5 New Jersey Devils Players Who Will Set Career Highs In Points

Ondrej Palat
Previous career high: 63 points

This one might be surprising, but Palat moving to the Devils might actually help him score more points. He was on the Tampa Bay Lightning for a long time, but his role with this team is much different. He’s playing on the top line with Jack Hughes. Now, he can be the finisher to a player that’s becoming one of the best setup men in the league. Hughes is going to get the best out of his linemates. As of now, it appears that Palat is one of them.

Sure, Palat played a ton with Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos during his time with the Lightning, but he’s never been the rock of a line like he will be in New Jersey. This team relies on him to put them back into a winning mentality.

The Devils paid handsomely to sign Palat when they lost out on Johnny Gaudreau. Wouldn’t it be wild if they were able to get 65 points out of their backup plan? Palat hasn’t been a scorer in close to a decade. However, he has been getting more individual chances. He had 80 individual high-dangers chances at 5v5 last season. That was the most he’s had since his rookie season. If he continues to make chances for himself while also getting chances from Hughes, he will get 65 points easily.