Matt Halischuk News

The Detroit Red Wings rallied from two goals down to force overtime, but Patrik Elias scored in the fourth round of a shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory Saturday night.

Backup goalie Yann Danis has to wait for his next start. The Devils activated defenseman Johnny Oduya and left winger Jay Pandolfo Saturday morning and assigned rookie winger Matt Halischuk to Lowell .

Martin St. Louis #26 and Steven Stamkos #91 of the Tampa Bay Lightning look away disheartened as Jamie Langenbrunner #15 of the New Jersey Devils celebrates his game winning goal at 19:22 of the third period during their game at the Prudential Center on December 4, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey.

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 ...

But while the Bruins backup goalie once again performed well, making 36 saves, the New Jersey Devils came away with a 2-1 shootout win.

Brian Rolston beats Islanders goalie Martin Biron for his second of two goals Saturday afternoon.

Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur couldn't think about becoming the NHL's all-time minutes leader once the clock was turned off.

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

Zach Parise battles in first period against Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. David Clarkson became the latest Devils player to suffer a serious injury when he was struck in the right ankle to a Zdeno Chara shot Friday afternoon in Boston.

Yann Danis made his third start in goal for the Devils Saturday night in Dallas.

When rookie defenseman Tyler Eckford hopped on the Devils' bus Wednesday morning to head to the airport for the team's flight to Nashville, he saw a lot of familiar faces.

Matt Halischuk surely knew he had to celebrate, but how? He has scored big goals before, including one in overtime that clinched a gold medal for Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championship.

Monday was a big night in the Sestito household in Rome, N.Y. Devils rookie center Tim Sestito was at Wachovia Center taking on the Flyers in his fifth NHL game.

Tim Sestito celebrates after fellow rookie Matt Halischuk scored his first NHL goal.

Zach Parise's breakaway highlighted a three-goal second period and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight game with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.

Urging caution, Patrik Elias says the Devils shouldn't expect a repeat of his season-saving comeback of 2006.

Yann Danis will be in goal against the Islanders Friday night. Yann Danis will make his second start of the season for the Devils Friday night and it will come against his former team.

The Devils will not have to face injured Alex Ovechkin Wednesday night. Rookie winger Matt Halischuk was recalled from Lowell Wednesday.

NHL : Suspended Anaheim D James Wisniewski for two games for delivering a forearm blow to the head of Phoenix F Shane Doan during an Oct.

Matt Halischuk , shown in the Devils' last visit to Tampa, was a healthy scratch Saturday.