The New Jersey Devils fired coach Peter DeBoer on Friday, according to multiple reports.DeBoer was 114-93-41 in three-plus seasons with the Devils, who are 12-17-7 this season. They were 2-5-3 in their 10 games before the NHL’s Christmas break.DeBoer, an Ontario native, went 103-107-36 in Trenton Irwin Jersey three seasons as coach of the Florida Panthers. He led the Devils to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2012, in which the Los Angeles Kings won six games.The team did not immediately announce a replacement.Since that run to the finals, the Devils failed to make the playoffs and are in danger of mi sing them again. Only the Carolina Hurricanes have fewer points in the Eastern Conference. The Isaiah Prince Jersey Devils are minus-46 in goal differential, fifth worst in the league.GM Lou Lamoriello, architect of the Devils’ Stanley Cup champion teams, is under criticism for failing to revamp his roster and sticking DeBoer with a slow, aging lineup.The team resumes play on Saturday against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The team will name DeBoer’s replacement before the game.”I will confirm that there will be a coaching change,” on Friday. “But there will be no further comment or anything said until tomorrow morning.”Lamoriello refused to disclose additional information behind his decision.Among po sible replacements: Adam Oates, a former Devils a sistant before becoming Washington Capitals coach.At 72, critics contend Lamoriello is past his prime and has failed Noah Spence Jersey to find young players capable of replacing critical departures, including Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk. Parise left as a free agent to join the Minnesota Wild. Kovalchuk, whose contract saddled the Devils with ma sive cap problems, fled the NHL for Ru sia.DeBoer’s team was ineffective but also fought a spate of injuries and illne s. Patrik Elias will mi s Saturday’s game because of the mumps, and says at many as seven regulars were out of the lineup in recent weeks.Given their physical problems, the Devils have been forced to use young, inexperienced players, especially on defense.DeBoer’s team couldn’t hold leads, losing 2-1 in a shootout to the Hurricanes in its final game with him behind the bench.Meanwhile, Lamoriello saddled DeBoer with overaged fill-ins including Dainius Zubrus, 36, Scott Samaje Perine Jersey Gomez, 35, and Jaromir Jagr, who turns 43 in mid-February.DeBoer is the third NHL coach sacked this season. He follows Paul MacLean, by the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 8; and Dallas Eakins, by the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 15.Without completing his fourth season, DeBoer is second in all-time victories with the Devils. Jacques Lemaire, who led them to two Stanley Cups, won 276 games as coach.Numerous reports suggested Lamoriello was more responsible for the Devils’ decline than DeBoer. Reasons included questionable contracts normally tight-fisted Lamoriello doled out in recent seasons. gave an example: the five-year, $24.25 million deal he gave forward Ryane Clowe. At 32, Clowe has a concu sion history and is among Devils players currently on injured reserve.If the Devils mi s the playoffs, their streak of futility will be the franchise’s longest since its first five Vonn Bell Jersey seasons in New Jersey.