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2018–19 New Jersey Devils
DivisionTBD Metropolitan
ConferenceTBD Eastern
2018–19 record9–12–5
Home record7–2–4
Road record2–10–1
Goals for79
Goals against87
Team information
General managerRay Shero
CoachJohn Hynes
CaptainAndy Greene
Alternate captainsBrian Boyle
Taylor Hall
Kyle Palmieri
Travis Zajac
ArenaPrudential Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Binghamton Devils (AHL)
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsKyle Palmieri (12)
AssistsTaylor Hall (19)
PointsTaylor Hall (27)
Penalty minutesMiles Wood (29)
Plus/minusBen Lovejoy (+7)
WinsKeith Kinkaid (9)
Goals against averageKeith Kinkaid (2.84)

The 2018–19 New Jersey Devils season is 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.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: National Hockey League[2]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2018.[3]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[4][5]

2018–19 game log
December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
25 December 1 Winnipeg 4–3 New Jersey OT Kinkaid 16,514 9–11–5 23 Recap
26 December 3 Tampa Bay 5–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 13,394 9–12–5 23 Recap
27 December 6 New Jersey Los Angeles
28 December 9 New Jersey Anaheim
29 December 10 New Jersey San Jose
30 December 14 Vegas New Jersey
31 December 15 New Jersey Nashville
32 December 18 Toronto New Jersey
33 December 20 New Jersey Columbus
34 December 21 Ottawa New Jersey
35 December 23 Columbus New Jersey
36 December 27 New Jersey Boston
37 December 29 Carolina New Jersey
38 December 31 Vancouver New Jersey

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Notes:
a Game was played at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Player statistics

As of December 2, 2018[6]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Taylor Hall 25 8 19 27 –7 14
Kyle Palmieri 25 12 10 22 –1 18
Nico Hischier 21 5 11 16 –3 0
Travis Zajac 24 8 7 15 0 6
Blake Coleman 25 8 7 15 +5 10
Damon Severson 25 3 12 15 –8 22
Marcus Johansson 23 5 5 10 –9 6
Sami Vatanen 22 1 9 10 –7 14
Brian Boyle 20 8 1 9 –8 14
Jesper Bratt 12 2 7 9 –3 6
Will Butcher 24 1 7 8 –2 0
Miles Wood 25 2 4 6 –6 29
Jean-Sebastien Dea 20 3 2 5 –1 6
Andy Greene 25 0 5 5 0 8
Mirco Mueller 22 0 5 5 –4 9
Pavel Zacha 20 4 0 4 +2 9
Stefan Noesen 17 2 2 4 –5 16
Brett Seney 15 1 3 4 –8 2
Ben Lovejoy 22 0 3 3 +7 16
Joey Anderson 11 1 1 2 –2 4
Egor Yakovlev 7 0 2 2 –3 2
Steven Santini 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kurtis Gabriel 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Quenneville 5 0 0 0 +2 0
Michael McLeod 1 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Stafford 6 0 0 0 –4 2
Kevin Rooney 4 0 0 0 –1 7
Eric Gryba 2 0 0 0 –1 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Keith Kinkaid 21 20 1,224:56 9 6 5 58 2.84 637 .909 3 0 0 0
Cory Schneider 6 5 280:36 0 5 0 20 4.28 146 .863 0 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.

Roster

Updated July 22, 2024[7][8]

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

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
To
To New Jersey Devils

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) Christoph Bertschy to Lausanne (NL) 4-year [9]
May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18) Yaroslav Dyblenko to SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) 4-year [10]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Kurtis Gabriel from Minnesota Wild 1-year [11]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Michael Grabner to Arizona Coyotes 3-year [12]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Eric Gryba from Edmonton Oilers 1-year [13]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jimmy Hayes to Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year [14]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Moore to Boston Bruins 5-year [15]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Ramage from Nashville Predators 1-year [16]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Brian Gibbons to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [17]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Ken Appleby to Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1-year [18]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) Patrick Maroon to St. Louis Blues 1-year [19]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19) Michael Latta to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year [20]
July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23) Bracken Kearns to Black Wings Linz (EBEL) Unknown [21]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Eric Tangradi from Detroit Red Wings 1-year [22]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) Mario Lucia to Stavanger Oilers (GET-ligaen) Unknown [23]
September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05) Ben Thomson to San Diego Gulls (AHL) 1-year [24]
September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) Jeremy Groleau from Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) 1-year [25]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) Jean-Sebastien Dea from Pittsburgh Penguins [26]
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29) Jean-Sebastien Dea to Pittsburgh Penguins [27]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Eddie Lack 1-year [28]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Michael Kapla 1-year [29]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Blake Coleman 3-year [30]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Stefan Noesen 1-year [31]
July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20) Nick Lappin 1-year [32]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Yegor Sharangovich 3-year [33]
August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13) Kevin Rooney 2-year [34]
August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14) Steven Santini 3-year [35]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) Ty Smith 3-year [36]
September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22) Miles Wood 4-year [37]
October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) Drew Stafford 1-year [38]

Draft picks

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 (League)
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)

Notes:

  1. 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.[39]

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