The Devils have had too many nights in the past two seasons like the one they had Tuesday at Prudential Center.



It wasn’t a game that people should have come away from thinking New Jersey played well enough as a team to win, but it was another night where one of the club’s consistent problem areas was in the spotlight. Louis Domingue gave up five goals on 33 shots and the Panthers cruised to a 5-3 win.



The five goals actually came in the first 17 shots, which made the issue more glaring before Domingue stopped the bleeding in the second half of the game. By then, it was a 5-2 game and the chances of a miracle comeback were slim. It was another night where the goaltending did not give the Devils a chance to win.



In the past two seasons, when Mackenzie Blackwood has not started, the Devils’ results have been catastrophically different. That doesn’t absolve the non-goalies from blame. Tuesday night was a good example of that: The Panthers...