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New Jersey Devils - The Devils have improved their non-Brodeur record to 5-5 even winning their last two games without John Madden, who was added to the Devils long list of the walking wounded, and the last game without Mike Mottau who was serving the first game of a two-game suspension.
New York Islanders - The Islanders were upset to learn Saturday that NHL VP Colin Campbell only gave Devils defenseman Mike Mottau a two-game suspension for an elbow to the head that seriously injured emerging center Frans Nielsen (out 8-12 weeks) on Friday at New Jersey, especially when Islanders defenseman Thomas Pock was given a five-game suspension for a similar foul against Ottawa’s Ryan Shannon earlier this month.
Philadelphia Flyers - When Jeff Carter was drafted by the Flyers with the 11th pick overall in the 2003 NHL draft, he was compared to Mike Modano. Five years later, he’s looking like one of the best two-way players in the game. Carter enters Monday night’s home game with a team-high 14 goals, one behind league leader Thomas Vanek of Buffalo. And he’s doing it while checking against some of the NHL’s top lines.
Pittsburgh Penguins - Defenseman Ryan Whitney practiced Friday for the first time since August surgery to correct a left foot deformity. He hopes to play by Christmas, though he is not ruling out a mid-December return. Whitney, a top power-play scoring defenseman the last two years, will be a welcome addition for coach Michel Therrien, who fumed Saturday about the Penguins’ power play after a loss at home against Vancouver.
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