Season: | 2021–22 |
Year: | 2021 |
League: | NHL |
Team: | New Jersey Devils |
Division: | Metropolitan |
Divisionrank: | 7th |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 14th |
Record: | 27–46–9 |
Homerecord: | 16–20–5 |
Roadrecord: | 11–26–4 |
Goalsfor: | 248 |
Goalsagainst: | 307 |
Generalmanager: | Tom Fitzgerald |
Coach: | Lindy Ruff |
Captain: | Nico Hischier |
Altcaptain: | Dougie Hamilton Damon Severson Miles Wood |
Arena: | Prudential Center |
Attendance: | 12,744[1] |
Minorleague: | Utica Comets (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Jesper Bratt Jack Hughes (26) |
Assistsleader: | Jesper Bratt (47) |
Pointsleader: | Jesper Bratt (73) |
Pimleader: | P. K. Subban (82) |
Plusminusleader: | Fabian Zetterlund (+5) |
Winsleader: | Nico Daws (10) |
Gaaleader: | Jonathan Bernier (3.06) |
The 2021–22 New Jersey Devils season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 40th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[2] Before the season, the Devils lost Nathan Bastian to the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft,[3] but reacquired him in on November 25, 2021.
On March 31, 2022, following an 8–1 loss to the Boston Bruins, the Devils were eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive season.[4]
The preseason schedule was published on July 27, 2021.[5] The Devils' game against the New York Islanders on October 7, 2021, was cancelled due to a power outage at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[6]
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 29 | New Jersey | 5–4 | 13,012 | 1–0–0 | [7] | ||||
2 | October 1 | 1–7 | New Jersey | 10,474 | 2–0–0 | [8] | ||||
3 | October 2 | New Jersey | 2–1 | OT | — | 3–0–0 | [9] | |||
4 | October 4 | Washington | 1–4 | New Jersey | 4,563 | 4–0–0 | [10] | |||
5 | October 6 | New Jersey | 2–6 | NY Rangers | Bernier | 10,468 | 4–1–0 | [11] | ||
— | October 7 | NY Islanders | – | New Jersey | Cancelled due to a power outage at the arena | |||||
Notes: Game was played at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021,[12] with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players were planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[13] However, on December 22, the NHL announced that its players would not participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
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Legend: |
As of May 1, 2022[105]
76 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 0 | 16 | ||
70 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 17 | |||
49 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 0 | |||
76 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 23 | |||
80 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 57 | |||
82 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 28 | |||
70 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 22 | |||
71 | 13 | 22 | 35 | +4 | 30 | ||
76 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 22 | |||
62 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 34 | |||
75 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 24 | |||
56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | |||
77 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 82 | |||
77 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 52 | |||
66 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 22 | |||
57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |||
† | 60 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 34 | ||
68 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | |||
70 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 42 | |||
14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 0 | ||
7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 0 | ||
17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||
27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 8 | ||
9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | |||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | 23 | 1,271:32 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 66 | 3.11 | 617 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | 24 | 1,399:03 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 79 | 3.39 | 731 | .892 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | 8 | 510:06 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 3.06 | 264 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
† | 19 | 14 | 940:59 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 59 | 3.76 | 511 | .885 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
† | 7 | 7 | 386:18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 4.66 | 214 | .860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 2 | 169:26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.19 | 75 | .880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 4 | 235:59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4.83 | 114 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Colorado Avalanche Mikhail Maltsev NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2021 | To New Jersey Devils Ryan Graves | [108] | ||
To San Jose Sharks Nick Merkley | To New Jersey Devils Christian Jaros | [109] | ||
To Buffalo Sabres Will Butcher 5th-round pick in 2022 | To New Jersey Devils Future considerations | [110] | ||
To St. Louis Blues Future considerations | To New Jersey Devils Jon Gillies | [111] | ||
To Montreal Canadiens Nate Schnarr | To New Jersey Devils Andrew Hammond | [112] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref | |
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2-year | [113] | ||||
1-year | [114] | ||||
7-year | [115] | ||||
2-year | [116] | ||||
to Laval Rocket (AHL) | 1-year | [117] | |||
1-year | [118] | ||||
from HC Ambrì-Piotta (NL) | 1-year | ||||
2-year | |||||
from San Jose Barracuda (AHL) | 2-year | ||||
1-year | [119] | ||||
1-year | [120] | ||||
to EHC Red Bull München (DEL) | 1-year | [121] | |||
1-year | [122] | ||||
to Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | [123] | |||
2-year | [124] | ||||
to Rochester Americans (AHL) | 1-year | [125] | |||
1-year | [126] | ||||
1-year | [127] | ||||
to Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL) | 1-year | [128] | |||
from Michigan Tech Huskies (CCHA) | 2-year | [129] |
Date | Player | Team | Ref | |
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Date | Player | Contract term | Ref | |
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2-year | [135] | |||
1-year | [136] | |||
2-year | [137] | |||
1-year | ||||
1-year | [138] | |||
1-year | ||||
2-year | [139] | |||
2-year | [140] | |||
3-year | [141] | |||
8-year | [142] | |||
3-year | [143] | |||
3-year | [144] |
See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks. Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021, in a remote format, with teams convening via videoconferencing, and Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing selections from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.[145]
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team | ||
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1 | 4 | Luke Hughes | D | U.S. NTDP (USHL) | ||
1 | 291 | Chase Stillman | RW | Esbjerg Energy U20 (DNK U20) | ||
3 | 68 | Samu Salminen | C | Jokerit U20 (U20 SM-sarja) | ||
4 | 100 | Jakub Malek | G | VHK Vsetín (Chance Liga) | ||
5 | 1292 | Topias Vilen | D | Lahti Pelicans (Liiga) | ||
6 | 164 | Viktor Hurtig | D | Västerås IK J20 (J20 Nationell) | ||
7 | 2033 | Zakhar Bardakov | C | HC Vityaz (KHL) |