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2018–19 New Jersey Devils season

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2018–19 New Jersey Devils
Division8th Metropolitan
Conference15th Eastern
2018–19 record31–41–10
Home record20–14–7
Road record11–27–3
Goals for222
Goals against275
Team information
General managerRay Shero
CoachJohn Hynes
CaptainAndy Greene
Alternate captainsTaylor Hall
Kyle Palmieri
Travis Zajac
ArenaPrudential Center
Average attendance14,834[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Binghamton Devils (AHL)
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsKyle Palmieri (27)
AssistsNico Hischier (30)
PointsKyle Palmieri (50)
Penalty minutesMiles Wood (91)
Plus/minusBen Lovejoy (+1)
WinsKeith Kinkaid (15)
Goals against averageMackenzie 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

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Divisional standings

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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[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: National Hockey League[7]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2018.[8]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[9][10]

2018–19 game log

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

Player statistics

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As of April 6, 2019[11]

Skaters

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Regular season[12]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
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

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Regular season[13]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
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

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Awards

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Regular season
Player Award Date
Mackenzie Blackwood NHL Third Star of the Week December 31, 2018[14]

Transactions

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

Trades

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Date Details Ref
January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30) To Minnesota Wild
Michael Kapla
To New Jersey Devils
Ryan Murphy
[15]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06) To Nashville Predators
Brian Boyle
To New Jersey Devils
2nd-round pick in 2019
[16]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23) To Dallas Stars
Ben Lovejoy
To New Jersey Devils
Connor Carrick
3rd-round pick in 2019
[17]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Keith Kinkaid
To New Jersey Devils
5th-round pick in 2022
[18]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Boston Bruins
Marcus Johansson
To New Jersey Devils
2nd-round pick in 2019
4th-round pick in 2020
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Free agents

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Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Kurtis Gabriel from Minnesota Wild 1-year [20]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Michael Grabner to Arizona Coyotes 3-year [21]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Eric Gryba from Edmonton Oilers 1-year [22]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jimmy Hayes to Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year [23]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Moore to Boston Bruins 5-year [24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) John Ramage from Nashville Predators 1-year [25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Brian Gibbons to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [26]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Ken Appleby to Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1-year [27]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) Patrick Maroon to St. Louis Blues 1-year [28]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19) Michael Latta to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year [29]
July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23) Bracken Kearns to Black Wings Linz (EBEL) Unknown [30]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Eric Tangradi from Detroit Red Wings 1-year [31]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) Mario Lucia to Stavanger Oilers (GET-ligaen) Unknown [32]
September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05) Ben Thomson to San Diego Gulls (AHL) 1-year [33]
September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) Jeremy Groleau from Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) 1-year [34]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24) Evan Cormier from Binghamton Devils (AHL) 3-year [35]
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09) John Ramage to Eisbären Berlin (DEL) 2-year [36]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) Egor Yakovlev to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 2-year [37]

Waivers

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Date Player Team Ref
September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) Jean-Sebastien Dea from Pittsburgh Penguins [38]
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29) Jean-Sebastien Dea to Pittsburgh Penguins [39]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11) Kenny Agostino from Montreal Canadiens [40]

Signings

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Date Player Contract term Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Eddie Lack 1-year [41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) Michael Kapla 1-year [42]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Blake Coleman 3-year [43]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Stefan Noesen 1-year [44]
July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20) Nick Lappin 1-year [45]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Yegor Sharangovich 3-year [46]
August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13) Kevin Rooney 2-year [47]
August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14) Steven Santini 3-year [48]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) Ty Smith 3-year [49]
September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22) Miles Wood 4-year [50]
October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) Drew Stafford 1-year [51]
April 3, 2019 (2019-04-03) Jeremy Davies 2-year [52]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) Gilles Senn 2-year [53]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13) Mikhail Maltsev 3-year [54]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13) Fabian Zetterlund 3-year [55]
June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10) Jesper Boqvist 3-year [56]

Draft picks

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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
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)
  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.[57]

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