Since the last meeting between the New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators in October, the Eastern Conference playoff race has begun to tighten up and take shape.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Anton Forsberg made 25 saves, including 16 in the first period, to win his first game in two months for the Ottawa Senators, a 2-1 victory against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Sunday.

The New Jersey Devils lost 2-1 to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday afternoon at the Prudential Center. A promising start to the game quickly dwindled as the Devils couldn’t finish their chances and eventually stopped generating many chances altogether.

Defenseman Artem Zub scored the go-ahead goal 2:50 into the third period, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon in Newark, N.J.

A slow start to the game turned into a team effort to get the win as the Ottawa Senators defeated the New Jersey Devils by a score of 2-1.

The Boston Bruins have little time to dwell on negatives. A night after the Bruins' season of ups and downs continued with a 5-1 road loss to the New Jersey Devils, Boston returns to home ice for a Thursday night matchup against the Atlantic Division rival Ottawa Senators.

Amid a 2-6-3 stretch in which the Devils have scored 20 goals, Keefe has made drastic changes to his lines leading into their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. With the onus on his star players to start producing, here are the lines the Devils showed in practice on Tuesday.

A commitment to defence has been a central theme for the Senators, not just Tkachuk, under new head coach Travis Green. The Senators have the sixth-best goals-against rate in the league, a 180-degree turn from the fifth-worst in the league last season.

A team source for Sweden has confirmed to The Inquirer that Ersson will go if either Jacob Markström (sprained knee) and Linus Ullmark (back) are unavailable due to injury.

Last night Marchand made headlines after he went for the Jake 'The Snake' DDT on New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler and tonight the Boston Bruins' captain was apparently lining up The Undertaker's chokeslam on Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins!

Coach Joe Sacco is "cautiously optimistic" the goalie, who sustained the injury against New Jersey Wednesday night, will be available to play against Colorado on Saturday