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Facing Anaheim’s Speed
The Ducks are built on a lot of speed, skill and offense. Their quick transition attack gave the Devils a lot of problems when the two teams met in California – a 4-1 Anaheim win on Nov. 2.
“They’re very dangerous on the rush. It’s all four lines, all D pairs,” Keefe said. “They have a lot of offense and skill. They lead the league in odd-man rushes and rush opportunities. They’re going to be coming with a lot of speed as we saw out in Anaheim.
“Shift to shift, we’re going to have to manage the puck well, be very structured and patient, and be good on special teams. All those things have to come together.”
One area to prevent the Ducks, who have the NHL’s 2nd-best offense with 2.52 goals per game, from gaining speed and getting to their rush game is smart play in the neutral zone.
“Getting the puck through the neutral cleanly and be above, speed,” Keefe said. “If we can do a good job of getting through the neutral zone then it’s going to be about our play in the offensive zone.”
And when the Devils are in the offensive zone, they don’t want their D to be passive. They still want them pinching and trying to add offense. The importance of the club’s F3 and reloading will be key to prevent against any Anaheim’s transition.
“I’d say the reloads are the bigger part of it,” Keefe said. “We need our D to be aggressive, otherwise we’ll be backing up and skating backwards and retreating into our zone and that’s not good either. We need our D to be on their toes and aggressive. Forwards have a great responsibility to give us the necessary support to allow the D to play freely.”
THE SCOOP
After a loss on Wednesday to Buffalo, the Devils remain 11 points behind Boston and the Islanders for the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.
New Jersey has now lost four games in a row after having won six out of nine games prior to that.
They are 12 points back of the Pittsburgh Penguins who sit in second place in the Metro Division.
The Pens were red hot going into the break, having picked up points in 11 of 12 games (8-1-3) but now head into this next stretch of four to six weeks without their captain and best player, Sidney Crosby, who got injured in the Olympics.
Crosby leads the team with 27 goals and 59 points with Evgeni Malkin second in points at 44. Anthony Mantha is second on the team in goals with 20.
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NJDOT worker helps rescue driver, passenger from truck crash on Rt. 295 in West Deptford, NJ
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 6:17PM
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (WPVI) — A New Jersey Department of Transportation employee is being praised for rescuing two people after a crash on Wednesday morning.
Authorities say a commercial utility truck crashed along Route 295 northbound in West Deptford around 7:30 a.m.
The truck flipped over and landed in a stream off the side of the highway.
The transportation worker jumped into action to rescue two people from the submerged wreckage.
Several witnesses and responding police officers also jumped in to help.
Both victims were rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash did cause a fuel leak in the tributary.
It’s not yet clear what led to the crash.
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SECAUCUS, New Jersey (WABC) — A restaurant in Secaucus, New Jersey had to be evacuated Tuesday night after the ceiling buckled due to snow on the roof, according to officials.
It happened at the Houlihan’s located at 700 Plaza Dr.
Police, firefighters, the Office of Emergency Management and the Town Building Inspector responded to the restaurant for a report of a possible roof collapse.
First responders found that the roof did not fully collapse, but the ceiling buckled under the weight of the snow on the flat roof.
Police say that inside the building, cracking noises could be heard coming from the ceiling.
The restaurant, which was open at the time, was evacuated.
Officials say no one was hurt, and the Town Building Inspector has ordered the building closed until further notice.
Building management will arrange repairs.
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