2008–09 New Jersey Devils season

2008–09 New Jersey Devils
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2008–09 record	20-11-3
Home record	11-6-1
Road record	9-5-2
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)

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 Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 37 2 Montreal Canadiens New Jersey 38 4 Ottawa Senators New Jersey 39 6 Carolina Hurricanes Carolina 40 8 Atlanta Thrashers New Jersey 41 10 Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles 42 11 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 43 13 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver 44 16 Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus 45 17 New York Islanders New York 46 19 Nashville Predators Nashville 47 21 Montreal Canadiens New Jersey 48 27 Ottawa Senators Ottawa 49 29 Boston Bruins Boston 50 30 New Jersey Devils New Jersey
February Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 51 3 Washington Capitals New Jersey 52 6 Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta 53 7 Los Angeles Kings New Jersey 54 9 New York Rangers New Jersey 55 11 New York Islanders New Jersey 56 13 Boston Bruins New Jersey 57 15 San Jose Sharks New Jersey 58 17 Florida Panthers Florida 59 19 Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay 60 21 New York Islanders New York 61 26 Colorado Avalanche New Jersey 62 28 Florida Panthers New Jersey
March Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 63 1 Philadelphia Flyers New Jersey 64 3 Toronto Maple Leafs New Jersey 65 7 New York Islanders New York 66 10 Calgary Flames New Jersey 67 12 Phoenix Coyotes New Jersey 68 14 Montreal Canadiens Montreal 69 17 Chicago Blackhawks New Jersey 70 18 Carolina Hurricanes Carolina 71 20 Minnesota Wild New Jersey 72 22 Boston Bruins Boston 73 23 Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia 74 27 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 75 28 Carolina Hurricanes New Jersey 76 30 New York Rangers New York
April Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 77 1 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh 78 3 Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey 79 4 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo 80 7 Toronto Maple Leafs New Jersey 81 9 Ottawa Senators Ottawa 82 11 Carolina Hurricanes New Jersey
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

No.	Nat	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

See also

• 2008–09 NHL season