2018–19 New Jersey Devils season
2018–19 New Jersey Devils | |
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Division | 8th Metropolitan |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2018–19 record | 31–41–10 |
Home record | 20–14–7 |
Road record | 11–27–3 |
Goals for | 222 |
Goals against | 275 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ray Shero |
Coach | John Hynes |
Captain | Andy Greene |
Alternate captains | Taylor Hall Kyle Palmieri Travis Zajac |
Arena | Prudential Center |
Average attendance | 14,834[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Kyle Palmieri (27) |
Assists | Nico Hischier (30) |
Points | Kyle Palmieri (50) |
Penalty minutes | Miles Wood (91) |
Plus/minus | Ben Lovejoy (+1) |
Wins | Keith Kinkaid (15) |
Goals against average | Mackenzie Blackwood (2.61) |
The 2018–19 New Jersey Devils season was the 45th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 37th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[2] The Devils were eliminated from playoff contention on March 15, 2019, despite defeating the Vancouver Canucks.[3] After missing the playoffs, the Devils received the first overall selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was the second time in three years for the team,[4] and selected Jack Hughes.[5]
Standings
[edit]Divisional standings
[edit]Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 278 | 249 | +29 | 104 |
2 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 228 | 196 | +32 | 103 |
3 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 273 | 241 | +32 | 100 |
4 | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
5 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
7 | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
Conference standings
[edit]Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
2 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
3 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 96 |
4 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 267 | 280 | −13 | 86 |
5 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
7 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 226 | 271 | −45 | 76 |
8 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 277 | −50 | 74 |
9 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
10 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 29 | 242 | 302 | −60 | 64 |
Schedule and results
[edit]Preseason
[edit]The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2018.[8]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1[A] | September 17 | NY Rangers | 4–3 | New Jersey | OT | Johnson | 11,386 | 0–0–1 | Recap |
2[A] | September 17 | New Jersey | 1–3 | Montreal | Blackwood | 19,422 | 0–1–1 | Recap | |
3 | September 20 | New Jersey | 0–2 | NY Islanders | Kinkaid | 4,722 | 0–2–1 | Recap | |
4 | September 24 | New Jersey | 3–4 | NY Rangers | OT | Lack | 12,737 | 0–2–2 | Recap |
5 | September 27 | New Jersey | 5–3 | Winnipeg | Kinkaid | 15,321 | 1–2–2 | Recap | |
6[a] | October 1 | New Jersey | 3–2 | SC Bern | OT | Kinkaid | 17,031 | 2–2–2 | Recap |
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Regular season
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Legend:
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
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Player statistics
[edit]As of April 6, 2019[11]
Skaters
[edit]Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Kyle Palmieri | 74 | 27 | 23 | 50 | –9 | 42 |
Nico Hischier | 69 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 0 | 24 |
Travis Zajac | 80 | 19 | 27 | 46 | –25 | 20 |
Damon Severson | 82 | 11 | 28 | 39 | –27 | 56 |
Taylor Hall | 33 | 11 | 26 | 37 | –6 | 16 |
Blake Coleman | 78 | 22 | 14 | 36 | –19 | 71 |
Jesper Bratt | 51 | 8 | 25 | 33 | –8 | 6 |
Will Butcher | 78 | 4 | 26 | 30 | –17 | 18 |
Marcus Johansson‡ | 48 | 12 | 15 | 27 | –15 | 8 |
Pavel Zacha | 61 | 13 | 12 | 25 | –6 | 15 |
Andy Greene | 82 | 5 | 20 | 25 | –9 | 16 |
Miles Wood | 63 | 10 | 14 | 24 | –10 | 91 |
Brian Boyle‡ | 47 | 13 | 6 | 19 | –13 | 22 |
Sami Vatanen | 50 | 4 | 13 | 17 | –17 | 22 |
Brett Seney | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | –14 | 31 |
Drew Stafford | 57 | 5 | 8 | 13 | –7 | 18 |
Kenny Agostino | 27 | 4 | 9 | 13 | –2 | 6 |
Mirco Mueller | 53 | 1 | 10 | 11 | –3 | 17 |
Kevin Rooney | 41 | 6 | 4 | 10 | –4 | 15 |
Stefan Noesen | 41 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –19 | 28 |
Joey Anderson | 34 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –7 | 6 |
Egor Yakovlev | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –6 | 6 |
Ben Lovejoy‡ | 51 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 33 |
Connor Carrick† | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –6 | 6 |
Jean-Sebastien Dea | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –1 | 6 |
Kurtis Gabriel | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 59 |
Steven Santini | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –6 | 16 |
Nathan Bastian | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Michael McLeod | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –8 | 13 |
John Quenneville | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 4 |
Eric Tangradi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –3 | 0 |
Ryan Murphy† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Pietila | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –7 | 6 |
Colton White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 |
Josh Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
Nick Lappin | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –6 | 0 |
Brandon Gignac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
Eric Gryba | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 10 |
Goaltenders
[edit]Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Keith Kinkaid‡ | 41 | 38 | 2,301:58 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 129 | 3.36 | 1,188 | .891 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mackenzie Blackwood | 23 | 21 | 1,263:52 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2.61 | 669 | .918 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cory Schneider | 26 | 23 | 1,371:47 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 70 | 3.06 | 718 | .903 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
- ‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
- Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Awards and honors
[edit]Awards
[edit]Player | Award | Date |
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Mackenzie Blackwood | NHL Third Star of the Week | December 31, 2018[14] |
Transactions
[edit]The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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January 30, 2019 | To Minnesota Wild Michael Kapla |
To New Jersey Devils Ryan Murphy |
[15] |
February 6, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Brian Boyle |
To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019 |
[16] |
February 23, 2019 | To Dallas Stars Ben Lovejoy |
To New Jersey Devils Connor Carrick 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
[17] |
February 25, 2019 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Keith Kinkaid |
To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022 |
[18] |
February 25, 2019 | To Boston Bruins Marcus Johansson |
To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2020 |
[19] |
Free agents
[edit]Waivers
[edit]Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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September 28, 2018 | Jean-Sebastien Dea | from Pittsburgh Penguins | [38] |
November 29, 2018 | Jean-Sebastien Dea | to Pittsburgh Penguins | [39] |
February 11, 2019 | Kenny Agostino | from Montreal Canadiens | [40] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 30, 2018 | Eddie Lack | 1-year | [41] |
July 16, 2018 | Michael Kapla | 1-year | [42] |
July 17, 2018 | Blake Coleman | 3-year | [43] |
July 17, 2018 | Stefan Noesen | 1-year | [44] |
July 20, 2018 | Nick Lappin | 1-year | [45] |
July 25, 2018 | Yegor Sharangovich | 3-year | [46] |
August 13, 2018 | Kevin Rooney | 2-year | [47] |
August 14, 2018 | Steven Santini | 3-year | [48] |
August 20, 2018 | Ty Smith | 3-year | [49] |
September 22, 2018 | Miles Wood | 4-year | [50] |
October 5, 2018 | Drew Stafford | 1-year | [51] |
April 3, 2019 | Jeremy Davies | 2-year | [52] |
April 17, 2019 | Gilles Senn | 2-year | [53] |
May 13, 2019 | Mikhail Maltsev | 3-year | [54] |
May 13, 2019 | Fabian Zetterlund | 3-year | [55] |
June 10, 2019 | Jesper Boqvist | 3-year | [56] |
Draft picks
[edit]Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 17 | Ty Smith | D | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
4 | 110 | Xavier Bernard | D | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
5 | 1361 | Akira Schmid | G | Switzerland | SCL Tigers U20 (Junioren Elite A) |
5 | 141 | Yegor Sharangovich | C | Belarus | Dinamo Minsk (KHL) |
6 | 172 | Mitchell Hoelscher | C | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
7 | 203 | Eetu Pakkila | LW | Finland | Kärpät (Liiga) |
- The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on October 28, 2017, that sent Scott Wedgewood to Arizona in exchange for this pick.[57]
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