NJ.com · Oct 14, 2018
The key to the Devils' early-season faceoff success
New Jersey Devils rookie center Nico Hischier (13) skates off the ice after pregame warmups before the final regular season game at Prudential Center on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (Plain and simple, New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes knew his team's work at the faceoff dot wasn't good enough a year ago.
Through the first two games of the season, a small sample size, that number has flipped for the Devils. Two of New Jersey's top three centermen are winning faceoffs at higher than 50 percent, a far cry from last season when the team won just 47 percent overall at even strength.