In one short month, the New Jersey Devils both dazzled and delighted us with a four-game win streak and fell hard to reality with the disappointment of a 1-3-1 run to end the month. Overall, it was a successful October in that the Devils earned 11 points, more than half all 18 potential points. A record of 5-3-1 is not a bad one on its own. How the Devils got to that point and the slump it otherwise led dims any brightness from a look back at the first month of the 2018-19 season. As is tradition, we will look back as the team presses on in November.