Hockey Fights Cancer night has a little extra meaning for the Devils this season.
When the Devils host the annual event on Friday night at the Prudential Center in Newark during their game against the Vancouver Canucks, they'll be helping raise awareness for a disease that hit one of their own in September.
Forward Brian Boyle has now played in 11 games since returning to the Devils' lineup following his September diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia. Boyle, his wife and two children will be a part of the ceremonial puck drop prior to Friday's game.