Touchdown! The Devils Take Down the Capitals in a Barn Burner, 7-4

Did everyone catch their breath yet?

You didn’t even need to watch this game to get an impression about how it went. A quick look at the boxscore shows you everything you need to understand about what this game looked like. Eighty shots between the two teams. Eight power play opportunities. And the goals… oh the goals.

Even strength goals. Power play goals. Shorthanded goals. All the goals you could ask for.

This was the kind of game in which Devils teams of the past few seasons would fold. In past years, the Devils would go back-and-forth with teams for a bit, before ultimately getting overrun when Jack and Nico run out of gas from carrying the team on their backs. Not this Devils team,…