Mackenzie Blackwood #29 of the New Jersey Devils (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New Jersey Devils spent weeks floundering after a COVID-19 outbreak threw the season into a loop. The team looked like they could be one of the early surprises this season, but when the outbreak hit, all that hope went out the window. One of the main reasons for that lost hope was the fact that Mackenzie Blackwood went from Vezina candidate to below league average.
Blackwood’s save percentage was hovering around .900 and his goals-against average was north of 3.