So far this season, there have been some trends in the NHL that have been somewhat different from years past. On the broadcast Thursday night, Ken Daneyko and Steve Cangialosi were discussing some of these trends, specifically that goals per game have gone up throughout the NHL…except when it came to New Jersey Devils games.
According to Hockey Reference, here are the league-wide averages prior to last night’s games, as compared with the Devils averages so far:
| Category | League Average | Devils |
| Goals For | 12 | 6 |
| Goals Against | 12 | 8 |
| Total Goals per Game (both teams) | 6. |