The Devils closed the book on their 2016-17 campaign by basking in sentimentality.
Patty’s Last Lap — the nom de plume for Saturday’s pregame warmups at the Prudential Center that featured recently retired Patrik Elias, the best forward in Devils’ history — preceded a 4-2 loss to the desperate Islanders. Then on Sunday, the Devils fell, 4-1, in the last NHL game ever played at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena, the site where in 1995 New Jersey shocked the favored Red Wings in games 1 and 2 of the Final en route to its first of three Stanley Cups.