3 Ways New Jersey Devils Can Win Stanley Cup Championship

3. Win the Special Teams battle

The New Jersey Devils need to be strong on the power play and their penalty kill if they want to succeed in the postseason. It is important to succeed in those two areas because you can’t allow power-play goals, and you need to score them yourself.

New Jersey’s power play was average during the regular season, hitting the back of the net 21.9 percent of the time. That was good for 13th in the league. It’s not back, but there is room for improvement.

As for their penalty kill, they were outstanding. They killed off 82.6 percent of all the penalties that they took, which was tied with the Calgary Flames for fourth in the league. Obviously, that is something that they want to continue through the postseason.

The Devils traded for Timo Meier during the season. He is obviously going to improve their chances of scoring with the man advantage. He already has four goals on the power play in just 21 games with the Devils.

Good things can happen on the top unit with Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt, and Dougie Hamilton snapping the puck around. The second unit can also create with guys like Dawson Mercer, Ondrej Palat, and Damon Severson amongst others.

As for the penalty kill, almost everyone can be a contributor by committee, including the goaltender. As mentioned before, they need to win this battle so they will have a chance to win the Stanley Cup.