Hedberg patiently completed a round of interviews and had not even made it to the showers.
Hedberg, 39, delivered Sunday, stopping all 22 shots in a 3-0 victory over the Islanders.
Hedberg stopped 27 of 28 shots Tuesday against Boston, but the Devils lost in a shootout.
Pominville opened the shootout by beating Johan Hedberg with a snap shot on the glove side.
"We get used to that from him, " DeBoer said of Hedberg after the game.
"Whenever they need me, I try to be as ready as I can, " Hedberg said.
It will help to have Mr Hedberg, who is liked by other American executives.
"I think we had done a lot of good things, even though we were losing, " Hedberg said.
Mr Hedberg acknowledges that there may be no better time to strike than in the coming months.
"I don't think it would be appropriate for a lot of guys to do that, either, " Hedberg said.
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"Tonight I got some breaks, " said Hedberg, who lost a shootout to the Sabres less than a week ago.
Hedberg understands that the starting job belongs to Brodeur once he is ready.
"You don't want him to rush into something and it's counterproductive, " Hedberg said.
In Brodeur's absence, the Devils have dressed Jeff Frazee to back up Hedberg.
Hedberg, however, made a nice pad save on John Scott on a first-period counterattack, and a good skate save on Hodgson.
Clarkson took a long shot from the left point seconds after embattled Devils goaltender Johan Hedberg left for a sixth skater.
But Rask gloved it after stopping it with his chest while Krejci was in the penalty box for interfering with Hedberg.
It was Johan Hedberg's turn to save the Devils, who had opened the season with three victories but then lost four games.
Veteran backup Johan Hedberg made 20 saves, and gave up both shots he faced in the shootout, including one to Tyler Ennis.
Brodeur, after all, has won 659 games, or 503 more than Hedberg.
Coach Peter DeBoer said Hedberg would start Tuesday but he did not rule out dressing Brodeur as the backup if he is healthy.
But Marchand put the puck between goalie Johan Hedberg's pads and the Bruins won when Marek Zidlicky's shot hit Tuukka Rask's left pad.
Johan Hedberg had 23 saves for New Jersey in making his 10th straight start because Martin Brodeur is still sidelined by a sore back.
Hecht then put the Sabres up 3-2 at the 9:47 mark, when he scored from a bad angle by banking in a shot off Hedberg.
Although the schedule has been compressed to 48 games in 99 days because of the lockout, Hedberg was going to start Sunday no matter what happened Saturday.
Mr Hedberg has helped to bring clarity to Telekom's affairs.
The man who hopes to silence the critics is Jeffrey Hedberg, a 38-year-old American who has been running Telekom's international activities since he was poached from Swisscom last year.
The 40-year-old will not start against the rival New York Rangers Tuesday night, but he did not rule out backing up Johan Hedberg, who has started every game in his absence.
After rookie center Mikhail Grigorenko was stopped by Hedberg at the right post 11 minutes into the game, the Sabres went nearly 13 minutes before getting their next shot on goal.
"In Marty's case, I think it's great, " Hedberg added.
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