The New Jersey Devils are on a four-game winning streak, and it’s becoming clear this team is carving out an identity under Head Coach Sheldon Keefe, with defensive guidance from Brad Shaw and offensive management from Jeremy Colliton. After a confounding loss to Carolina, the Devils rebounded in emphatic fashion, picking up wins against a Florida Panthers team missing Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk, and a loaded Edmonton Oilers roster.
But these victories are about more than the scoreboard—they reveal a team learning to maximize its strengths and exploit opponents’ weaknesses.
One thing is obvious: the Devils will not beat a team like Edmonton or Minnesota in a speed-for-speed matchup.