Mike Cammalleri had missed six games from the New Jersey Devils lineup for personal reasons.

It wasn’t revealed that his daughter was actually suffering from pneumonia and required surgery, until he returned last Wednesday to face the Toronto Maple Leafs, with what some were calling ‘Dad Strength’.

It was all systems go for Cammalleri, who led his team out of the gate with 23:03 of ice time, and had a hand in every regulation goal for the Devils that night. He tallied a goal and two assists in the second period, and also notched a helper on Yohann Auvitu's third period goal which forced overtime. The devils held on to win it all 5-4 in a shootout.

The winger kept on rolling through a Friday matchup with the Detroit Red Wings, picking up a goal and an assist, and again notching over 23 minutes of ice time.

He put a bow on the week with Saturday night's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Cammalleri opened the scoring and netted another one to make it a 3-2 game for the Devils off of just four shots on net. Sidney Crosby would force overtime for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who would eventually win in a shootout.

The Devils earned four of a possible six points with Cammalleri back in their lineup.

Prior to his return, the alternate captain had scored three goals for six points. He’s now matched seven goals with seven assists for a plus-four rating in 15 games.

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