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The New Jersey Devils are bad at finishing high-danger chances, and that should make us less worried about them

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The New Jersey Devils have struggled to score as of late, but a deeper look at their statistics suggests things are likely to turn around. At least, they should come closer to the mean on high-danger chances.

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The New Jersey Devils are playing at their worst level of hockey this season. There are two distinct stretches where the team looked awful, and they both coincided with long road trips. The first came on the West Coast road trip, where they got pretty thoroughly beaten by the Avalanche, Sharks, and Ducks, but Jacob Markstrom stole one against the Kings in between.