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59 | NEW JERSEY | +190 | Ov 5,-105 | +195 | Ov 5,+110 | 60 | MINNESOTA | -230 | Un 5,-115 | -235 | Un 5,-130 |
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All Games | 18-27-0 | -5.5 | 18-27 | -5.5 | 16-19 | 2.2 | 27.3 | 2.9 | 31.2 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 8-18-0 | -6.1 | 8-18 | -6.1 | 8-11 | 2.0 | 27.6 | 2.9 | 33.4 | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-4 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 45 | 101 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 1229 | 8.2% | 152 | 19 | 12.5% | 164 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 26 | 52 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 717 | 7.3% | 76 | 8 | 10.5% | 79 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 5.6% | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 13 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 129 | 32 | 46 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 1402 | 9.2% | 138 | 22 | 15.9% | 213 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 76 | 14 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 869 | 8.7% | 82 | 8 | 9.8% | 123 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 160 | 6.2% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 17 |
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KEITH KINKAID (All Games) | 12 | 11 | 394 | 363 | 92.1% | 1 | 5-6 | +1.7 | 5-6-0 | +1 | 3-6 | KEITH KINKAID (Road Games) | 8 | 8 | 298 | 281 | 94.3% | 1 | 5-3 | +4.7 | 5-3-0 | +4 | 2-5 | KEITH KINKAID(vs. Non-Conference) | 5 | 5 | 176 | 160 | 90.9% | 1 | 2-3 | +0.3 | 2-3-0 | 0 | 1-3 | KEITH KINKAID (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 111 | 102 | 91.9% | 0 | 2-1 | +3.1 | 2-1-0 | +3 | 1-2 | ANDERS LINDBACK (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | ANDERS LINDBACK (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | ANDERS LINDBACK(vs. Non-Conference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CORY SCHNEIDER (All Games) | 34 | 34 | 1002 | 912 | 91.0% | 3 | 13-21 | -7.2 | 13-21-0 | -7 | 13-13 | CORY SCHNEIDER (Road Games) | 18 | 18 | 568 | 514 | 90.5% | 1 | 3-15 | -10.8 | 3-15-0 | -11 | 6-6 | CORY SCHNEIDER(vs. Non-Conference) | 14 | 14 | 405 | 369 | 91.1% | 0 | 6-8 | -1.6 | 6-8-0 | -2 | 6-5 | CORY SCHNEIDER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 126 | 119 | 94.4% | 0 | 1-3 | -1.9 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 0-3 |
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All Games | 28-14-0 | +11.2 | 28-14 | +11.2 | 17-17 | 3.3 | 29.5 | 2.2 | 30.5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 14-4-0 | +7.2 | 14-4 | +7.2 | 7-8 | 3.4 | 29.2 | 1.7 | 26.2 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3.1 | 4-1 | +3.1 | 3-1 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 2.4 | 30.8 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 42 | 138 | 34 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 1239 | 11.1% | 119 | 24 | 20.2% | 232 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 18 | 62 | 12 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 525 | 11.8% | 52 | 14 | 26.9% | 109 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 13.6% | 16 | 5 | 31.2% | 33 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 92 | 21 | 32 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1281 | 7.2% | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | 160 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 471 | 6.6% | 53 | 7 | 13.2% | 54 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 7.8% | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 21 |
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DEVAN DUBNYK (All Games) | 33 | 33 | 978 | 919 | 94.0% | 4 | 23-10 | +10.2 | 23-10-0 | +9 | 11-15 | DEVAN DUBNYK (Home Games) | 16 | 16 | 413 | 386 | 93.5% | 3 | 12-4 | +5.2 | 12-4-0 | +5 | 6-8 | DEVAN DUBNYK(vs. Non-Conference) | 15 | 15 | 467 | 440 | 94.2% | 1 | 11-4 | +6.4 | 11-4-0 | +6 | 7-7 | DEVAN DUBNYK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 114 | 106 | 93.0% | 0 | 4-0 | +4.2 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 2-1 | DARCY KUEMPER (All Games) | 9 | 9 | 302 | 272 | 90.1% | 0 | 5-4 | +1 | 5-4-0 | +1 | 6-2 | DARCY KUEMPER (Home Games) | 2 | 2 | 58 | 54 | 93.1% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 1-0 | DARCY KUEMPER(vs. Non-Conference) | 3 | 3 | 103 | 93 | 90.3% | 0 | 2-1 | +1.5 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 2-1 | DARCY KUEMPER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 137 | 124 | 90.5% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.3 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 3-0 |
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12/22/2016 | PHILADELPHIA | 4-0 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5 ov | U | 12/23/2016 | at PITTSBURGH | 1-4 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 12/27/2016 | PITTSBURGH | 2-5 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | O | 12/29/2016 | at WASHINGTON | 2-1 | W | 0, +220 | W | 5 un | U | 12/31/2016 | WASHINGTON | 2-6 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5 un | O | 1/2/2017 | BOSTON | 3-0 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ev | U | 1/3/2017 | at CAROLINA | 3-1 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5 ev | U | 1/6/2017 | TORONTO | 2-4 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5.5 un | O | 1/7/2017 | EDMONTON | 1-2 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5 ov | U | 1/9/2017 | FLORIDA | 0-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5 un | U | 1/12/2017 | at EDMONTON | 2-3 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ev | P | 1/13/2017 | at CALGARY | 2-1 | W | 0, +190 | W | 5 ov | U | 1/15/2017 | at VANCOUVER | 2-1 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5 un | U | 1/17/2017 | at MINNESOTA | | 1/20/2017 | MONTREAL | | 1/21/2017 | at PHILADELPHIA | | 1/24/2017 | LOS ANGELES | | 1/26/2017 | WASHINGTON | |
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12/22/2016 | at MONTREAL | 4-2 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5 un | O | 12/23/2016 | at NY RANGERS | 7-4 | W | 0, +135 | W | 5 ov | O | 12/27/2016 | at NASHVILLE | 3-2 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | P | 12/29/2016 | NY ISLANDERS | 6-4 | W | 0, -200 | W | 5 ov | O | 12/31/2016 | COLUMBUS | 2-4 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 un | O | 1/5/2017 | at SAN JOSE | 5-4 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 un | O | 1/7/2017 | at LOS ANGELES | 3-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 ev | O | 1/8/2017 | at ANAHEIM | 2-1 | W | 0, +115 | W | 5 ov | U | 1/12/2017 | MONTREAL | 7-1 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 un | O | 1/14/2017 | at DALLAS | 5-4 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 1/15/2017 | at CHICAGO | 3-2 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | P | 1/17/2017 | NEW JERSEY | | 1/19/2017 | ARIZONA | | 1/21/2017 | ANAHEIM | | 1/22/2017 | NASHVILLE | | 1/24/2017 | at DALLAS | | 1/26/2017 | ST LOUIS | |
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| | | NEW JERSEY: LAST SEASON: 38-36-8, 84 points, seventh in the Metropolitan Division. Missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
COACH: John Hynes (second season, second NHL season).
ADDED: LW Taylor Hall, D Ben Lovejoy, C Vernon Fiddler, RW Beau Bennett, D Kyle Quincey, D Yohann Auvitu.
LOST: D Adam Larsson, D David Schlemko, F Jordin Tootoo, C Stephen Gionta, F Bobby Farnham.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Taylor Hall gives the Devils their first true goal scorer since losing Zach Parisi to free agency after the 2011 season and having Ilya Kovalchuk retire and return the Russia after the following season. The 24-year-old has a chip on his shoulder after being traded by Edmonton, where he spent his first six seasons. He had 132 goals and 196 assists in 381 games and led the Oilers in scoring for three of the past four seasons.
OUTLOOK: The second-season of the Pittsburgh Penguins' model is in place. This is by far the fastest team the Devils have had in years. They improved six points in Hynes' first season and now have more offense to support All-Star goaltender Cory Schneider. The question mark is the defense. Larsson was top pair backliner. Lovejoy could step in and work with Andy Greene. Auvitu might surprise. With no Sidney Crosby to rely on, maybe this is a playoff team. | | MINNESOTA: LAST SEASON: 38-33-11, 87 points. Finished fifth in Central Division. Lost to Dallas Stars in Western Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Bruce Boudreau (first season, 10th NHL season).
ADDED: C Marc Staal, RW Chris Stewart.
LOST: LW Thomas Vanek, RW Justin Fontaine, LW Chris Porter, C Jarret Stoll, RW David Jones.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Mikael Granlund. The ninth pick in the 2010 draft, a cult hero in his native Finland, hasn't matched the hype with offensive production over his first four NHL seasons. But he has proved to be a hard-nosed defensive player and, playing all 82 games for the first time, posted a career-best 13 goals and 44 points last season. Granlund, who has been playing left wing on a line centered by captain and fellow Finn Mikko Koivu, is poised for a breakout in Boudreau's system.
OUTLOOK: With Granlund and fellow forwards Charlie Coyle, Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula and Jason Zucker, plus defensemen Jonas Brodin and Matt Dumba, the Wild have a young core. Koivu, Staal, Zach Parise, Jason Pominville and defenseman Ryan Suter will all be 32 or older this season, so the time is now to make a move past the early rounds of the playoffs where they've been stuck the last four years. It's up to Boudreau to guide them there. |
| | Devils hope to begin turnaround against Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The New Jersey Devils have considerable work to do if they want to make a run at the playoffs. They're only four points back of the Carolina Hurricanes for the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot, but would need to leap-frog several few teams. Still, having gone 2-0-1 in the first three-quarters of their current four-game West Coast trip, there is a greater belief in the Devils' locker room that by playing their own low-scoring style, they can re-insert themselves in the postseason conversation as they head into a date with the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. "We're not a team that's going to score five or six goals every night," said Devils forward Taylor Hall, who had the overtime winner in a 2-1 victory at the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. "We've got to be a team that generates offense by shooting the puck to the net, keeping it simple in the o-zone and guarding them out down low." It's a bit of a throwback, almost, to the Devils of the 1990s, who won their first Stanley Cup by using a low-scoring, defensive approach. But New Jersey coach John Hynes knows that testing the opponent's goalie has been a big boost in wins in Vancouver and at the Calgary Flames, and in an overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. "The last few games in particular where we've been able to get a few more shots and a little more offensive zone time, we've been able to do that and not lost playing pretty sound defensively," Hynes said after beating the Canucks to reach .500 at 18-18-9. "So it's nice that we're able to get some results and it's nice getting traction on how you want to play. Now we've got to remain consistent in that, and that's what our big challenge is." An even bigger challenge is likely in Minnesota, where the Wild are the hottest team in the Western Conference, if not the entire NHL, these days. Minnesota's 3-2 win against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Sunday moved the Wild into sole possession of the top spot in the West with 61 points, and Minnesota is 17-1-2 since the first week of December. "They just refuse to lose at this stage, and I hope we can continue that feeling through the rest of the season," Wild first-year coach Bruce Boudreau said after his team trailed the Blackhawks 2-0 in the second period, but rallied for their eighth straight win over Chicago. "If you want to win, you've got to come back, and I think the biggest thing is believing you can." Minnesota thrives on low-scoring hockey as well, although recent wins like a 5-4 victory against the Stars in Dallas on Saturday have them playing with some versatility and showing they can win high-scoring games as well. The Wild's bench features two faces who are familiar to Devils fans. First-year assistant coach Scott Stevens and left winger Zach Parise played nearly 1,500 games for New Jersey in their careers. |
| Last Updated: 4/17/2024 8:11:04 PM EST. |
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