New Jersey Was the Unluckiest Finishing Team in Hockey by 13 Goals. It Spent the Summer Buying the Luckiest Shooter in the League

The Devils scored 136 goals on 170 expected at 5-on-5, minus-34, the worst finishing luck in the NHL by 13 goals. Then they signed Anthony Mantha, 33 goals on 18.3 expected, and paid a first and a second for Luke Evangelista, 12 goals on 19.4. Both will regress. Only one of them was priced right.