A lot of the New Jersey Devils hopes going into the season had to do with the performances of their goaltenders. They expected Cory Schneider to be good and healthy and MacKenzie Blackwood to improve on his good numbers from 2018-19. Well, one of those two things happened. Schneider wasn’t very good at all, but Blackwood looked like he might be a number-one caliber goalie in the NHL. He has a little bit more to prove but he is certainly well on his way.
He had a bit of a bumpy start, but he was brilliant from December on.