The puck will drop on the Devils' 2018-19 season when they open against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, Oct. 6, in Gothenburg, Sweden. That will mark the start of an 82-game campaign where the Devils will aim to reach the playoffs for the second straight season while trying to surpass their first-round exit
After making the jump from last place to the postseason in 2017-18, the Devils have higher expectations internally and externally, but many outside the locker room still peg them as a team destined to fall short of reaching the Stanley Cup Playoffs.