The New Jersey Devils appeared to be buried and out of the Eastern Conference playoff race months, but they apparently never got the memo. Dainius Zubrus scored goals in the first and third periods and the Devils earned their seventh straight victory by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Saturday night. The Devils, in a desperate fight to get into playoff contention after a miserable start, are just 10 points behind the eighth-place Hurricanes after beating Carolina for the third time in 12 days. "We took control early, for a change, because here this team is known for great starts," Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. "Every time they step on the ice they really skate and get on top of the other team. We were pretty lucky to get that first goal." Carolina remained four points ahead of Buffalo and Atlanta. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=310219007
