Kyle Palmieri led the New Jersey Devils in goals last season with 26. It was a somewhat trying time for Palmieri, who was coming off a 30-goal 2015-16 season. In addition to the fact that the 2016-17 Devils were bad, Palmieri endured some lengthy goal-droughts. He only scored seven times in the 2016 portion of the season and only three times in the first two months of last season. The end of the season featured only one goal scored in the last eleven games. In total, Palmieri took thirty fewer shots and played two fewer games compared to 2015-16.