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The Devils came out flat, but they recovered and put themselves on the right path to begin the season.

Who did head coach Luke Richardson compare to Connor Bedard after his first day of practice?

You probably know this, but preseason success does not necessarily mean regular season success. This has been known by design. This post shows how it is true by comparing preseason records of the New Jersey Devils and their AHL team’s regular season records since 2010.

While training camp is over a month away, one can identify the pending battles for roster spots on the New Jersey Devils to start the 2023-24 season. This post goes over the battles on defense and speculates as to who makes it and where.

Darcy Kuemper was Washington's big addition of last summer, and he was fine. He was just fine. By the Numbers 57 games played .908 all-situation save percentage 167.4 expected goals by opponents, all strengths 154 actual goals by opponents, all strengths +13.4 goals saved above expected For on-ice percentages, 50 percent means even: both teams…

The New York Rangers trounced the New Jersey Devils to take a 2-0 lead in their quarterfinal series. I'm not sure what happened to the regular-season Devils, but these guys looked nothing them. (Note: I’ve adopted the Devils for the postseason. Maybe this was a mistake.) Erik Haula got a rebound from the paint to give…

The Washington Capitals are not in the playoffs, but two of their former backstops are, and they both got smoked on Tuesday night. New Jersey Devils goalie Vitek Vanecek gave up four goals in his team's loss to the Rangers. Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Ilya Samsonov gave up six goals before he was pulled against…

Ilya Samsonov was a combination of fiery, quiet, and matter-of-fact in the locker room after a less-than-stellar outing in his Toronto Maple Leafs postseason debut. The former Capital was pulled at the end of the second intermission and gave up six goals on 29 shots. Natural Stat Trick said he gave up 2.6 more goals…

The Washington Capitals matched up with one of the few teams below them in the overall NHL standings on Thursday night in the Montreal Canadiens. They ended up getting completely mauled 6-2. Yep, that's where we're at this season. I mean do we even really need to check in on the five-on-five numbers? If you…

Michigans star is the latest top defenseman headed to the pros after two years in school. Why is he ready to make the jump once the Frozen Four is over?