NEW JERSEY DEVILS

The New Jersey Devils made one of the most intriguing selections of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft on Friday night in Buffalo, choosing Swedish...

The New Jersey Devils just had a player celebrating an exciting milestone, with Tomas Tatar playing in his 900th NHL game on Jan. 29. As the team gets ready to take on the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Feb. 2, Dawson Mercer is getting ready to skate in his 300th NHL game. Mercer has spent his entire NHL career with the Devils so far. As a part of the 2020 Taylor Hall trade with the Arizona Coyotes, the Devils received an 18th overall draft pick. They selected Mercer with that pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. In his previous three seasons with the Devils, Mercer played in all 82 games. He has earned a total...

Quite often, the New Jersey Devils have been stifled by Russian goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who boasts an 11-6-1 record with a .914 save percentage (SV%) against them. Since Shesterkin entered the league in 2019-20, the Devils have iced a multitude of starters. Now, a potential answer for the Devils’ future is making a name for himself, just as Shesterkin once did in the Rangers’ pipeline: 6-foot-5, 18-year-old Russian Mikhail Yegorov, also known as “Big Mike”. Related: Devils’ Brian Halonen Confident Despite Limited NHL Action Yegorov’s Journey  Sure, Jacob Markstrom has been excellent, but he’s 35 years old already. He’s a temporary solution (and a great one at that), but not the answer in the crease for the...