New Jersey Devils notes: On Bratt hitting a new level, Zetterlund meshing with Hischier, and more

Jesper Bratt has taken his game up a notch this season, leading the league in 5v5 scoring while helping the Devils dominate the run of play.

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A few New Jersey Devils notes on this off-day:

Bratt is hitting a new gear

If there is a player in the league performing at a higher level than Jesper Bratt right now – especially at 5v5 – I’m not sure who it is.

The 24-year-old winger has been mind-numbingly good across the board to start the campaign.

Of the 200 forwards who’ve logged at least 100 minutes at 5v5, Bratt leads the league in Corsi (67.78%), on-ice goals for (11), and sits 3rd in terms expected goal share (72.07%).

Bratt has picked up a point on all 11 of those goals, with 10 of them being primary. For perspective of what a threat No. 63 has been, no other player in the NHL has double digit points at 5v5; let alone double digit primary points.

Bratt also leads the league in average Game Score, which is somewhat of a catch-all stat used to try and measure the value a player is bringing on a nightly basis.

He has found the scoresheet in every single game he has played. Digging a little deeper, his shot contribution numbers are also up quite a bit. Last season Bratt averaged 6.66 per at 5v5. This year he is at 8.67 through six tracked games.

He has been an absolute force.