2023–24 New Jersey Devils | |
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Division | 7th Metropolitan |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
2023–24 record | 38–39–5 |
Home record | 17–21–3 |
Road record | 21–18–2 |
Goals for | 264 |
Goals against | 283 |
Team information | |
General manager | Tom Fitzgerald |
Coach | Lindy Ruff (Oct. 12 – Mar. 4) Travis Green (Mar. 4 – Apr. 15) |
Captain | Nico Hischier |
Alternate captains | Jack Hughes Ondrej Palat |
Arena | Prudential Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Utica Comets (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Timo Meier (28) |
Assists | Jesper Bratt (56) |
Points | Jesper Bratt (83) |
Penalty minutes | Kevin Bahl (82) |
Plus/minus | Curtis Lazar Colin Miller (+10) |
Wins | Vitek Vanecek (17) |
Goals against average | Kaapo Kahkonen (2.51) |
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The 2023–24 New Jersey Devils season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 42nd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1]
The Devils participated in the 2024 NHL Stadium SeriesatMetLife StadiuminEast Rutherford, New Jersey, where they hosted Philadelphia Flyers on February 17, 2024,[2] winning the game 6–3.[3]
On March 4, the Devils, who had a 30–27–4 record and were out of playoff contention, fired head coach Lindy Ruff,[4] and replaced him with Travis Green.[5]
On April 9, the Devils were eliminated from playoff contention following a 5–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.[6]
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GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – New York Rangers | 82 | 55 | 23 | 4 | 43 | 282 | 229 | +53 | 114 |
2 | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 52 | 23 | 7 | 44 | 279 | 216 | +63 | 111 |
3 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 29 | 246 | 263 | −17 | 94 |
4 | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 220 | 257 | −37 | 91 |
5 | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 32 | 255 | 251 | +4 | 88 |
6 | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 30 | 235 | 261 | −26 | 87 |
7 | e – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 33 | 264 | 283 | −19 | 81 |
8 | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 21 | 237 | 300 | −63 | 66 |
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1 | AT | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 291 | 268 | +23 | 98 |
2 | ME | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 220 | 257 | −37 | 91 |
3 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 27 | 278 | 274 | +4 | 91 |
4 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 32 | 255 | 251 | +4 | 88 |
5 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 30 | 235 | 261 | −26 | 87 |
6 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 33 | 246 | 244 | +2 | 84 |
7 | ME | e – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 33 | 264 | 283 | −19 | 81 |
8 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 41 | 4 | 25 | 255 | 281 | −26 | 78 |
9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 236 | 289 | −53 | 76 |
10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 21 | 237 | 300 | −63 | 66 |
The preseason schedule was published on June 22, 2023.[9]
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1[A] | September 25 | New Jersey | 4–2 | Montreal | Schmid | 20,129 | 1–0–0 | [10] | |
2[A] | September 25 | Philadelphia | 0–6 | New Jersey | Vanecek | 8,532 | 2–0–0 | [11] | |
3 | September 28 | New Jersey | 3–2 | NY Rangers | Kallgren | 16,310 | 3–0–0 | [12] | |
4 | September 30 | New Jersey | 3–2 | Philadelphia | OT | Vanecek | 12,855 | 4–0–0 | [13] |
5 | October 2 | NY Islanders | 5–6 | New Jersey | Schmid | 8,811 | 5–0–0 | [14] | |
6 | October 4 | NY Rangers | 2–5 | New Jersey | Vanecek | 14,028 | 6–0–0 | [15] | |
7 | October 6 | New Jersey | 3–0 | NY Islanders | Schmid | 10,978 | 7–0–0 | [16] | |
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As of April 15, 2024[100]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Jesper Bratt | 82 | 27 | 56 | 83 | –6 | 12 |
Jack Hughes | 62 | 27 | 47 | 74 | –12 | 12 |
Nico Hischier | 71 | 27 | 40 | 67 | –5 | 12 |
Timo Meier | 69 | 28 | 24 | 52 | –28 | 45 |
Luke Hughes | 82 | 9 | 38 | 47 | –25 | 28 |
Tyler Toffoli‡ | 61 | 26 | 18 | 44 | –15 | 12 |
Erik Haula | 76 | 16 | 19 | 35 | –1 | 54 |
Dawson Mercer | 82 | 20 | 13 | 33 | –26 | 29 |
Ondrej Palat | 71 | 11 | 20 | 31 | –9 | 37 |
Alexander Holtz | 82 | 16 | 12 | 28 | –15 | 14 |
Curtis Lazar | 71 | 7 | 18 | 25 | +10 | 44 |
John Marino | 75 | 4 | 21 | 25 | –6 | 41 |
Michael McLeod | 45 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +6 | 10 |
Simon Nemec | 60 | 3 | 16 | 19 | –7 | 33 |
Dougie Hamilton | 20 | 5 | 11 | 16 | –8 | 20 |
Brendan Smith | 63 | 5 | 10 | 15 | –3 | 61 |
Nathan Bastian | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | –10 | 32 |
Chris Tierney | 52 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 21 |
Kevin Bahl | 82 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +1 | 82 |
Jonas Siegenthaler | 57 | 1 | 8 | 9 | –7 | 20 |
Colin Miller‡ | 41 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +10 | 24 |
Tomas Nosek | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –11 | 6 |
Max Willman | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
Nick DeSimone† | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +7 | 2 |
Santeri Hatakka | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
Nolan Foote | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
Justin Dowling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –2 | 0 |
Cal Foote | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 16 |
Kurtis MacDermid† | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 50 |
Brian Halonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graeme Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 |
Shane Bowers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
Samuel Laberge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Vitek Vanecek‡ | 32 | 29 | 1,791:49 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 95 | 3.18 | 862 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nico Daws | 21 | 20 | 1,144:03 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 3.15 | 568 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jake Allen† | 13 | 12 | 770:33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 3.11 | 401 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Akira Schmid | 19 | 15 | 914:09 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 3.15 | 457 | .895 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Kaapo Kahkonen† | 6 | 6 | 262:47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2.51 | 143 | .923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | ToNashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2023 |
To New Jersey Devils 7th-round pick in 2024 |
[103] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | ToDallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2025 |
To New Jersey Devils Colin Miller |
[104] |
November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26) | ToNew York Islanders Tyce Thompson |
To New Jersey Devils Arnaud Durandeau |
[105] |
February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28) | ToCalgary Flames Cole Brady |
To New Jersey Devils Christopher Tanev |
[106][107] |
February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28) | To Dallas Stars Christopher Tanev |
To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2026 |
[107] |
March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) | ToColorado Avalanche Zakhar Bardakov 7th-round pick in 2024 |
To New Jersey Devils Kurtis MacDermid |
[108] |
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | ToMontreal Canadiens Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2025 |
To New Jersey Devils Jake Allen |
[109] |
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | ToSan Jose Sharks Vitek Vanecek 7th-round pick in 2025 |
To New Jersey Devils Kaapo Kahkonen |
[110] |
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | ToWinnipeg Jets Colin Miller |
To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2026 |
[111] |
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | To Winnipeg Jets Tyler Toffoli |
To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2024 2nd-round pick in 2025 |
[112] |
March 11, 2024 (2024-03-11) | To Montreal Canadiens Arnaud Durandeau |
To New Jersey Devils Nathan Legare |
[113] |
June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19) | To Calgary Flames Kevin Bahl 1st-round pick in 2025 |
To New Jersey Devils Jacob Markstrom |
[114] |
June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21) | ToMinnesota Wild Graeme Clarke |
To New Jersey Devils Adam Beckman |
[115] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Kyle Criscuolo | from San Jose Sharks | 1-year | [116] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Justin Dowling | from Vancouver Canucks[a] | 2-year | [116] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Mason Geertsen | toVegas Golden Knights | 2-year | [117] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Ryan Graves | toPittsburgh Penguins | 6-year | [118] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Erik Kallgren | from Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [119] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Miles Wood | toColorado Avalanche | 6-year | [120] |
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04) | Zachary Emond | toLaval Rocket (AHL) | 1-year | [121] |
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05) | Brian Pinho | toNew York Islanders | 1-year | [122] |
July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12) | Jesper Boqvist | toBoston Bruins | 1-year | [123] |
July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14) | Chris Tierney | from Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | [124] |
July 19, 2023 (2023-07-19) | Tomas Nosek | from Boston Bruins | 1-year | [125] |
July 30, 2023 (2023-07-30) | Jeremy Groleau | toFärjestad BK (SHL) | 1-year | [126] |
August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) | Cal Foote | from Nashville Predators | 1-year | [127] |
September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11) | Jayce Hawryluk | toHC Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH) | 1-year | [128] |
September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12) | Tomas Tatar | to Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | [129] |
September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13) | Keith Kinkaid | from Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | [130] |
September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19) | Zack Hayes | toVaasan Sport (Liiga) | 1-year | [131] |
October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07) | Max Willman | from Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [132] |
November 25, 2023 (2023-11-25) | Samuel Laberge | from Utica Comets (AHL) | 1-year | [133] |
February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15) | Isaac Poulter | from Utica Comets (AHL) | 2-year | [134] |
March 2, 2024 (2024-03-02) | Mikael Diotte | from Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) | 3-year | [135] |
April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04) | Dylan Wendt | from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) | 2-year | [136] |
April 30, 2024 (2024-04-30) | Ryan Schmelzer | from Utica Comets (AHL) | 2-year | [137] |
May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03) | Erik Kallgren | toBrynäs IF (SHL) | 3-year | [138] |
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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January 25, 2024 (2024-01-25) | Nick DeSimone | from Calgary Flames | [139] |
Date | Player | Ref |
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August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21) | Jonathan Bernier | [140] |
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28) | Timo Meier | 8-year | [141] |
June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | Shane Bowers | 1-year | [142] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Nathan Bastian | 2-year | [143] |
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Michael McLeod | 1-year | [144] |
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31) | Kevin Bahl | 2-year | [145] |
April 30, 2024 (2024-04-30) | Shane Bowers | 2-year | [146] |
May 6, 2024 (2024-05-06) | Seamus Casey | 3-year | [147] |
May 6, 2024 (2024-05-06) | Jakub Malek | 2-year | [148] |
May 7, 2024 (2024-05-07) | Nathan Legare | 1-year | [149] |
May 7, 2024 (2024-05-07) | Max Willman | 1-year | [150] |
May 16, 2024 (2024-05-16) | Brian Halonen | 2-year | [151] |
May 16, 2024 (2024-05-16) | Samuel Laberge | 1-year | [152] |
May 17, 2024 (2024-05-17) | Kurtis MacDermid | 3-year | [153] |
June 24, 2024 (2024-06-24) | Nick DeSimone | 1-year | [154] |
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone ArenainNashville, Tennessee.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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2 | 58 | Lenni Hameenaho | RW | ![]() |
Porin Ässät (Liiga) |
4 | 122 | Cam Squires | RW | ![]() |
Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL) |
5 | 154 | Chase Cheslock | D | ![]() |
Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
6 | 1641 | Cole Brown | LW | ![]() |
Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) |
6 | 186 | Danil Karpovich | D | ![]() |
JHC Avto (MHL) |
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