2012–13 New Jersey Devils season

2012–13 New Jersey Devils
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2012–13 record	19–19–10
Home record	13–9–2
Road record	6–10–8
Goals for	112
Goals against	129
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Bryce Salvador
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Ilya Kovalchuk
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	17,298 (98.1%) (16 games)
Team leaders
Goals	David Clarkson (15)
Assists	Patrik Elias (22)
Points	Patrik Elias (36)
Penalty minutes	David Clarkson (78)
Plus/minus	Andy Greene (+12)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (13)
Goals against average	Brodeur (2.22)

The 2012–13 New Jersey Devils season was the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 31st season since the franchise relocated from Colorado to New Jersey to start the 1982–83 season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

The defending Stanley Cup runners-up were eliminated from the playoff race after a 4–1 loss to the New York Rangers on April 21, 2013.

Off-season

Entering the off season, the Devils were faced with a major dilemma of having over ten unrestricted free agents, including captain Zach Parise. The Devils were able to resign goaltenders Martin Brodeur and Johan Hedberg, defenseman Bryce Salvador and several others, but lost Parise to the Minnesota Wild.

Pre-season

On July 19, the New Jersey Devils announced their 2012 pre-season schedule. The team would have played seven pre-season games, including a game against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but all pre-season games were eventually cancelled due to the lockout.

Regular season

On June 21, the New Jersey Devils announced their schedule for the 2012–13 regular season. Their regular season would have begun on October 12 at the Washington Capitals, and their home-opener would have taken place the following night against the Boston Bruins. The original schedule would have ended with a game at the New York Islanders on April 13. A new schedule would need to be released if the lockout is resolved. On April 15, the Devils lost 2–0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, their 10th loss in a row (0–6–4), which was equal to the franchise loss record set in 1983–84.

For the second consecutive season, the Devils led the League in shorthanded goals scored, as they scored 11 shorthanded goals in the 48-game regular season.

Playoffs

After a 4–1 loss to the New York Rangers on April 21, the Devils were eliminated from the playoff race, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year against the eventual champions, the Los Angeles Kings. This was the first time a Stanley Cup finalist missed the playoffs the next season since 2007.

Standings

Standings

Due to the lockout, each team played 48 games this season, all within their conference.

Atlantic Division

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	New York Rangers	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
3	New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
4	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
5	New Jersey Devils	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
						-1
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Regular season

2012–13 Regular Season Game Log
January: 3–0–3 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 1 January 19 New Jersey 2–1 New York Islanders W 16,170 1–0–0 2 2 January 22 Philadelphia 0–3 New Jersey W 17,625 2–0–0 4 3 January 25 Washington 2–3 New Jersey W OT 17,625 3–0–0 6 4 January 27 New Jersey 3–4 Montreal OTL OT 21,273 3–0–1 7 5 January 29 New Jersey 1–2 Boston OTL SO 17,565 3–0–2 8 6 January 31 New York Islanders 5–4 New Jersey OTL OT 17,625 3–0–3 9
February: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 7 February 2 New Jersey 1–5 Pittsburgh L 18,635 3–1–3 9 8 February 3 New Jersey 3–0 New York Islanders W 11,558 4–1–3 11 9 February 5 New York Rangers 1–3 New Jersey W 17,625 5–1–3 13 10 February 7 Tampa Bay 2–4 New Jersey W 14,802 6–1–3 15 11 February 9 Pittsburgh 1–3 New Jersey W 17,625 7–1–3 17 12 February 10 New Jersey 3–1 Pittsburgh W 18,658 8–1–3 19 13 February 12 Carolina 4–2 New Jersey L 17,625 8–2–3 19 14 February 15 Philadelphia 3–5 New Jersey W 17,625 9–2–3 21 15 February 16 New Jersey 1–5 New York Islanders L 15,488 9–3–3 21 16 February 18 Ottawa 2–1 New Jersey OTL SO 17,625 9–3–4 22 17 February 21 New Jersey 3–2 Washington W 18,506 10–3–4 24 18 February 23 New Jersey 1–5 Washington L 18,506 10–4–4 24 19 February 24 Winnipeg 4–2 New Jersey L 17,625 10–5–4 24 20 February 28 New Jersey 1–3 Winnipeg L 15,004 10–6–4 24
March: 5–5–5 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–5) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 21 March 2 New Jersey 3–4 Buffalo OTL SO 19,070 10–6–5 25 22 March 4 New Jersey 2–4 Toronto L 19,435 10–7–5 25 23 March 5 Tampa Bay 5–2 New Jersey L 15,229 10–8–5 25 24 March 7 Buffalo 2–3 New Jersey W SO 17,625 11–8–5 27 25 March 9 New Jersey 3–6 Carolina L 18,680 11–9–5 27 26 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 New Jersey W SO 17,625 12–9–5 29 27 March 13 Philadelphia 2–5 New Jersey W 17,625 13–9–5 31 28 March 15 New Jersey 1–2 Philadelphia OTL SO 19,971 13–9–6 32 29 March 16 Montreal 2–1 New Jersey L 17,625 13–10–6 32 30 March 19 New York Rangers 3–2 New Jersey L 17,625 13–11–6 32 31 March 21 New Jersey 4–1 Carolina W 16,941 14–11–6 34 32 March 23 Florida 1–2 New Jersey W 17,625 15–11–6 36 33 March 25 New Jersey 2–3 Ottawa OTL SO 18,902 15–11–7 37 34 March 29 New Jersey 4–5 Tampa Bay OTL SO 19,204 15–11–8 38 35 March 30 New Jersey 4–5 Florida OTL OT 18,138 15–11–9 39
April: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 1–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 36 April 1 New York Islanders 3–1 New Jersey L 17,625 15–12–9 39 37 April 4 New Jersey 0–1 Boston L 17,565 15–13–9 39 38 April 6 Toronto 2–1 New Jersey L 17,625 15–14–9 39 39 April 7 New Jersey 2–3 Buffalo OTL SO 18,703 15–14–10 40 40 April 10 Boston 5–4 New Jersey L 17,625 15–15–10 40 41 April 12 Ottawa 2–0 New Jersey L 16,099 15–16–10 40 42 April 15 New Jersey 0–2 Toronto L 19,425 15–17–10 40 43 April 18 New Jersey 3–0 Philadelphia W 19,727 16–17–10 42 44 April 20 Florida 2–6 New Jersey W 16,018 17–17–10 44 45 April 21 New Jersey 1–4 New York Rangers L 17,200 17–18–10 44 46 April 23 Montreal 2–3 New Jersey W 15,219 18–18–10 46 47 April 25 Pittsburgh 2–3 New Jersey W 16122 19–18–10 48 48 April 27 New Jersey 0–4 New York Rangers L 17,200 19–19–10 48
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 48 14 22 36 5 22 Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk 37 11 20 31 −6 18 Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson 48 15 9 24 −6 78 Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 48 7 13 20 −5 22 Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky 48 4 15 19 −12 38 Greene, AndyAndy Greene 48 4 12 16 12 20 Henrique, AdamAdam Henrique 42 11 5 16 −3 16 Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier 47 8 7 15 −7 17 Carter, RyanRyan Carter 44 6 9 15 −2 31 Gionta, StephenStephen Gionta 48 4 10 14 2 14 Loktionov, AndreiAndrei Loktionov 28 8 4 12 −2 4 Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus 22 2 7 9 −3 12 Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky † || 30 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 1 || 8 Fayne, MarkMark Fayne 31 1 5 6 6 16 Larsson, AdamAdam Larsson 37 0 6 6 4 12 Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan † || 9 || 2 || 3 || 5 || −4 || 4 Volchenkov, AntonAnton Volchenkov 37 1 4 5 −1 37 Harrold, PeterPeter Harrold 23 2 3 5 −8 6 Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder 25 1 3 4 0 10 D'Agostini, MattMatt D'Agostini † || 13 || 2 || 2 || 4 || −1 || 6 Josefson, JacobJacob Josefson 22 1 2 3 −10 2 Matteau, StefanStefan Matteau 17 1 2 3 −1 6 Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador 39 0 2 2 −12 22 Butler, BobbyBobby Butler ‡ || 14 || 1 || 1 || 2 || −6 || 0 Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos 15 1 0 1 0 18 Anderson, MattMatt Anderson 2 0 1 1 1 0 Tedenby, MattiasMattias Tedenby 4 0 1 1 0 2 Barch, KrysKrys Barch 22 0 0 0 1 44 Janssen, CamCam Janssen 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Sestito, TimTim Sestito 6 0 0 0 1 2 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Urbom, AlexanderAlexander Urbom 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Pesonen, HarriHarri Pesonen 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Totals 109 173 282 −60 489

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	29	29	1757:21	13	9	7	65	2.22	654	.901	2	1	2	0
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	19	19	1108:16	6	10	3	51	2.76	435	.883	1	0	1	4
Kinkaid, KeithKeith Kinkaid	1	0	25:45	0	0	0	1	2.31	13	.923	0	0	0	0
Frazee, JeffJeff Frazee	1	0	18:36	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		48	2909:58	19	19	10	117	2.41	1105	.894	3	1	3	4

^†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

Notable achievements

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 900th Career NHL Point January 27, 2013 Anderson, MattMatt Anderson 1st Career NHL Game January 29, 2013 Pesonen, HarriHarri Pesonen 1st Career NHL Game March 16, 2013 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas 1st Career NHL Game April 25, 2013

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades Date Details February 6, 2013 To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013 To New Jersey Devils Andrei Loktionov February 13, 2013 To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky March 22, 2013 To St. Louis Blues Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015 To New Jersey Devils Matt D'Agostini Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015 April 3, 2013 To Phoenix Coyotes 7th-round pick in 2014 To New Jersey Devils Steve Sullivan

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Krys Barch Florida Panthers 2 years, $1.5 million Bobby Butler Ottawa Senators 1 year, $525,000

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Alexei Ponikarovsky Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $1.8 million Eric Boulton New York Islanders 1 year, $540,000 Vladimir Zharkov CSKA Moscow 2 years Zach Parise Minnesota Wild 13 years, $98 million Matt Taormina Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $700,000

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Tom Kostopoulos Pittsburgh Penguins March 6, 2013

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Bobby Butler Nashville Predators March 4, 2013

Player signings Player Date Contract terms Steve Bernier June 29, 2012 2 years, $1.5 million Ryan Carter June 29, 2012 2 years, $1.55 million Stephen Gionta June 29, 2012 2 years, $1.125 million Peter Harrold June 29, 2012 1 year, $525,000 Cam Janssen June 29, 2012 1 year, $575,000 Martin Brodeur July 2, 2012 2 years, $9 million Johan Hedberg July 2, 2012 2 years, $2.8 million Bryce Salvador July 3, 2012 3 years, $9.5 million Stefan Matteau August 14, 2012 3 years, $2.5275 million entry-level contract Reece Scarlett September 6, 2012 3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract Damon Severson September 6, 2012 3 years, $1.9275 million entry-level contract Travis Zajac January 16, 2013 8 years, $46 million contract extension Reid Boucher March 13, 2013 3 years, $2.0775 million entry-level contract Mattias Tedenby June 20, 2013 1 year, $600,000

Draft picks

See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

The New Jersey Devils picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	29	Stefan Matteau	C	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2	60	Damon Severson	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	90	Ben Johnson	C/LW	United States	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	96[a]	Ben Thomson	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	135[b]	Graham Black	C	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	150	Alexander Kerfoot	C	Canada	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)
6	180	Artur Gavrus	C	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

Draft notes

• The Devils' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a January 20, 2012, trade that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to the Devils in exchange for Joe Sova and this pick.
• ^a The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as a result of an October 4, 2011, trade that sent Dave Steckel to the Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as a result of a July 14, 2011, trade that sent Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• The Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a December 12, 2011, trade that sent Kurtis Foster and Timo Pielmeier to the Devils in exchange for Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser and this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season