When is devils week

I always find it interesting when and where the consecutive games are in the schedule. Curiously, these back-to-back sets include both games against the Kings and the Canucks, and all three against Detroit - including the final game of the season on April Back-to-backs are featured within the division. Three out of four against Carolina are in these sets. Most of the sets include a home game, with three out of fifteen taking place at The Rock.

Only three sets are entirely on the road and two are part of a larger trip. That is also worth noting. This schedule is light on long homestands and road trips. From what I can tell, the Devils only have three runs of home games that lasts longer than three games. Their longest is the start of their season, from October 15 vs.

Chicago to October 26 vs. They have two runs each of four games: January 19 vs. Arizona to January 25 vs. Dallas and March 6 vs. Louis to March 12 vs. They are six and seven days long, respectively. At least they will not be traveling, but it will be exhausting. Other than that, the Devils are home for one to three games at a time right until the season ender on April The good news is that the Devils only have one long road trip this season.

None of them are in a back-to-back set but it will take them from Ottawa to Dallas to Arizona to Denver to Seattle and finally to Las Vegas. The miles will be racked up there. However, the schedule makers have been very kind to the Devils to not give them any runs away from home longer than three games. The annual California trip November 2 to November 6 is just those three games in California.

The games in Minnesota and Winnipeg in December are in a back-to-back, but they are not joined by any other visit. In the past, these trips to Western Canada or California would be joined by other places relatively nearby. Not this season. It may not be ideal to have a six-game road trip in the middle of what could be an important April for the Devils.

But at least they do not need to be concerned about that for quite some time. What does that mean for you, the fan? It means you will need to play a little closer to the schedule. The Devils are not going to be at the Rock for an extended period of time after October But they will not be far away from the Rock for over a week until April So if you miss out on attending one night, you may not need to wait long for the next home game.

One of the double-edged swords of the schedule was that it was kept entirely within division and so the Devils played their opponents eight times. It juiced up some games as familiarity bred contempt. However, others bred dissatisfaction as Washington swept the Devils, Our Hated Rivals easily took the season series and The Week of Hate, and Buffalo did better than expected.

I can understand those who loved the extra rivalry games and those who were tired of it by March They will play Washington and Philadelphia just three times. This gave way for the home-and-home sets with the out of conference teams as well as three games against the other Eastern Conference division.

It is your call if you like that or not. For your convenience, here are those inter-division games:. It certainly is spaced out oddly. Dougie will not get to see his former team until late January in In case you haven't, I will start off with a quick explanation.

Devil's Night, as it's referred to, takes place on the night before Halloween every year. They say it goes all the way back to the 30s. It started out as mostly mischief and minor vandalism committed by youths. But in the s the night started living up to its name a bit more, as people started committing the act of arson. This peaked in the 80s.

In , the city had arson fires on October I'm not talking about lighting stuff in a bag and throwing it on a porch. I'm talking about working structure fires. Since then, Devil's Night has expanded to the three nights leading up to Halloween. Up until the 90s, there would be around fires on those three nights alone. Some guys call it "Devil's Week. In , after a brutal night the year before, the city gave Devil's Night a new name: "Angel's Night.

They have flashlights, radios and yellow lights on their vehicles. They even get a cool shirt. The presence of so many people seems to have scared the arsonists enough to drop the numbers significantly.

All that said, last year the city still reported 94 fires in the three-day period. I personally think the numbers might be higher than that, but I honestly have no idea. I just know that even 94 fires is more than most places see in an entire year. Yes, Washington even matched their goals per game average from last season after scoring four against the Devils. In fact, the Devils actually outshot the Caps in the final two periods and accumulated more takeaways 15 than their division rivals Throw out a pretty bad first period, and this game is a whole lot closer even with New Jersey missing three of its most important players.

With the Devils at full strength, expect a much more competitive game next time around. Nico Daws, a year-old playing in his first-ever NHL game, did not disappoint. Stopping 24 out of 25 shots including a selection of big-time stops in critical moments, the performance of the third-round pick was inspiring to say the least.