Earlier this season, I introduced a collective project that several people are taking on in order to quantify the impacts of forechecking. This piece will serve as a bit of teaser since we're only seven games into the season with our tracking, but these events accumulate quite quickly, and I believe can be used to identify tactical decisions made by John Hynes and the coaching staff. Specifically, why are the Devils so bad in third periods this season?
I do encourage you to visit the above linked article as it outlines everything we're tracking.