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The Devils are battling for their playoff lives. But the hill to climb is only getting steeper as the teams around them continue to win, making it difficult to gain any ground. The Devils currently have 58 points in 55 games played. That puts them seven points out of the final Metro Division slot and nine for the last Wild Card position.
The Devils are entering a critical stretch this week ahead of the Olympic break. They have two home games, both against Metro opponents that New Jersey is chasing. To really remain within a viable shot at earning a postseason berth, the Devils will likely need to win both games this week and ideally in regulation. Anything less than a four-point swing would really put the Devils in a hole.
The Blue Jackets are in a similar situation. They have three more points than the Devils (61), but also have a lot of ground to make up in either the Metro or Wild Card. Columbus has two games this week, Tuesday in New Jersey and Wednesday at home against Chicago.
Columbus being in the playoff hunt has been a surprised. The team entered January well out of the playoffs and began the month with a 1-3-1 run. Things looked bleak. But a head coaching change has caused a surge in Columbus. Rick Bowness stepped in on Jan. 12 in place of Dean Evanson. The Blue Jackets are 8-1-0 under Bowness and 9-1-0 overall in their last 10 contest. That points run has catapulted Columbus from the bottom of the standings into a fighting chance.
Zach Werenski continues his play as the most underrated defenseman in the NHL. While Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes steal the headlines, it is Werenski that leads the League’s blueliners in scoring with 60 points (t-Evan Bouchard). Werenski’s 19 goals are also tied for the most in the NHL while his 41 assists rank fourth (tied).
There is an urgent plea from a family in Morris County, New Jersey, to find a kidney donor for a 14-year-old boy whose only remaining kidney is failing, and doctors say he needs a transplant as soon as possible.
Harley hit the jackpot two years ago when 14-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti skipped school to adopt him, making the rescue pup the newest member of the family.
“He was just very playful… he was very sweet. So yeah,” Giansanti said.
Our sister station, WABC-TV, sat down with Giansanti and his parents, Carlo and Christ, as they spoke about their son.
“He volunteers at school. He volunteers at church. He even volunteered at the food bank this summer,” said Thaddeus’ mother Christa Giansanti.
“The person who steps up and helps him would be helping a really great kid,” said Thaddeus’ father Carlo Giansanti.
The 14-year-old desperately needs a new kidney. It’s a battle he has fought even before he was born.
“There’s a lot of things going with pills — they’re affecting my energy levels, kind of making me go for blood work more often, doctors more often,” Thaddeus Giansanti said. “Honestly, getting a new kidney would move that all out of the way, and I could kind of just be more regular in a way. Go back into my regular cycle and not be as tired.”
His best-case scenario for his best life possible is a living donor.
No one in the family is a match, and that’s why the close-knit Morris County family, filled with faith, is stepping out of their quiet comfort zone to ask for help.
“He’s not only a great kid, he has a great future, and you’d be a part of that,” Carlo Giansanti said.
Below you can find more information on Thaddeus’ circumstances, and a QR code that takes you to a site through Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to see if you might be a match.
Recent blood work reveals the teen needs a new kidney as soon as possible.
“I mean, right now nothing too terrible is happening, but I would really like it because even though nothing terrible is happening, my life is way worse than it was before,” Thaddeus Giansanti said.
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A man was killed after a fight in Cumberland County on Monday night, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The fight happened on Feb. 16 at a house on the 500 block of North Second Street in Millville, New Jersey, officials said.
It was around 9 p.m. when Detyren Hatch, 35, was taken to the hospital after suffering serious injuries from the altercation, officials explained.
Hatch was then flown to a second hospital where he died, officials reported.
An investigation is underway by the Millville Police Department and the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit.
If you have any information on this case, please contact Det. Emillio Santiago of the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office at 856-506-4093.
You can also submit a tip anonymously by clicking here.
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