They're also relatively young and immersed in a tight division race that creates emotional highs and lows that can consume inexperienced teams like the Devils if they're not careful.
"The thing with our team is sometimes we do get a bit too high, a bit too low," Hall said. "So for us, it's important to know that it's a win [against the Flyers], take what we can from it, but we have really important games that we have to put our focus on coming up."
The one thing coach John Hynes doesn't want them to focus on is the standings, even though it's hard to hide from them.
"They're posted on the wall and we all have our phones," defenseman Ben Lovejoy said. "We're glued to them like anybody else. We know exactly where we stand, but we need to step away from that a little bit."
That's easier said than done. The Devils also are glued to the fact that the Metropolitan Division race is so close, with 12 points separating the first-place Washington Capitals (71) from the last-place New York Rangers (59).
In the middle are the Pittsburgh Penguins (68 points), the Flyers (66), the Devils (64), the Carolina Hurricanes (63), the Columbus Blue Jackets (62) and the New York Islanders (60).
It's the tightest top-to-bottom gap in any division this season. No other division has a 12-point gap between more than five teams; the Metropolitan Division has eight teams.