2019–20 New Jersey Devils | |
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Division | 8th Metropolitan |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2019–20 record | 28–29–12 |
Home record | 13–11–10 |
Road record | 15–18–2 |
Goals for | 189 |
Goals against | 230 |
Team information | |
General manager |
Ray Shero (Oct. 4 – Jan. 12) Tom Fitzgerald (interim, Jan. 12 – Mar. 12) |
Coach |
John Hynes (Oct. 4 – Dec. 3) Alain Nasreddine (interim, Dec. 3 – Mar. 12) |
Captain |
Andy Greene (Oct. 4 – Feb. 16) Vacant (Feb. 16 – Mar. 12) |
Alternate captains |
Taylor Hall (Oct. 4 – Dec. 16) Nico Hischier (Jan. 4 – Mar. 12) Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 13 – Mar. 12) Travis Zajac |
Arena | Prudential Center |
Average attendance | 14,899 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Binghamton Devils (
AHL) Adirondack Thunder ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Kyle Palmieri (25) |
Assists | Nikita Gusev (31) |
Points | Kyle Palmieri (45) |
Penalty minutes | P. K. Subban (79) |
Plus/minus | Kevin Rooney (+8) |
Wins | Mackenzie Blackwood (22) |
Goals against average | Mackenzie Blackwood (2.77) |
The 2019–20 New Jersey Devils season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 38th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. [2] For the second time in three years, the Devils received the first overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and selected Jack Hughes first overall.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Devils missed the playoffs for the second straight year, as well as the seventh time in the past eight seasons. [5]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 90 |
2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | 89 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | 86 |
4 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | 81 |
5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | 81 |
6 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | 80 |
7 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | 79 |
8 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | 68 |
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | .714 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament [7] |
2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | |
3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | |
4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | |
5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round [7] |
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | |
7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | |
8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | |
9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | |
10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | |
11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | |
12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | |
13 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | .493 | |
14 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | .493 | |
15 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | .437 | |
16 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | .275 |
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. [9]
2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 [A] | September 16 | Boston | 3–4 | New Jersey | OT | Senn | 8,652 | 1–0–0 | [10] |
2 [A] | September 16 | New Jersey | 2–4 | Montreal | Cormier | 19,080 | 1–1–0 | [11] | |
3 | September 18 | New Jersey | 4–3 | NY Rangers | Schneider | 16,688 | 2–1–0 | [12] | |
4 | September 20 | NY Rangers | 2–4 | New Jersey | Blackwood | 12,307 | 3–1–0 | [13] | |
5 | September 21 | NY Islanders | 3–4 | New Jersey | Schneider | 10,652 | 4–1–0 | [14] | |
6 | September 25 | New Jersey | 0–2 | Boston | Blackwood | 17,565 | 4–2–0 | [15] | |
7 | September 27 | New Jersey | 2–0 | Columbus | Schneider | 12,347 | 5–2–0 | [16] | |
Notes: |
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. [17]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
As of March 12, 2020 [87]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Kyle Palmieri | 65 | 25 | 20 | 45 | –4 | 41 |
Nikita Gusev | 66 | 13 | 31 | 44 | –15 | 12 |
Nico Hischier | 58 | 14 | 22 | 36 | –16 | 12 |
Jesper Bratt | 60 | 16 | 16 | 32 | –6 | 6 |
Pavel Zacha | 65 | 8 | 24 | 32 | –12 | 14 |
Blake Coleman‡ | 57 | 21 | 10 | 31 | –2 | 40 |
Damon Severson | 69 | 8 | 23 | 31 | –20 | 52 |
Travis Zajac | 69 | 9 | 16 | 25 | –12 | 28 |
Taylor Hall‡ | 30 | 6 | 19 | 25 | –11 | 20 |
Wayne Simmonds‡ | 61 | 8 | 16 | 24 | –17 | 64 |
Miles Wood | 68 | 11 | 12 | 23 | –19 | 57 |
Sami Vatanen‡ | 47 | 5 | 18 | 23 | –12 | 22 |
Jack Hughes | 61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | –26 | 10 |
Will Butcher | 56 | 4 | 17 | 21 | –8 | 6 |
P. K. Subban | 68 | 7 | 11 | 18 | –21 | 79 |
Andy Greene‡ | 53 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +1 | 14 |
Kevin Rooney | 49 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 20 |
Mirco Mueller | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –13 | 23 |
Joey Anderson | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
Connor Carrick | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –6 | 17 |
Jesper Boqvist | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –11 | 8 |
John Hayden | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | –2 | 77 |
Dakota Mermis | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +7 | 4 |
Matt Tennyson | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –2 | 6 |
Fredrik Claesson† | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
Nick Merkley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Michael McLeod | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
Ben Street | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
Brett Seney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
Josh Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
Colton White | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 4 |
Janne Kuokkanen† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Mackenzie Blackwood | 47 | 43 | 2,684:01 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 124 | 2.77 | 1,452 | .915 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cory Schneider | 13 | 11 | 679:16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 3.53 | 355 | .887 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Louis Domingue‡ | 16 | 14 | 743:32 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 3.79 | 399 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Senn | 2 | 1 | 70:05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.42 | 41 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2019 | To
Chicago Blackhawks John Quenneville |
To New Jersey Devils John Hayden |
[90] |
June 22, 2019 | To
Nashville Predators Steven Santini Jeremy Davies 2nd-round pick in 2019 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
To New Jersey Devils P. K. Subban |
[91] |
June 23, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Future considerations |
To New Jersey Devils Adam Helewka |
[92] [93] |
July 29, 2019 | To
Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
To New Jersey Devils Nikita Gusev |
[94] |
November 1, 2019 | To
Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021 |
To New Jersey Devils Louis Domingue |
[95] |
December 16, 2019 | To
Arizona Coyotes Taylor Hall Blake Speers |
To New Jersey Devils Kevin Bahl Nick Merkley Nate Schnarr Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
[96] |
February 16, 2020 | To
New York Islanders Andy Greene |
To New Jersey Devils David Quenneville 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
[97] |
February 16, 2020 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman |
To New Jersey Devils Nolan Foote Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 |
[98] |
February 24, 2020 | To
Buffalo Sabres Wayne Simmonds |
To New Jersey Devils Conditional 5th-round pick in 2021 |
[99] |
February 24, 2020 | To
Carolina Hurricanes Sami Vatanen |
To New Jersey Devils Fredrik Claesson Janne Kuokkanen Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020 |
[100] |
February 24, 2020 | To
Vancouver Canucks Louis Domingue |
To New Jersey Devils Zane McIntyre |
[101] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | Kurtis Gabriel | to Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [102] |
July 1, 2019 | Nick Lappin | to St. Louis Blues | 1-year | [103] |
July 1, 2019 | Dakota Mermis | from Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | [104] |
July 1, 2019 | Blake Pietila | to Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | [105] |
July 1, 2019 | Wayne Simmonds | from Nashville Predators | 1-year | [106] |
July 1, 2019 | Ben Street | from Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | [107] |
July 1, 2019 | Matt Tennyson | from Buffalo Sabres | 2-year | [108] |
July 16, 2019 | Cam Johnson | to Milwaukee Admirals ( AHL) | 1-year | [109] |
July 24, 2019 | Kenny Agostino | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 2-year | [110] |
August 19, 2019 | Eric Tangradi | to Barys Nur-Sultan ( KHL) | 1-year | [111] |
October 4, 2019 | Stefan Noesen | to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | [112] |
October 6, 2019 | Joe Morrow | from Winnipeg Jets | 1-year | [113] |
February 23, 2020 | Julian Melchiori | from Binghamton Devils (AHL) | 1-year | [114] |
July 18, 2020 | Julian Melchiori | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL) | 1-year | [115] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 12, 2019 | Jack Hughes | 3-year | [119] |
July 15, 2019 | Brandon Baddock | 1-year | [120] |
July 15, 2019 | Josh Jacobs | 1-year | [120] |
July 16, 2019 | Connor Carrick | 2-year | [121] |
July 22, 2019 | Mirco Mueller | 1-year | [122] |
July 29, 2019 | Nikita Gusev | 2-year | [94] |
July 31, 2019 | Will Butcher | 3-year | [123] |
September 10, 2019 | Pavel Zacha | 3-year | [124] |
October 19, 2019 | Nico Hischier | 7-year | [125] |
December 30, 2019 | Nikita Okhotiuk | 3-year | [126] |
August 10, 2020 | Reilly Walsh | 3-year | [127] |
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 1 | Jack Hughes | C | United States | U.S. NTDP ( USHL) |
2 | 611 | Nikita Okhotiuk | D | Russia | Ottawa 67's ( OHL) |
3 | 702 | Daniil Misyul | D | Russia | Loko Yaroslavl ( MHL) |
3 | 803 | Graeme Clarke | RW | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
3 | 824 | Michael Vukojevic | D | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
4 | 96 | Tyce Thompson | RW | Canada | Providence ( Hockey East) |
4 | 1185 | Case McCarthy | D | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
5 | 127 | Cole Brady | G | Canada | Janesville Jets ( NAHL) |
5 | 1296 | Arseny Gritsyuk | LW | Russia | Omskie Yastreby (MHL) |
6 | 158 | Patrick Moynihan | RW | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
7 | 189 | Nikola Pasic | RW | Sweden | Linköpings J20 ( J20 SuperElit) |