In their true home opener to the 2018-19 regular season, the New Jersey Devils gloriously dominated the Washington Capitals in a 6-0 victory. It was a fantastic game to watch as it was to see it on the stat sheet. The Caps were abysmal and the Devils just kept making them pay the price for it. The Devils dispatched the defending Stanley Cup Champions as if they were an expansion team full of throw-away players thrown together months before the game. I wrote this recap about how the Devils opened up a six-pack of winning over Washington, which contained this statement:
It certainly was one of the best actual home openers I ever went to and one of the best true home openers in franchise history.