Jacob Josefson News

Devils defenseman Henrik Tallinder may be moving closer to playing in the Stanley Cup finals.

For the third consecutive series, the New Jersey Devils lost the opening game -- this time at home to the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup final.

Justin Williams of the Los Angeles Kings fights for a loose puck with Patrik Elias and Jacob Josefson of the New Jersey Devils during Game One of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the Prudential Center on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey.

After fracturing his left wrist on April 3, Devils center Jacob Josefson wasn't sure he'd get a chance to play again this season.

It's the kind of Hollywood ending that would leave Devils management, not to mention the club's fan base, feeling distraught.

The New Jersey Devils are in the Stanley Cup finals. After nine seasons, their first playoff-miss since '96 and a veritable revolving door of coaches, the Devils are back and are just four wins away from the promised land.

The New Jersey Devils kicked off the long Memorial Day weekend right with an overtime win in Game 6 to knock out the New York Rangers of the playoffs and go to the Stanley Cup Finals.

By now, many of you probably know the story . Henrique couldn't make the team out of training camp, and in a brief October callup, recorded no points.

The hiring of DeBoer was a somewhat quiet event this offseason, but it seems as if Devils' General Manager Lou Lamoriello once again knew exactly what he was doing.

The Rangers' Carl Hagelin and Devils' Jacob Josefson battle for the puck in the second period.

There is a Geico commonly running on television lately that comically reenacts the face of hockey from 75 years ago.

Here are today's Local Ties: A collection of news and notes regarding professional hockey teams and players tied to the Albany area.

Staring the possibility of a 3-1 deficit in the face, the New Jersey Devils were able to tie their best-of-seven series against the New York Rangers at two games apiece by pulling out a 4-1 victory at the Prudential Center tonight, making their task of reaching the Stanley Cup Finals much more manageable.

Devils head coach Peter DeBoer will make forward Petr Sykora, top, a healthy scratch for Monday's Game 4 versus the Rangers.

Jacob Josefson came into this season hoping to build on a solid rookie season and establish himself as a solid NHL top six forward.

John Tortorella decides to comment on the disciplinary actions on Prust, and to no one's surprise, he sounds like he has absolutely no clue of what he's talking about [ Ranger Rants ] Peter DeBoer finds Tortorella's comments to be comical [ Fire and Ice ] Claude Giroux scored 17 points with two broken wrists and nightmares of Mark Fayne and Andy ... (more)

ESPN NHL analyst Barry Melrose explains how big of an impact Henrik Lundqvist made in the Rangers' 3-0 win over the Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Devils coach Pete DeBoer is ready to make significant line changes to find a way to score goals, moving Adam Henrique to center between Patrik Elias and Ilya Kovalchuk while taking Petr Sykora out of the lineup altogether in favor of Jacob Josefson.

The New Jersey Devils outplayed the New York Rangers in every aspect of the game in Game 3 of their fiercely intense Eastern Conference final series Saturday afternoon.

Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils celebrates his first period goal with teammates in Game 2 against the New York Rangers Wednesday.