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NEW YORK (AP) -- Ilya kovalchuk is back on the free-agent [detalii...]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Ilya kovalchuk is staying with the New Jersey [detalii...]

NEW YORK(AP) -- NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the New Jersey Devils have submitted a new contract to the league for Russian star Ilya [detalii...]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Before his team took the ice to face the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday, New Jersey Devils forward Ilya kovalchuk spoke to head coach Peter DeBoer about the possibility of taking a penalty [detalii...]

Martin Brodeur made 24 saves for his 111th NHL shutout, and Ilya kovalchuk scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the short-handed New Jersey Devils to their first win of the season, 1-0 over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday [detalii...]

Ilya kovalchuk is staying with the New Jersey [detalii...]

New Devils coach John MacLean moved Ilya kovalchuk from left wing to right wing, playing him with Zach Parise and Travis Zajac on a line that has the potential to score a lot of [detalii...]

(SI.com) -- According to a report in the New York Post, free agent sniper Ilya kovalchuk will re-sign today with the New Jersey Devils. A source told the Post that the deal will be seven years for 60 [detalii...]

The Devils were fined 3 million and will forfeit draft picks as a result of the first, rejected Ilya kovalchuk [detalii...]

Ilya kovalchuk said the leagues penalty against the Devils over his contract was [detalii...]

High-scoring left wing Ilya kovalchuk is a healthy scratch for the New Jersey Devils game against the Buffalo [detalii...]

High-scoring left wing Ilya kovalchuk is a healthy scratch for the New Jersey Devils game against the Buffalo [detalii...]

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kovalchuks penalty shot brings in Russian new year Devils Martin Brodeur impresses with 29 savesIlya kovalchuk scored with a first-period penalty shot and assisted on David Clarksons goal minutes later as the New Jersey Devils defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in an Eastern Conference match on Saturday.The Russian forwards penalty shot, after Pittsburghs Brooks Orpik was penalised for covering the puck in the crease, gave the Devils a 1-0 lead 14 minutes into the first before Clarkson made it 2-0 on a power play 24 seconds before the end of the first period.kovalchuks goal enabled him to even the score with the Penguins netminder Marc-Andre Fleury, who had saved one of his penalty shot attempts in March 2010."It was nice," kovalchuk said later. "A little rematch. Its nice when the coach trusts you and when you produce. It was the new year in Russia right when we started. And they showed the game in Russia live, so it was good for everybody."Zach Parise had taken both of New Jerseys previous penalty shots this season, scoring once. But the coach Peter DeBoer, at the encouragement of his assistant Adam Oates, decided to give kovalchuk the opportunity on Saturday. "He thrives in those situations," DeBoer said.kovalchuk also had another assist when the Devils added an empty netter by Parise with less than a minute left in the game. It came after Pittsburgh had pulled back to 2-1 on Chris Kunitzs third-period power play goal.Martin Brodeur made an impressive 29 saves as the Devils won for the ninth time in 12 games. Pittsburghs Fleury produced 18 stops.Clarksons goal came 70 seconds after the Penguins Jordan Staal was sent to the penalty box for two minutes for slashing Parise.NHLUS sport guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

NEWARK, N.J.(AP) Martin Brodeur is making it very hard for future goaltenders to break his records as he piles up milestones for the New Jersey Devils [detalii...]

The NHL has signed off on Ilya kovalchuks latest contract with the New Jersey [detalii...]

TORONTO (AP) -- The National Hockey League Players Association has filed a grievance over the leagues rejection of the contract between Ilya kovalchuk and the New Jersey [detalii...]

The NHL is rejecting Ilya kovalchuks 17-year, 102 million contract with the [detalii...]

The NHL players union filed a grievance over the league rejecting Ilya kovalchuks contract with the [detalii...]

A person familiar with the issues raised says the NHL is rejecting Ilya kovalchuks 17-year, 102 million contract with the [detalii...]

Ilya kovalchuk scored at 4:36 of overtime and Devils coach Jacques Lemaire became the eighth coach in NHL history to reach 600 wins in New Jerseys 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday [detalii...]

An arbitrator ruled that the Devils deal with Ilya kovalchuk circumvented the salary cap. It has been [detalii...]

The Los Angeles Kings are once again talking to Ilya kovalchuks camp, a source told ESPN.com Wednesday [detalii...]

After re-entering negotiations with Ilya kovalchuks camp a day earlier, the Los Angeles Kings have dropped out of the running for a second time, a source told ESPN.com on [detalii...]

New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello backed his head coach Monday in the wake of the teams dismal start to the season and controversial benching of Ilya [detalii...]

NHL resumes after All-Star break and sees dramatic comeback victories for Boston, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Nashville NHL: five things we learned this weekBRUINS 4, SENATORS 3 Bostons Dennis Seidenberg scored the tiebreaking goal on a slap shot from center ice in the third period, rallying the Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators in Tuesdays clash of the top two teams in the NHL Northeast Division.Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara had power-play goals for the Bruins, who fell behind 3-1 while being dominated in the second period.Milan Lucics goal with 45 seconds left in the second got the Bruins within one, and Marchands power-play goal 2:20 into the third tied it.Seidenberg put Boston ahead with 12:51 remaining and that stood as the winner, giving the Bruins a six-point lead over the Senators.DEVILS 4, RANGERS 3, SO In Newark, David Clarkson scored the tying goal for New Jersey in the final minute of regulation, and Ilya kovalchuk netted the only goal in the shootout as New Jersey edged New York.kovalchuk had the first attempt in the shootout and beat the goalie between the pads. That was enough to give the Devils a 9-2 mark in tiebreakers this season. Martin Brodeur preserved the win by stopping all three Rangers shooters, and the Devils celebrated a victory that ended a three-game skid.kovalchuk and Zach Parise also scored in regulation for the Devils, who had trailed 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2.Anton Stralman, Brian Boyle and Michael Del Zotto had the Rangers goals.PREDATORS 5, WILD 4 In St. Paul, Minnesota, Mike Fisher scored two of Nashvilles three goals in the last 3 minutes as the Predators stunned Minnesota for their fifth straight victory.Dany Heatleys first two-goal game for Minnesota was wasted when the Wild squandered a 4-1 lead they held at the halfway mark of the third period.Brandon Yips first goal for Nashville brought the Predators within two after a video review reversed a dead-puck call on the ice. Patric Hornqvist scored his team-leading 15th goal, and Fisher added a goal 21 seconds later. Fisher connected again with 21 seconds remaining.Matt Halischuk had a goal and an assist for the Predators.Cal Clutterbuck added a goal in the second period for the Wild, and Kyle Brodziak also scored.PENGUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4, SO In Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin tied it with 6 seconds left in regulation and then scored the lone shootout goal to lift Pittsburgh over Toronto.Malkins 27th goal capped a furious third-period rally by the Penguins, who trailed by three with 13 minutes to play. The NHLs leading scorer later flipped a wrist shot past the goalie in the second round of the shootout to extend Pittsburghs winning streak to eight games.The Maple Leafs appeared to be in complete control after Tyler Bozak and Clarke MacArthur scored 19 seconds apart in the third period to give Toronto a 4-1 lead.Pittsburgh put together a rally that Malkin finished when a slap shot caromed off his shoulder and into the net.Matt Cooke snapped a 19-game scoring drought for Pittsburgh, and Steve Sullivan and Joe Vitale keyed the Penguins third-period surge.Mikhail Grabovski scored twice for Toronto.JETS 2, FLYERS 1, SO In Philadelphia, Bryan Little had the only goal during a shootout, lifting Winnipeg over Philadelphia.The Jets have won six straight games in Philadelphia, including four when they were the Atlanta Thrashers.Chris Thorburn scored his first goal in nearly a year for Winnipegs lone tally in regulation.Brayden Schenn scored for Philadelphia in the first period.LIGHTNING 4, CAPITALS 3, OT In Tampa, Steven Stamkos scored his NHL-leading 33rd goal at 2:45 of overtime, lifting Tampa Bay over Washington.Martin St. Louis had a second-period goal and assisted on the game-winner, sending a point-blank shot off the goalies pads and giving Stamkos an opportunity to tap in the rebound.Matt Hendricks, Mathieu Perreault and Troy Brouwer scored for the Capitals, who rallied from a two-goal deficit to force overtime despite playing without suspended star Alex Ovechkin.SABRES 3, CANADIENS 1 In Montreal, Paul Gaustad had a goal and two assists to lift Buffalo to a win against Montreal.Gaustad set up Ville Leinos fourth goal 4:01 into the second period to tie it 1-1. Gaustad beat the goalie from the goal mouth to give the Sabres the lead 6:17 into the third and assisted as Patrick Kaleta scored into an empty net with 51.1 seconds remaining.Thomas Vanek, who leads the Sabres with 19 goals, left after the first period because of an undisclosed upper body injury and didnt return.ISLANDERS 5, HURRICANES 2 In Raleigh, John Tavares had two goals and two assists to lead New York over Carolina.P.A. Parenteau and Matt Moulson scored power-play goals to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead after two periods and help New York move two points ahead of Carolina at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.Carolina rallied with goals from Brandon Sutter and Tim Brent early in the third period to get even, but Tavares put the Islanders back in front. Kyle Okposo added an empty-net goal with 1:22 left.NHLUS sport guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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