The Devils didn't spend that much time on the PP, so of course his PP time would drop even without any change in usage. He probably lost a minute of PP time just by being on the Devils, and of course the entire league spent less time on the PP during the dead puck era.
The Devils peak in number of PPs was at 90.1% of the league average, and 78.4% of the league high during his Devils career.
Year| Adv| Rnk| Low*| Avg| High| %ofLow*| %ofAvg| %ofHigh
87-88| 479| 3| 347| 437| 500| 138.0| 109.6| 95.8
88-89| 466| 2| 334| 403| 491| 139.5| 115.6| 94.9
89-90| 337| 20| 330| 367| 442| 102.1| 91.8| 76.2
90-91| 347| t15| 317| 366| 403| 109.5| 94.8| 86.1
91-92| 338| 22| 339| 402| 467| 99.7| 84.1| 72.4
92-93| 400| 23| 399| 443| 510| 100.3| 90.1| 78.4
93-94| 333| 26| 369| 407| 459| 90.2| 81.8| 72.5
94-95| 164| 26| 172| 209| 259| 95.3| 78.5| 63.3
95-96| 368| 24| 356| 413| 477| 103.4| 89.1| 77.1
96-97| 288| 25| 287| 336| 406| 100.3| 85.7| 70.9
97-98| 333| 26| 350| 380| 483| 95.1| 87.6| 68.9
98-99| 304| 26| 301| 359| 438| 101.0| 84.7| 69.4
99-00| 274| 28| 287| 331| 377| 95.5| 82.8| 72.7
00-01| 310| 30| 318| 376| 435| 97.5| 82.4| 71.3
01-02| 261| 30| 283| 338| 391| 92.2| 77.2| 66.8
02-03| 303| 30| 308| 363| 420| 98.4| 83.5| 72.1
03-04| 312| 27| 300| 348| 426| 100.4| 89.7| 73.2
05-06| 439| 27| 411| 480| 541| 106.8| 91.5| 81.1
Here are the teams Stevens was on for the first 4 years of the table. Two of the %ofHigh are higher than the highest %ofAvg for his Devils years.
Year| Adv|Low*| Avg| High| %ofLow*| %ofAvg| %ofHigh
87-88| 437|347| 437| 500| 125.9| 100.0| 87.4
88-89| 443|334| 403| 491| 132.6| 109.9| 90.2
89-90| 412|330| 367| 442| 124.8| 112.3| 93.2
90-91| 348|317| 366| 403| 109.8| 95.1| 86.4