Sullivan is a 38-year-old forward who was drafted by the Devils in 1994, returns to New Jersey 19 years later. He has 50 games of playoff experience. He has five goals and seven assists in 33 games this season.

As expected, Steve Sullivan took part in his 1,000th career game on Thursday.

Sullivan's Phoenix Coyotes earned a 7-4 victory against his former team, the Nashville Predators. "I don't think we could have picked a better spot to play 1,000 games," Sullivan said of Nashville. "This is where I called home for seven years. This is where my kids grew up. This is pretty much all they remember. For them to come back and see friends and family and watch a milestone night for myself, it was like it was meant to be."

Steve Sullivan is hopeful that his performance in Saturday's win over Anaheim is the start of a hot streak.

In addition to potting the tying goal late in regulation to send the contest to overtime, Sullivan scored the only shootout marker for either team, earning two points for the Coyotes."That's what I was brought here to do, to help on the offensive side of the puck, and it wasn't going in," Sullivan said. "So I felt a lot of pressure." With nine points in 18 contests, the diminutive winger has been far from exceptional, but with points in two straight games he may be finding his groove.