I missed the one angle for tonight’s game between the New Jersey Devils and the Arizona Coyotes. The Devils entered the game with the lowest goals per game average in the NHL while the Coyotes had the highest. It would be a team that grinded out one-goal results against a leaky squad who sincerely misses goaltender Mike Smith. Who would prevail? As it turned out, it would be the Devils. And they did it by putting up the superior offensive performance in a 5-3 victory.
This is not to disrespect Cory Schneider, who made more than his fair share of stretched-out saves amid other bailouts of the Devils’ defense tonight.