Season: | 2019–20 |
Year: | 2019 |
League: | NHL |
Team: | New Jersey Devils |
Division: | Metropolitan |
Divisionrank: | 8th |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 14th |
Record: | 28–29–12 |
Homerecord: | 13–11–10 |
Roadrecord: | 15–18–2 |
Goalsfor: | 189 |
Goalsagainst: | 230 |
Generalmanager: | Ray Shero (Oct. 4 – Jan. 12) Tom Fitzgerald (interim, Jan. 12 – Mar. 12) |
Coach: | John Hynes (Oct. 4 – Dec. 3) Alain Nasreddine (interim, Dec. 3 – Mar. 12) |
Captain: | Andy Greene (Oct. 4 – Feb. 16) Vacant (Feb. 16 – Mar. 12) |
Arena: | Prudential Center |
Attendance: | 14,899[1] |
Minorleague: | Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Kyle Palmieri (25) |
Assistsleader: | Nikita Gusev (31) |
Pointsleader: | Kyle Palmieri (45) |
Pimleader: | P. K. Subban (79) |
Plusminusleader: | Kevin Rooney (+8) |
Winsleader: | Mackenzie Blackwood (22) |
Gaaleader: | Mackenzie Blackwood (2.77) |
The 2019–20 New Jersey Devils season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 38th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[2] For the second time in three years, the Devils received the first overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and selected Jack Hughes first overall.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Devils missed the playoffs for the second straight year, as well as the seventh time in the past eight seasons.[5]
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[6]
2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 16 | 3–4 | New Jersey | OT | 8,652 | 1–0–0 | [7] | |||
2 | September 16 | New Jersey | 2–4 | 19,080 | 1–1–0 | [8] | ||||
3 | September 18 | New Jersey | 4–3 | 16,688 | 2–1–0 | [9] | ||||
4 | September 20 | NY Rangers | 2–4 | New Jersey | 12,307 | 3–1–0 | [10] | |||
5 | September 21 | 3–4 | New Jersey | Schneider | 10,652 | 4–1–0 | [11] | |||
6 | September 25 | New Jersey | 0–2 | Boston | Blackwood | 17,565 | 4–2–0 | [12] | ||
7 | September 27 | New Jersey | 2–0 | Schneider | 12,347 | 5–2–0 | [13] | |||
Notes: Indicates split-squad. |
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[14]
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Legend: |
As of March 12, 2020[84]
65 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 41 | |||
66 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 12 | |||
58 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 12 | |||
60 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 6 | |||
65 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 14 | |||
‡ | 57 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 40 | ||
69 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 52 | |||
69 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 28 | |||
‡ | 30 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 20 | ||
‡ | 61 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 64 | ||
68 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 57 | |||
‡ | 47 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 22 | ||
61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | |||
56 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 6 | |||
68 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 79 | |||
‡ | 53 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +1 | 14 | |
49 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 20 | ||
50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | |||
18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 2 | ||
29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||
43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 77 | |||
10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +7 | 4 | ||
20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
† | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 | ||
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | 43 | 2,684:01 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 124 | 2.77 | 1,452 | .915 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
13 | 11 | 679:16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 3.53 | 355 | .887 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
‡ | 16 | 14 | 743:32 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 3.79 | 399 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 70:05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.42 | 41 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Chicago Blackhawks John Quenneville | To New Jersey Devils John Hayden | [87] | ||
To Nashville Predators Steven Santini Jeremy Davies 2nd-round pick in 2019 2nd-round pick in 2020 | To New Jersey Devils P. K. Subban | [88] | ||
To Nashville Predators Future considerations | To New Jersey Devils Adam Helewka | [89] [90] | ||
To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 | To New Jersey Devils Nikita Gusev | [91] | ||
To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021 | To New Jersey Devils Louis Domingue | [92] | ||
To Arizona Coyotes Taylor Hall Blake Speers | To New Jersey Devils Kevin Bahl Nick Merkley Nate Schnarr Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 | [93] | ||
To New York Islanders Andy Greene | To New Jersey Devils David Quenneville 2nd-round pick in 2021 | [94] | ||
To Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman | To New Jersey Devils Nolan Foote Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 | [95] | ||
To Buffalo Sabres Wayne Simmonds | To New Jersey Devils Conditional 5th-round pick in 2021 | [96] | ||
To Carolina Hurricanes Sami Vatanen | To New Jersey Devils Fredrik Claesson Janne Kuokkanen Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020 | [97] | ||
To Vancouver Canucks Louis Domingue | To New Jersey Devils Zane McIntyre | [98] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref | |
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1-year | [99] | ||||
1-year | [100] | ||||
1-year | [101] | ||||
1-year | [102] | ||||
1-year | [103] | ||||
from Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | [104] | |||
2-year | [105] | ||||
to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | [106] | |||
2-year | [107] | ||||
to Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL) | 1-year | [108] | |||
to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | [109] | |||
1-year | [110] | ||||
from Binghamton Devils (AHL) | 1-year | [111] | |||
Julian Melchiori | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL) | 1-year | [112] |
Date | Player | Via | Ref | |
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Mutual termination | [113] | |||
Mutual termination | [114] |
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref | |
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3-year | [116] | |||
1-year | [117] | |||
1-year | ||||
2-year | [118] | |||
1-year | [119] | |||
2-year | ||||
3-year | [120] | |||
3-year | [121] | |||
7-year | [122] | |||
3-year | [123] | |||
3-year | [124] |
See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks. Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team | ||
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1 | 1 | Jack Hughes | C | U.S. NTDP (USHL) | ||
2 | 611 | Nikita Okhotiuk | D | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | ||
3 | 702 | Daniil Misyul | D | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) | ||
3 | 803 | Graeme Clarke | RW | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | ||
3 | 824 | Michael Vukojevic | D | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | ||
4 | 96 | Tyce Thompson | RW | Providence (Hockey East) | ||
4 | 1185 | Case McCarthy | D | U.S. NTDP (USHL) | ||
5 | 127 | Cole Brady | G | Janesville Jets (NAHL) | ||
5 | 1296 | Arseny Gritsyuk | LW | Omskie Yastreby (MHL) | ||
6 | 158 | Patrick Moynihan | RW | U.S. NTDP (USHL) | ||
7 | 189 | Nikola Pasic | RW | Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit) |