2008–09 New Jersey Devils season: Difference between revisions

2008–09 New Jersey Devils
2008–09 New Jersey Devils
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2008–09 record	19-10-3
Home record	11-6-1
Road record	8-4-2
Goals for	99
Goals against	84
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Brent Sutter
Captain	Jamie Langenbrunner
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias; John Madden
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	Average: 15,078; Capacity: 85.5%; Total: 226,171
Team leaders
Goals	Zach Parise (18)
Assists	Zach Parise (22)
Points	Zach Parise (40)
Penalty minutes	Michael Rupp (59)
Plus/minus	Brian Gionta (+13)
Wins	Scott Clemmensen (11)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.16)
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The 2008–09 New Jersey Devils season is the 27th season for the franchise since the team was relocated to New Jersey in 1982. Template:NHLSeasonTOC

Pre-season

Date	Score	Opponent	Location
September 22	4 - 1	Philadelphia Flyers	Wachovia Center
September 24	3 - 2	New York Rangers	Prudential Center
September 27	4 - 2	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden
September 29	3 - 2	Washington Capitals	Prudential Center
October 1	3 - 0	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 3	3 - 2 (OT)	New York Islanders	Prudential Center
October 4	4 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers	Prudential Center

Regular season

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	82	51	27	4	244	209	106
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	45	28	9	264	239	99
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	44	27	11	264	238	99
4	New York Rangers	82	43	30	9	210	218	95
5	New York Islanders	82	26	47	9	201	279	61

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Boston Bruins	NE	82	53	19	10	274	196	116
2	y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	50	24	8	272	245	108
3	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	51	27	4	244	209	106
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	45	28	9	264	239	99
5	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	44	27	11	264	238	99
6	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	45	30	7	239	226	97
7	New York Rangers	AT	82	43	30	9	210	218	95
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	11	249	247	93
8.5
9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	41	30	11	234	231	93
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	41	32	9	250	234	91
11	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	36	35	11	217	237	83
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	34	35	13	250	293	81
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	41	6	257	280	76
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	40	18	210	279	66
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	26	47	9	201	279	61

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Game log

2008–09 Game Log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
1	10	New York Islanders	2 - 1	Prudential Center - 16,834	1-0-0
2	11	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 - 1 OT	Mellon Arena - 17,132	2-0-0
3	13	New York Rangers	4 - 1	Madison Square Garden - 18,200	2-1-0
4	16	Atlanta Thrashers	1 - 0	Philips Arena - 11,293	3-1-0
5	18	Washington Capitals	4 - 3 (SO)	Verizon Center - 17,904	4-1-0
6	22	Dallas Stars	5 - 0	Prudential Center - 12,101	5-1-0
7	24	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 6	Prudential Center - 15,529	5-2-0
8	25	Philadelphia Flyers	2 - 3 (OT)	Wachovia Center - 19,611	5-2-1
9	29	Toronto Maple Leafs	5 - 6 (SO)	Prudential Center - 14,119	5-2-2

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
10	1	Atlanta Thrashers	1 - 6	Prudential Center - 14,958	6-2-2
11	3	Buffalo Sabres	2 - 0	Prudential Center - 10,567	6-3-2
12	5	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 3 (SO)	Prudential Center - 11,619	7-3-2
13	8	Detroit Red Wings	1 - 3	Joe Louis Arena - 20,066	7-4-2
14	9	Edmonton Oilers	2 - 1	Prudential Center - 14,193	7-5-2
15	12	New York Rangers	5 - 2	Prudential Center - 17,625	7-6-2
16	14	Washington Capitals	3 - 1	Verizon Center - 18,277	7-7-2
17	15	Washington Capitals	5 - 6	Prudential Center - 17,051	8-7-2
18	20	Florida Panthers	1 - 3	Prudential Center - 14,291	9-7-2
19	21	New York Islanders	5 - 2	Prudential Center - 17,138	10-7-2
20	23	Tampa Bay Lightning	7 - 3	St. Pete Times Forum - 14,222	11-7-2
21	26	Florida Panthers	3 - 2 (SO)	BankAtlantic Center - 14,932	12-7-2
22	29	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 - 4	Mellon Arena - 17,132	12-8-2

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
23	4	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 2 (OT)	Wachovia Center - 19,577	13-8-2
24	6	Montreal Canadiens	2 - 1 (OT)	Bell Centre - 21,273	14-8-2
25	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 - 1	Prudential Center - 16,808	15-8-2
26	12	New York Rangers	8 - 5	Prudential Center - 17,625	16-8-2
27	13	Buffalo Sabres	4 - 2	Prudential Center - 15,713	16-9-2
28	16	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 - 3 (SO)	Air Canada Center - 19,315	16-9-3
29	17	Buffalo Sabres	5 - 3	HSBC Arena - 18,690	17-9-3
30	19	Ottawa Senators	5 - 1	Prudential Center - 16,400	18-9-3
31	21	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 2	Prudential Center - 14,426	19-9-3
32	23	Boston Bruins	2 - 0	Prudential Center - 16,305	19-10-3
33	26	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 - 0	Prudential Center - 15,204	19-11-3
34	27	New York Rangers	4 - 2	Madison Square Garden - 18,306	20-11-3
35	30	St. Louis Blues		ScotTrade Center
36	31	Dallas Stars		American Airlines Center

January

February

March

April

Schedule

Playoffs

The Devils will attempt to make the playoffs for the 12th straight season.

Player stats

Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Zach Parise	9	27	16	17	33	+13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patrik Elias	26	27	13	16	29	+11	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Gionta	14	26	8	18	26	+14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Travis Zajac	19	27	7	12	19	+11	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dainius Zubrus	8	27	8	11	19	+10	37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Langenbrunner	15	26	5	13	18	+10	31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Oduya	29	27	2	10	12	+10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colin White	5	27	1	9	10	+12	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Madden	11	23	3	6	9	-7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Clarkson	23	27	5	4	9	+1	54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Martin	7	22	2	6	8	+5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andy Greene	6	6	1	5	6	+4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Pandolfo	20	27	3	3	6	-5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryce Salvador	24	26	1	4	5	-2	26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Mottau	27	25	0	5	5	+9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Rupp	17	25	2	2	4	+4	47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anssi Salmela	28	15	0	3	3	+2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Rolston	12	9	1	1	2	-2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Holik	16	9	1	1	2	+1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Halischuk	10	1	0	1	1	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Leach	25	9	0	1	1	+4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Vrana	22	16	1	0	1	-4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	25	6	0	1	1	+1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicklas Bergfors	18	8	1	0	1	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Davis	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Tallackson	21	4	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sheldon Brookbank	2	13	0	0	0	+1	18	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Scott Clemmensen	35	12	690	8	3	0	28	0	.919	2.43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Brodeur	30	10	583	6	2	2	21	2	.916	2.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Weekes	1	7	372	2	4	0	19	0	.899	3.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and records

Records

Player	Record (Amount)	Achieved
Martin Brodeur	Most consecutive opening nights with a single team (14)	October 10, 2008

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Anssi Salmela	1st NHL Game	October 10, 2008
Petr Vrana	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 18, 2008
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 22, 2008
Dainius Zubrus	400th NHL Point	October 24, 2008
Brian Gionta	400th NHL Game	October 25, 2008
Matt Halischuk	1st NHL Game	October 29, 2008
Nicklas Bergfors	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	November 1, 2008
David Clarkson	100th NHL Game	November 5, 2008
Patrick Davis	1st NHL Game	November 9, 2008
Anssi Salmela	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	November 12, 2008

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008	To New Jersey Devils 23rd pick in 2008 2nd round pick in 2008	To Washington Capitals 21st pick in 2008
June 20, 2008	To New Jersey Devils 24th pick in 2008 3rd round pick in 2009	To Minnesota Wild 23rd pick in 2008

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Brian Rolston	Minnesota Wild	4 years, $20 million
Bobby Holik	Atlanta Thrashers	1 year, $2.5 million

Player	New team
Arron Asham	Philadelphia Flyers

Draft picks

New Jersey's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club Team
1	24	Mattias Tedenby	Left wing	Sweden	HV-71 Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
2	52	Brandon Burlon	Defence	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
2	54	Patrice Cormier	Center	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	82	Adam Henrique	Center	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	112	Matt Delahey	Defence	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	142	Kory Nagy	Center	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6	172	David Wohlberg	Center	United States	USA U-18 (USDP)
7	202	Harry Young	Defence	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	205	Jean-Sebastien Berube	Left wing	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

Roster

Updated October 31, 2024^[1]^[2]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34	Jake Allen	G	L	34	2024	Fredericton, New Brunswick
14	Nathan Bastian	RW	R	26	2021	Kitchener, Ontario
63	Jesper Bratt	LW	L	26	2017	Stockholm, Sweden
47	Paul Cotter	C	L	24	2024	Canton, Michigan
5	Brenden Dillon	D	L	33	2024	Surrey, British Columbia
37	Justin Dowling	C	L	34	2023	Cochrane, Alberta
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	R	31	2021	Toronto, Ontario
82	Santeri Hatakka	D	L	23	2023	Riihimäki, Finland
56	Erik Haula	LW	L	33	2022	Pori, Finland
13	Nico Hischier (C)	C	L	25	2017	Brig, Switzerland
86	Jack Hughes (A)	C	L	23	2019	Orlando, Florida
43	Luke Hughes	D	L	21	2021	Manchester, New Hampshire
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	R	27	2024	Hamilton, Ontario
42	Curtis Lazar	C	R	29	2023	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
23	Kurtis MacDermid	LW	L	30	2024	Quebec City, Quebec
25	Jacob Markstrom	G	L	34	2024	Gävle, Sweden
28	Timo Meier	RW	L	28	2023	Herisau, Switzerland
91	Dawson Mercer	C	R	23	2020	Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
17	Simon Nemec	D	R	20	2022	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
11	Stefan Noesen	RW	R	31	2024	Plano, Texas
18	Ondrej Palat (A)	LW	L	33	2022	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
22	Brett Pesce	D	R	29	2024	Tarrytown, New York
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	L	27	2021	Zürich, Switzerland
90	Tomas Tatar	LW	L	33	2024	Ilava, Czechoslovakia

Farm teams

References

^ "New Jersey Devils Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "New Jersey Devils Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[1] "New Jersey Devils Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[2] "New Jersey Devils Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

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v t e New Jersey Devils
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v t e New Jersey Devils seasons
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v t e 2008–09 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Victoria Cup Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions