The New Jersey Devils have played 35 games headed into the Christmas break.  They currently lead the league in points with 53 and are 2nd only to Chicago in goals against (75, for a 2.14 per game average), but perhaps most surprising to many is their 3.02 goals per game.

Despite injuries to key players, and career long scoring slumps for others, this team is still on pace to have a terrific offensive year. 

Due to time constraints I'll just lay out the basics for your perusal:

Zach Parise, despite his recent scoring slump, is still on pace to score 35-59-94, 10 goals less but 10 assists more than last season, for the same point total.  You know, the one he was never supposed to sniff again under Jacques Lemaire.

Travis Zajac is slated to hit 21-42-63.  Definitely a drop off from the previous prediction thread, but almost exactly the same as last years numbers (20-42-62).

Jamie Langenbrunner is projected to get 19-49-68, which would fall one point short of matching his career high (29-40-69) last season.  Pretty good considering his slow start.

Nicklas Bergfors is on pace to hit 28-26-54 (18 on the PP!), which actually exceeds the earlier projections, and might help answer ILWT user Zelepukin's question.

Patrik Elias is, to no one's surprise, racking up the points since returning and finding his legs.  He's headed toward a 26-39-65 point season if he misses no more time.

Brian Rolston, much to most everyone's surprise, has really heated up and is projected to net 30-21-51. He is second on the team with 13 goals, only 6 less than the previous projection predicted he'd score all season.

Rob Niedermayer has played very well for the team as a defensive forward, and is still looking at a possible 12-16-28 season.  He's definitely cooled down from the last projection, but the numbers are still on pace to be better than John Madden's 08-09 numbers (7-16-23) as well as this seasons (11-13-24) on the high flying Chicago Blackhawks.

David Clarkson is looking at 16-19-35, which isn't bad considering his extended injury, but due to that injury, it is calculated at less games than he's likely to play.  Fleshed out to the potential of 70 games (assuming he comes back on Saturday), he's projected to hit 21-24-46.

Andy Greene, who has surprised everyone except maybe Andy Greene, is vying for a 12-39-51 season.  50 points out of a Devils defenseman!

Even Dean McAmmond, who I just can't see being sent down, though contracts and waiver situations may overrule logic when the team is finally healthy, is on pace to hit 7-12-19.  In 37 games played.  Hashed out to maximum potential games played, he's on pace to get 12-20-32.  As a fourth liner.  As a 36 year old fourth liner. 

No one else really stands out, numbers wise, so I won't bother including them--but I have them all available if anyone would like them. 

As it stands, the Devils are on pace to score 237 goals this season--just 7 less than their post-lockout high-water mark set last year.  Extending out the numbers to maximum potential for players that have missed time this season, that number reaches 257, which would be their 12th highest goals for in team history, and the highest total since the 00-01 season.

Again, projections are meant solely as food for thought/discussion, but some comparisons with the first production projection shows that sometimes they're not so far-fetched.