Earlier this summer, I wrote about how shootouts went fairly well for the New Jersey Devils last season but remain a challenge going into next season. The Devils went 5-4 in shootouts but outside of Drew Stafford, no one scored more than three shootout goals and the only Devil on the roster with a career shooting percentage above 30% is Brian Boyle. I took that as a means to look more closely at shootouts. To do that, I broke down Jesper Bratt’s amazing shootout goal against Mike Condon from last season. It was a great looking play, it was an important goal as it put the Devils up 2-1 in the shootout that they eventually won, and it showed to me how shootouts could be analyzed.
2017-18 NJ Devils Shootout Breakdown Part 1: The Goaltenders
