Donato should have been a player the Devils went all in for at the trade deadline. Since they didn’t, free agency will do. Donato had a career-high on a poor Blackhawks team with 31 goals and 31 assists. Both marks were more than double his previous career highs.

For the fifth consecutive time, the Carolina Hurricanes have knocked the New Jersey Devils out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After blowing a 3-0 Game 5 lead and eventually losing 5-4 in double overtime in Raleigh,

The New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes meet in an Eastern Conference Game 5 first-round, best-of-7 series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday.