In the team’s third preseason game, the New Jersey Devils were shut out by the New York Islanders, 0-2. One word comes to mind about this game: Penalties. Four more words come to mind about this game: Penalties, penalties, penalties, and penalties.
Games with plenty of whistles tend to be common in preseason games. You have a mixture of players getting back into form with players being overly aggressive to impress the coaches or make a statement as well as referees sorting out their directives for the season. It is not really a surprising thing for a preseason game to have a lot of penalties called.