Ilkka Pikkarainen News

Here's a surprise: The New Jersey Devils have lost another player to injury. Forward David Clarkson, who was having his most productive start in his three NHL seasons with 7 goals, 3 power-play goals, 15 points and a plus-1 rating in 22 games, will be sidelined 4-6 weeks with a non-displaced fracture of his lower right leg sustained Friday ...

Jeff Prough didn't even get a chance to set up his locker and accommodation again before he was shipped out of Trenton once more.

It has gone beyond resilience, far beyond. Another major injury to one of their key sparkplugs, and they stick out their chins and follow with their biggest outburst and most decisive victory of the season.

Jay Pandolfo practiced with the team for the first time since dislocating his right shoulder.

Rookie winger Vladimir Zharkov , shown during a preseason game against the Islanders, made his NHL debut Saturday afternoon.

Elias missed the first 13 games of the season with a groin injury. He has played in 10 games since then, picking up three goals and seven assists.

Ilkka Pikkarainen, recalled from Lowell , was in the Devils' lineup Saturday. Recalled from Lowell , where he had been assigned for conditioning, right winger Ilkka Pikkarainen was in the Devils' lineup Saturday afternoon against the Islanders at the Prudential Center.

When Patrick Davis opened the scoring in the first period, it certainly looked like the Lowell Devils would keep rolling.

Devils enforcer Andrew Peters, shown fighting Joel Rechlicz of the Islanders, had his finger bitten by Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu last season while playing for the Buffalo Sabres.

Rob Niedermayer skated on his own before the Devils' morning skate Wednesday. Rob Niedermayer, who has missed the last eight games with an upper body injury, skated hard on his own prior to the Devils' morning skate Wednesday.

Dainius Zubrus is out 4-6 weeks with a leg injury. Devils center Dainius Zubrus, who was struck in the right leg by a Kevin Klein shot Thursday night in Nashville, is out 4-6 weeks with what the team is simply calling a leg injury.

Left winger Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Lebond was placed on injured reserve. The Devils faced the Nashville Predators Thursday night at the Sommet Center.

Ilkka Pikkarainen was again a Devils scratch Monday night in Philadelphia. Right winger Ilkka Pikkarainen admits this season has been a struggle.

Fantasy Forecast for Friday, November 6 THURSDAY'S ROUNDUP: Devils forward Patrik Elias, the club's all-time leading scorer, will make his season debut Friday at home against the Islanders.

New Jersey Devils' Zach Parise checks Tampa Bay Lightning's Victor Hedman into the boards during NHL action Saturday.

Jacques Lemaire says the atmosphere, but not the ice, is good at the Garden. Jacques Lemaire enjoys coaching at Madison Square Garden, but he's glad he doesn't have to play there.

Matt Halischuk was not in the Devils' lineup Monday night against the Capitals. The Devils played the final match of their three-game road trip Monday night in Washington.

The Devils have the challenge of facing Alex Ovechkin Monday night. After a morning skate in which everyone participated, Devils coach Jacques Lemaire suggested he would make some slight lineup adjustments against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.

The topics were Brain Rolston's wicked point shot, the one goalies simply don't see, and the sanity of teammates standing even closer to the point of origin, creating traffic.

Travis Zajac celebrates after scoring the game-tying goal against the Lightning with less than one second left in the third period Thursday.