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,

Sebastian Aho hammered a one-timer past Jacob Markstrom at 4:17 of the second OT to help the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 Tuesday night to clinch their first-round playoff series and become the first team to advance into Round 2.