The New Jersey Devils are coming off a rough stretch. The stretch saw the team play relatively well despite very tough conditions. There are so many injuries to key players that some teams go seasons without seeing anything like it.
Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri, Sami Vatanen, Cory Schneider, Miles Wood, Stefan Noesen, Pavel Zacha, and more are all either currently injured or have been injured for stretches. As a result, the Devils record of late has taken a hit. They were having a tough season as it was, and then Taylor Hall went out.