 33 Colorado shots in a 5-1 win on Thursday. Rinne has been outstanding of late with 95 saves in 100 shots over the last three games, all wins for the tall Finn. Rinne is now 16-11-4 with a 2.09 GAA and a .930 save percentage, making him a top-seven fantasy

Ilya Kovalchuk starting second half of season strong for Devils

In the first four games of the second half, Kovalchuk has five points (three goals, two assists). “Before that I got some chances but they just weren’t going in,” Kovalchuk said today. “I think overall we’ve played harder. My linemates are creating a little bit more room for me and I’ve gotten a lot of

Diminutive Shirokov dominates in Denver

He scored his first NHL goal with impressive dangle and the lucky touch of one Henrik Sedin. After missing on several second period chances, Shirokov turned to his captain and asked Henrik to grace his stick with his touch. On the next shift he scored. “I had a few chances, I could have scored on

Tale of Two Goalies, Pekka Rinne Wins

It was a tale of two goalies at Jobing.com Arena on Tuesday night. Both Ilya Bryzgalov and Pekka Rinne came in riding hot streaks, but only one showed up for Tuesday’s contest between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Nashville Predators. Now the Preds are not, by any means, an offensive team. They rank highly in

Sergei Shirokov built up confidence in the AHL

After a 41-point season in 56 games with CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008-09, Shirokov came to North America’s West Coast to chase his NHL dream. But in six scoreless games with Vancouver last season, he looked small, he was pushed around easily and it just didn’t look like he belonged at