by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
What do you think of the mutual opponent hypothesis? What’s that? The idea that if team A and team B each play team C, then whoever does better against team C would do better against the other, as well. If it’s anything to go by, the Anaheim Ducks are in a sweet spot...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 19, 2016 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
The Kings are nothing if not streaky. Their record is of winning, or losing, in bunches this year so far. Three losses, four wins, three losses, three wins, four losses (one OT point) and, coming into Saturday, a win. Logically, then, they would get another one on the...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 13, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils
The LA Kings should have been energized entering their Saturday evening game against New Jersey. The Devils aren’t playing all that well, sitting seventh in their conference and fifth in the East’s wildcard race and being losers of five of their last seven games and...
by Brandon Mersky | Feb 15, 2015 | AHL, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers
Hartford, CT- After a long stretch on the road the Hartford Wolf Pack (27-15-4-3) finally came back to their home ice tonight. Facing off against the Albany Devils (22-19-4-5), the New Jersey Devils affiliate and the New York Rangers main rival, it was quite clear...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 17, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New Jersey Devils
What year is this? Lou Lamoriello is standing behind the New Jersey bench coaching a team that is playing Scott Gomez against Ilya Bryzgalov in net—for the Anaheim Ducks. If you said 2006, you’d be right. And wrong. Because that was the oddity of the game featuring...