2014–15 New Jersey Devils season

2014–15 New Jersey Devils
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	13th Eastern
2014–15 record	32–36–14
Home record	19–14–8
Road record	13–22–6
Goals for	181
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Peter DeBoer (Oct–Dec), Adam Oates and Scott Stevens (Dec–Apr)
Captain	Bryce Salvador
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Andy Greene Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	15,095 (38 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Cammalleri (25)
Assists	Scott Gomez (27)
Points	Adam Henrique (40)
Penalty minutes	Jordin Tootoo (70)
Plus/minus	Stephen Gionta (+6)
Wins	Cory Schneider (26)
Goals against average	Cory Schneider (2.17)

The 2014–15 New Jersey Devils season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 33rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado following the 1981–82 NHL season. The Devils missed the playoffs for the third straight year.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71

Conference standings

Atlantic Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Montreal Canadiens x y	82	50	22	5	5	221	189	110
Tampa Bay Lightningx	82	50	24	3	5	262	211	108
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Detroit Red Wings x	82	43	25	4	10	235	221	100
Ottawa Senatorsx	82	43	26	6	7	238	215	99
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Boston Bruins	82	41	27	4	10	213	211	96
Florida Panthers	82	38	29	5	10	206	223	91
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	3	5	211	262	68
Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	3	5	161	274	54

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Scott Gomez	Elbowing Montreal Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin during NHL game No. 1163 in New Jersey on Friday, April 3, 2015, at 14:38 of the second period.	—	$1,478.49	April 4, 2015

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	New Jersey	5–4	NY Rangers		Kinkaid	18,006	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 25	New Jersey	0–4	Philadelphia		Schneider	18,850	1–1–0	Recap
3[a]	September 26	New Jersey	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Kinkaid	11,823	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 28	Philadelphia	1–3	New Jersey		Clemmensen	10,404	2–1–1	Recap
5	October 2	NY Islanders	1–2	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	10,032	3–1–1	Recap
6	October 4	NY Rangers	0–3	New Jersey		Schneider	13,421	4–1–1	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Regular season

Game log
October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 New Jersey 6–4 Philadelphia Schneider 19,801 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 New Jersey 5–1 Florida Schneider 11,419 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 14 New Jersey 2–1 Tampa Bay Schneider 18,064 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 16 New Jersey 2–6 Washington Schneider 18,506 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 18 San Jose 4–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,592 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 21 NY Rangers 4–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 14,484 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 24 Dallas 3–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 14,657 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 October 25 New Jersey 3–2 Ottawa OT Schneider 19,266 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 28 New Jersey 3–8 Pittsburgh Schneider 18,650 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 30 Winnipeg 1–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 12,897 5–3–2 12 Recap
November: 4–8–2 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Columbus 2–3 New Jersey Schneider 13,542 6–3–2 14 Recap 12 November 4 St. Louis 1–0 New Jersey Schneider 15,102 6–4–2 14 Recap 13 November 6 New Jersey 3–4 St. Louis Kinkaid 16,523 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 7 New Jersey 2–4 Detroit Schneider 20,027 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 November 10 New Jersey 2–4 Boston Schneider 17,565 6–7–2 14 Recap 16 November 11 Minnesota 1–3 New Jersey Schneider 14,256 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 14 New Jersey 1–0 Washington Schneider 18,506 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 15 Colorado 3–2 New Jersey Schneider 15,626 8–8–2 18 Recap 19 November 18 New Jersey 1–3 Winnipeg Schneider 15,016 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 21 New Jersey 2–0 Edmonton Schneider 16,839 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 22 New Jersey 4–5 Calgary SO Clemmensen 18,874 9–9–3 21 Recap 22 November 25 New Jersey 0–2 Vancouver Schneider 18,606 9–10–3 21 Recap 23 November 28 Detroit 5–4 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,592 9–10–4 22 Recap 24 November 29 New Jersey 1–3 NY Islanders Schneider 16,170 9–11–4 22 Recap
December: 4–8–3 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 2–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 New Jersey 0–1 Pittsburgh Schneider 18,572 9–12–4 22 Recap 26 December 4 New Jersey 5–3 Toronto Schneider 18,877 10–12–4 24 Recap 27 December 6 Washington 4–1 New Jersey Schneider 15,230 10–13–4 24 Recap 28 December 8 New Jersey 2–1 Carolina Schneider 9,815 11–13–4 26 Recap 29 December 9 Chicago 3–2 New Jersey SO Kinkaid 16,210 11–13–5 27 Recap 30 December 11 New Jersey 1–4 Philadelphia Schneider 19,572 11–14–5 27 Recap 31 December 13 New Jersey 3–4 Dallas Schneider 16,110 11–15–5 27 Recap 32 December 15 New Jersey 2–3 NY Islanders SO Kinkaid 13,408 11–15–6 28 Recap 33 December 17 Ottawa 2–0 New Jersey Schneider 15,379 11–16–6 28 Recap 34 December 19 Tampa Bay 3–2 New Jersey SO Kinkaid 14,916 12–16–6 30 Recap 35 December 20 Washington 4–0 New Jersey Schneider 14,776 12–17–6 30 Recap 36 December 23 Carolina 2–1 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,101 12–17–7 31 Recap 37 December 27 New Jersey 1–3 NY Rangers Schneider 18,006 12–18–7 31 Recap 38 December 29 Pittsburgh 1–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,592 13–18–7 33 Recap 39 December 31 New Jersey 1–3 Detroit Schneider 20,027 13–19–7 33 Recap
January: 6–3–2 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Montreal 4–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,174 13–20–7 33 Recap 41 January 3 Philadelphia 2–5 New Jersey Schneider 15,066 14–20–7 35 Recap 42 January 6 Buffalo 1–4 New Jersey Schneider 15,162 15–20–7 37 Recap 43 January 8 New Jersey 0–3 Boston Schneider 17,565 15–21–7 37 Recap 44 January 9 NY Islanders 3–2 New Jersey OT Kinkaid 16,592 15–21–8 38 Recap 45 January 14 New Jersey 5–3 Los Angeles Schneider 18,230 16–21–8 40 Recap 46 January 16 New Jersey 1–5 Anaheim Schneider 17,174 16–22–8 40 Recap 47 January 19 New Jersey 5–2 San Jose Schneider 17,562 17–22–8 42 Recap 48 January 28 Toronto 1–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 15,882 18–22–8 44 Recap 49 January 30 Pittsburgh 2–1 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,592 18–22–9 45 Recap 50 January 31 Florida 1–3 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,278 19–22–9 47 Recap
February: 7–5–1 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 Ottawa 1–2 New Jersey Schneider 11,461 20–22–9 49 Recap 52 February 6 Toronto 1–4 New Jersey Schneider 15,594 21–22–9 51 Recap 53 February 7 New Jersey 2–6 Montreal Kinkaid 21,287 21–23–9 51 Recap 54 February 9 Edmonton 2–1 New Jersey Schneider 11,519 21–24–9 51 Recap 55 February 13 New Jersey 1–3 Chicago Schneider 22,186 21–25–9 51 Recap 56 February 14 New Jersey 1–3 Nashville Schneider 17,333 21–26–9 51 Recap 57 February 17 Buffalo 1–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 13,517 22–26–9 53 Recap 58 February 20 Vancouver 2–4 New Jersey Schneider 14,822 23–26–9 55 Recap 59 February 21 Carolina 1–3 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,610 24–26–9 57 Recap 60 February 23 Arizona 0–3 New Jersey Schneider 12,159 25–26–9 59 Recap 61 February 25 Calgary 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 13,662 25–27–9 59 Recap 62 February 27 Boston 3–2 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,592 25–27–10 60 Recap 63 February 28 New Jersey 2–0 Columbus Schneider 17,814 26–27–10 62 Recap
March: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 3 Nashville 1–3 New Jersey Schneider 13,012 27–27–10 64 Recap 65 March 6 Columbus 3–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,213 27–28–10 64 Recap 66 March 8 Philadelphia 2–5 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,592 28–28–10 66 Recap 67 March 10 New Jersey 2–6 Minnesota Schneider 19,034 28–29–10 66 Recap 68 March 12 New Jersey 1–2 Colorado SO Schneider 14,607 28–29–11 67 Recap 69 March 14 New Jersey 4–1 Arizona Schneider 12,425 29–29–11 69 Recap 70 March 17 Pittsburgh 0–2 New Jersey Schneider 15,848 30–29–11 71 Recap 71 March 20 New Jersey 3–1 Buffalo Kinkaid 19,070 31–29–11 73 Recap 72 March 21 NY Islanders 3–0 New Jersey Schneider 16,592 31–30–11 73 Recap 73 March 23 Los Angeles 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 15,721 31–31–11 73 Recap 74 March 26 New Jersey 2–3 Washington OT Schneider 18,506 31–31–12 74 Recap 75 March 28 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Kinkaid 12,578 31–32–12 74 Recap 76 March 29 Anaheim 2–1 New Jersey Schneider 15,987 31–33–12 74 Recap 77 March 31 New Jersey 2–3 Columbus OT Schneider 14,524 31–33–13 75 Recap
April: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 3 Montreal 2–3 New Jersey SO Kinkaid 16,592 32–33–13 77 Recap 79 April 4 New Jersey 1–6 NY Rangers Kinkaid 18,006 32–34–13 77 Recap 80 April 7 NY Rangers 4–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,592 32–35–13 77 Recap 81 April 9 New Jersey 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Kinkaid 19,204 32–35–14 78 Recap 82 April 11 New Jersey 2–3 Florida Schneider 12,236 32–36–14 78 Recap
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 Henrique, AdamAdam Henrique 75 16 27 43 −6 34 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri 68 27 15 42 2 28 Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 69 13 21 34 −20 12 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez 58 7 27 34 −10 23 Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier 67 16 16 32 2 28 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr ‡ || 57 || 11 || 18 || 29 || −10 || 42 Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 74 11 14 25 −3 29 Larsson, AdamAdam Larsson 64 3 21 24 2 34 Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky ‡ || 63 || 4 || 19 || 23 || −7 || 42 Greene, AndyAndy Greene 82 3 19 22 1 20 Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder 47 6 13 19 −1 30 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas 61 6 13 19 −2 42 Severson, DamonDamon Severson 51 5 12 17 −13 22 Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 68 10 5 15 1 72 Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat 40 5 9 14 −11 10 Merrill, JonJon Merrill 66 2 12 14 −14 24 Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 77 7 6 13 −3 28 Gionta, StephenStephen Gionta 61 5 8 13 4 12 Josefson, JacobJacob Josefson 62 6 5 11 0 24 Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus 74 4 6 10 −9 42 Brunner, DamienDamien Brunner ‡ || 17 || 2 || 5 || 7 || −1 || 8 Harrold, PeterPeter Harrold 43 3 2 5 −10 4 Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe 13 1 3 4 −1 4 Fraser, MarkMark Fraser 34 0 4 4 2 55 Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador 15 0 2 2 −5 20 Sestito, TimTim Sestito 15 0 2 2 −1 33 Helgeson, SethSeth Helgeson 22 0 2 2 4 18 Sislo, MikeMike Sislo 10 0 1 1 −2 2 Whitney, JoeJoe Whitney 4 1 0 1 −1 0 Boucher, ReidReid Boucher 11 1 0 1 −4 0 Matteau, StefanStefan Matteau 7 1 0 1 0 4 Hrabarenka, RamanRaman Hrabarenka 1 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Schneider, CoryCory Schneider	69	68	3924	26	31	9	148	2.26	1982	0.925	5	0	2	0
Kinkaid, KeithKeith Kinkaid	19	13	925	6	5	4	40	2.59	469	0.915	0	0	0	0
Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen	3	1	102	0	0	1	8	4.71	54	0.852	0	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.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Elias, P.P. Elias NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Severson, D.D. Severson 1st career NHL game October 9, 2014 D. Severson 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 11, 2014 Sislo, M.M. Sislo 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 6, 2014 Helgeson, S.S. Helgeson 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 11, 2014 Clemmensen, S.S. Clemmensen 10,000 career NHL minutes November 22, 2014 Greene, A.A. Greene 500th career NHL game November 28, 2014 Zidlicky, M.M. Zidlicky 300th career NHL assist December 4, 2014 Jagr, J.J. Jagr 1,500th career NHL game December 8, 2014 Bernier, S.S. Bernier 200th career NHL point December 13, 2014 Kinkaid, K.K. Kinkaid 1st career NHL win December 19, 2014 Gomez, S.S. Gomez 1,000th career NHL game December 27, 2014 Schneider, C.C. Schneider 10,000 career NHL minutes December 29, 2014 Zubrus, D.D. Zubrus 1,200th career NHL game December 31, 2014 Whitney, J.J. Whitney 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point December 31, 2014 Elias, P.P. Elias 600th career NHL assist 1,000th career NHL point January 6, 2015 Cammalleri, M.M. Cammalleri 700th career NHL game January 8, 2015 Ryder, M.M. Ryder 800th career NHL game January 16, 2015 Sestito, T.T. Sestito 100th career NHL game January 16, 2015 P. Elias 400th career NHL goal February 6, 2015

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades Date Details February 26, 2015 To Florida Panthers Jaromir Jagr To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 March 2, 2015 To Detroit Red Wings Marek Zidlicky To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Mike Cammalleri Calgary Flames 5 years, $25 million July 1, 2014 Martin Havlat San Jose Sharks 1 year, $1.5 million July 1, 2014 Scott Clemmensen Florida Panthers 1 year, $600,000 October 7, 2014 Jordin Tootoo Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $550,000 December 1, 2014 Scott Gomez Florida Panthers 1 year, $550,000 May 29, 2015 Sergey Kalinin Avangard Omsk entry-level contract June 15, 2015 Vojtech Mozik HC Plzen entry-level contract Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Mark Fayne Edmonton Oilers 4 years, $14 million July 7, 2014 Anton Volchenkov Nashville Predators 1 year, $1 million August 14, 2014 Mattias Tedenby HV71 2 years October 6, 2014 Ryan Carter Minnesota Wild 1 year, $725,000 December 2, 2014 Martin Brodeur St. Louis Blues 1 year, $700,000 Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Lost via waivers Player New team Date Players released Date Player Via Ref June 30, 2014 Anton Volchenkov Compliance buyout Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Corbin McPherson 1 years, $550,000 July 2, 2014 Steve Bernier 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2014 Stephen Gionta 2 years, $1.7 million July 9, 2014 Cory Schneider 7 years, $42 million July 30, 2014 Andy Greene 5 years, $25 million September 15, 2014 Eric Gelinas 1 year, $900,000 April 14, 2015 Keith Kinkaid 2 years, contract extension May 9, 2015 Jordin Tootoo 1 year, $825,000 May 27, 2015 Ryan Kujawinski entry-level contract May 27, 2015 Blake Pietila entry-level contract June 22, 2015 Scott Wedgewood 2 years, $1.175 million Lost via retirement Player Date Draft picks See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team finished the previous season ranked 20th in the league, but were relegated to select 30th overall for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 1 30 John Quenneville C  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 2 41 Joshua Jacobs D  United States Indiana Ice (USHL) 3 71 Connor Chatham RW  United States Plymouth Whalers (OHL) 5 131 Ryan Rehill D  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 6 152a  Joey Dudek C  United States Kimball Union Academy (High-NH) 6 161 Brandon Baddock LW  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) Draft notes New Jersey will pick 30th overall in the first round. The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 (they elected to keep their first-round picks in 2011, 2012 and 2013) as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk. The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011. The NHL partially rescinded the penalty keeping all of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million. New Jersey's fourth-round pick will go to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on February 13, 2013, that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to New Jersey in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2013 and this pick. a  The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick will go to New Jersey as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick. New Jersey's seventh-round pick will go to Arizona as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Steve Sullivan to New Jersey in exchange for this pick. References New Jersey Devils Team Kansas City Scouts • Colorado Rockies • Players • Award Winners • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • • Continental Airlines Arena • Prudential Center New Jersey Devils coaches MacMillan • McVie • Carpenter • Schoenfeld • Cunniff • Brooks • Lemaire • Ftorek • Robinson • Constantine • Burns • Lamoriello • Julien • Sutter Division titles 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07 Conference Championships 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03 Stanley Cups 1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03 Affiliates Lowell Devils (AHL), Trenton Devils (ECHL)