1991–92 New Jersey Devils season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1991–92
Year:	1991
Team:	New Jersey Devils
Conference:	Wales
Conferencerank:	5th
Division:	Patrick
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	38–31–11
Homerecord:	24–12–4
Roadrecord:	14–19–7
Goalsfor:	289
Goalsagainst:	259
Generalmanager:	Lou Lamoriello
Captain:	Bruce Driver
Altcaptain:	Scott Stevens Laurie Boschman
Arena:	Brendan Byrne Arena
Goalsleader:	Claude Lemieux (41)
Assistsleader:	Scott Stevens and Kevin Todd (42)
Pointsleader:	Claude Lemieux (68)
Plusminusleader:	Claude Vilgrain (+27)
Pimleader:	Randy McKay (246)
Winsleader:	Chris Terreri (22)
Gaaleader:	Craig Billington (3.04)

The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 10th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] For the third consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs, this time losing in the division semi-finals (4-3) to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Goaltender Martin Brodeur made his debut with the Devils. Though he would only play four games during this season, he who would go on to become the franchise goaltender of the Devils.

The Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (59) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL (338).^[2]

Season standings

Schedule and results

	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 5, 1991	7–2	St. Louis Blues	1–0–0
2	W	Oct 6, 1991	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks	2–0–0
3	W	Oct 8, 1991	6–5	Quebec Nordiques	3–0–0
4	W	Oct 12, 1991	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0–0
5	L	Oct 13, 1991	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4–1–0
6	L	Oct 16, 1991	2–4	@ New York Rangers	4–2–0
7	L	Oct 18, 1991	5–6	@ Washington Capitals	4–3–0
8	L	Oct 19, 1991	1–5	Washington Capitals	4–4–0
9	W	Oct 22, 1991	5–2	Los Angeles Kings	5–4–0
10	W	Oct 24, 1991	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	6–4–0
11	W	Oct 26, 1991	9–0	San Jose Sharks	7–4–0
12	L	Oct 29, 1991	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks	7–5–0
13	W	Oct 30, 1991	5–2	@ Calgary Flames	8–5–0
14	W	Nov 1, 1991	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers	9–5–0
15	L	Nov 4, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens	9–6–0
16	W	Nov 8, 1991	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	10–6–0
17	L	Nov 9, 1991	0–4	@ Boston Bruins	10–7–0
18	W	Nov 12, 1991	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers	11–7–0
19	L	Nov 14, 1991	3–4	New York Islanders	11–8–0
20	L	Nov 16, 1991	0–1	Winnipeg Jets	11–9–0
21	W	Nov 20, 1991	6–5 OT	Washington Capitals	12–9–0
22	W	Nov 22, 1991	8–2	Hartford Whalers	13–9–0
23	T	Nov 23, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	13–9–1
24	L	Nov 27, 1991	4–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	13–10–1
25	W	Nov 30, 1991	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings	14–10–1
26	W	Dec 5, 1991	6–3	Calgary Flames	15–10–1
27	T	Dec 7, 1991	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings	15–10–2
28	T	Dec 8, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	15–10–3
29	L	Dec 10, 1991	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars	15–11–3
30	L	Dec 13, 1991	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	15–12–3
31	T	Dec 14, 1991	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders	15–12–4
32	W	Dec 19, 1991	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers	16–12–4
33	T	Dec 21, 1991	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks	16–12–5
34	L	Dec 23, 1991	0–3	@ New York Rangers	16–13–5
35	T	Dec 26, 1991	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders	16–13–6
36	W	Dec 28, 1991	3–0	Buffalo Sabres	17–13–6
37	L	Dec 29, 1991	3–4	Washington Capitals	17–14–6
38	W	Dec 31, 1991	7–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	18–14–6
39	W	Jan 2, 1992	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	19–14–6
40	W	Jan 4, 1992	6–4	New York Rangers	20–14–6
41	W	Jan 9, 1992	4–3	St. Louis Blues	21–14–6
42	L	Jan 11, 1992	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	21–15–6
43	W	Jan 12, 1992	5–2	Los Angeles Kings	22–15–6
44	T	Jan 15, 1992	8–8 OT	Buffalo Sabres	22–15–7
45	W	Jan 24, 1992	5–2	@ Washington Capitals	23–15–7
46	L	Jan 25, 1992	0–7	Detroit Red Wings	23–16–7
47	W	Jan 29, 1992	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	24–16–7
48	W	Jan 31, 1992	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	25–16–7
49	L	Feb 1, 1992	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	25–17–7
50	W	Feb 4, 1992	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers	26–17–7
51	L	Feb 6, 1992	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues	26–18–7
52	W	Feb 8, 1992	6–4	@ Boston Bruins	27–18–7
53	W	Feb 9, 1992	2–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	28–18–7
54	W	Feb 13, 1992	5–3	Vancouver Canucks	29–18–7
55	W	Feb 15, 1992	4–1	Hartford Whalers	30–18–7
56	W	Feb 16, 1992	4–2	New York Rangers	31–18–7
57	W	Feb 18, 1992	4–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	32–18–7
58	T	Feb 20, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	32–18–8
59	L	Feb 21, 1992	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets	32–19–8
60	L	Feb 24, 1992	1–3	Minnesota North Stars	32–20–8
61	T	Feb 25, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	32–20–9
62	L	Feb 28, 1992	2–3 OT	New York Islanders	32–21–9
63	W	Feb 29, 1992	3–1	@ New York Islanders	33–21–9
64	L	Mar 2, 1992	1–7	New York Rangers	33–22–9
65	W	Mar 4, 1992	5–4	@ New York Rangers	34–22–9
66	L	Mar 6, 1992	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	34–23–9
67	L	Mar 7, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals	34–24–9
68	T	Mar 11, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers	34–24–10
69	L	Mar 12, 1992	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	34–25–10
70	L	Mar 14, 1992	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks	34–26–10
71	L	Mar 19, 1992	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	34–27–10
72	T	Mar 21, 1992	2–2 OT	New York Islanders	34–27–11
73	L	Mar 22, 1992	3–6	@ New York Rangers	34–28–11
74	W	Mar 24, 1992	4–3	San Jose Sharks	35–28–11
75	W	Mar 26, 1992	4–2	Boston Bruins	36–28–11
76	W	Mar 28, 1992	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	37–28–11
77	L	Mar 29, 1992	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers	37–29–11
78	L	Apr 12, 1992	3–4 OT	Washington Capitals	37–30–11
79	W	Apr 13, 1992	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	38–30–11
80	L	Apr 15, 1992	0–7	@ New York Islanders	38–31–11

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) New York Rangers

The series opened at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers won game 1 4–2, but the Devils tied up the series in game 2 with a 7-3 drubbing over New York. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In game 3, the Devils were victorious by a score of 3–1. But in game 4, the Rangers blanked the Devils 3–0. Game 5 shifted back to New York, where the Rangers took a commanding 3–2 series lead by defeating the Devils 8–5. Game 6 was at the Meadowlands and the Devils won 5-3 tying up the series at 3 games apiece. Game 7 shifted back to Madison Square Garden where the Rangers won 8–4 over New Jersey and won the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	74	41	27	68	109	9	13	1	8
	RW	74	29	35	64	25	-1	5	1	6
	C	80	21	42	63	69	8	2	0	2
	C	66	24	38	62	42	6	10	1	3
	D	68	17	42	59	124	24	7	1	2
	RW	71	19	27	46	74	27	1	1	1
	D	78	7	35	42	66	5	3	1	1
	D	76	12	28	40	70	14	3	2	1
	LW	76	19	17	36	32	8	0	3	2
	RW	80	17	16	33	246	6	2	0	1
	D	76	7	25	32	55	10	5	0	0
	LW	44	13	18	31	28	11	3	0	3
	RW	71	11	17	28	27	17	1	2	1
	C	75	8	20	28	121	9	0	0	2
	D	70	3	23	26	108	11	0	0	1
	LW	37	7	11	18	58	0	1	0	0
	RW	41	6	12	18	32	9	0	1	0
	LW	20	6	5	11	10	-2	1	0	0
	C	25	5	6	11	0	5	0	0	1
	LW	44	7	3	10	16	0	0	1	1
	D	80	1	7	8	170	7	0	0	0
	LW	17	3	4	7	43	7	0	0	0
	C	15	2	4	6	4	-1	0	0	2
	C	17	1	3	4	8	-5	1	0	0
	D	19	0	4	4	4	7	0	0	0
	C	7	1	2	3	6	-6	1	0	0
	LW	7	1	2	3	6	-1	0	0	0
	D	9	0	2	2	13	-2	0	0	0
	C	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
	G	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
	G	54	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3186	54	22	22	10	169	3.18	1	1511	1342	.888
	1363	26	13	7	1	69	3.04	2	637	568	.892
	179	4	2	1	0	10	3.35	0	85	75	.882
	120	2	1	1	0	9	4.50	0	55	46	.836
Team:	4848	80	38	31	11	257	3.18	3	2288	2031	.888

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	7	3	7	10	19	0	0	0
	RW	7	4	3	7	26	1	0	0
	LW	7	2	4	6	0	0	0	1
	C	7	3	2	5	8	1	0	0
	RW	7	1	3	4	10	1	0	0
	D	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
	RW	6	3	0	3	4	0	0	0
	D	7	2	1	3	29	2	0	1
	RW	7	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
	LW	7	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
	D	7	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
	D	6	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
	D	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	0
	D	7	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
	RW	7	1	1	2	17	0	0	0
	LW	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
	C	7	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	386	7	3	3	23	3.58	0	203	180	.887
	32	1	0	1	3	5.63	0	15	12	.800
Team:	418	7	3	4	26	3.73	0	218	192	.881

^[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
	NHL All-Rookie Team – Forward	End of regular season

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	3	Scott Niedermayer		D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
1	11	Brian Rolston		LW	Detroit Compuware (NAHL)
2	33	Donevan Hextall		C	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
3	55	Fredrik Bremberg		RW	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
4	77	Brad Willner		D	Richfield H.S. (Minnesota)
5	99	No fifth-round pick
6	121	Curtis Regnier		LW	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
7	143	Dave Craievich		D	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	165	Paul Wolanski		D	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
9	187	Dan Reimann		D	Anoka H.S. (Minnesota)
10	209	No tenth-round pick
11	231	Kevin Riehl		C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
12	253	Jason Hehr		D	Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL)
S	17	Rob Kruhlak		G	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)

References

• Devils on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 . 2010 . Triumph Books . 83 . 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Web site: 1991-92 NHL Summary.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1991-92 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.