Scoring with Hart - 2017-18 Taylor Hall Point Review Part 7: April

For the first time since 2012, the New Jersey Devils earned the right to play beyond the team’s 82nd game of the season. On April 5, 2018, the New Jersey Devils clinched a playoff spot in their 81st game of the season. A win and they were in and they beat Toronto 2-1. Ironically, the man most involved in the team’s offense did not get on the scoresheet that night. Taylor Hall was held pointless on that night, ending a then nine-game point streak. He was given the night off for the season closer in D.C. But this is not to say Hall did not make his mark in the short month of April. He would put up five points in the first two games of the month and proceed to get back to getting points in the first round of the playoffs. While the Devils were eliminated, Hall finished April with eleven points in eight games.

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