New Jersey Devils: 5 Most Surprising Stats Of 12-Game Winning Streak
By Nick Villano
Total Goals Scored: 54
Over the last 28 days, the Devils have been great on defense. However, the offense has been just as good. They scored 54 goals, again the best in the league during that time. They haven’t even played the most games. Some teams have a full game over the Devils. 26 of those goals have been high-danger goals, almost half. These haven’t been cheap goals. The Devils are scoring with incredible plays.
Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier lead the team with seven goals in this stretch. Only two players have failed to score while playing more than one game. Damon Severson and Brendan Smith play a very different game right now. They aren’t getting those offensive chances that lead to goals. Just about everyone else is.
What’s crazy is 17 players have more goals in this stretch than Hischier and Bratt. The Devils aren’t getting all of their goal-scoring at the top. They are getting it from different players every night. Sometimes, it’s the BMW line that’s driving the offense. Other times, the captain puts Tomas Tatar in the perfect position. There are even nights when the defense is driving scoring.
There is no sign the scoring will stop. The Devils have four lines that can score at any time on the ice. The Devils are a wagon, and it’s because of the symmetry between the offense and the defense.