Vitek Vanecek slaps Rangers player in face after getting bumped in crease
Former Capital Vitek Vanecek just had the best month of his hockey career. Vanecek led the New Jersey Devils to a 13-win November — the first time a team has ever earned that many victories in November in NHL history (13-1-0). According to NHL PR, only four teams in NHL history have had more wins in a single month: COL (15 in Jan. 2022), BOS (15 in March 2014), PIT (15 in March 2013), and CBJ (14 in Dec. 2016).
Vanecek won eight of those November games for the Devils and his latest W came Monday night against the New York Rangers. Vanecek stopped 35 of 38 shots against New York (.921 save percentage) to help the Devils win 5-3.
But I’d also like to call attention to something else Vanecek did for the first in his NHL career.
By Ian Oland 4 months ago
