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Originally Posted by Textcritic
NJ is playing great, but there is a funny wrinkle when it comes to these historically long winning streaks—more often than not, these teams fail to make the playoffs.
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the Devils have the best underlying numbers in the league, and it's not even close relative to second place.
They are simultaneously the #1 team in xGF and xGA, so they're not exactly riding a hot streak... they're kust out chancing their opponents . Last year they had poor goaltending but they corrected that.
Regardless of their headstart with the streak, they're executing at a Cup Favourite level. Maybe their PP cools off or something but they'll still a tough matchup all season.