New Jersey Devils 2021 Season Preview Part 5: The Penalty Kill
The penalty kill was one of the few things that the 2019-20 New Jersey Devils were really good at. This post is a preview of the PK for 2021 from what they did last season, who is coming in, and potential options to fill in the holes left by Greene, Coleman, Rooney, Anderson, and Mueller.
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The 2019-20 New Jersey Devils excelled in very few areas compared with the rest of the National Hockey League. One of them was their penalty kill. The Devils were among the most successful in the league at preventing power play goals against them. They were even better in the run of play while shorthanded. Despite being a bad team defensively in 5-on-5, they were able to limit opposition offenses better than the vast majority of the NHL when they were down at least one man. While this did not make the Devils a good or even mediocre team as a whole, at least their PK was not rou