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2019–20 New Jersey Devils
Division 8th Metropolitan
Conference 14th Eastern
2019–20 record 28–29–12
Home record 13–11–10
Road record 15–18–2
Goals for 189
Goals against 230
General Manager 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)
Alternate captains Taylor Hall (Oct. 4 – Dec. 16)
Nico Hischier (Jan. 4 – Mar. 12)
Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 13 – Mar. 12)
Travis Zajac
Arena Prudential Center
Average attendance 14,899[1]
Team leaders
Goals Kyle Palmieri (25)
Assists Nikita Gusev (31)
Points Kyle Palmieri (45)
Penalties in minutes P. K. Subban (79)
Wins Mackenzie Blackwood (22)
Goals against average 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.[5]

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

2019-20 NHL Metropolitan Division Standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 Washington Capitals 69 41 20 8 31 240 215 .652
2 Philadelphia Flyers 69 41 21 7 31 232 196 86
3 Pittsburgh Penguins 69 40 23 6 29 224 196 86
4 Carolina Hurricanes 68 38 25 5 27 222 193 81
5 New York Islanders 68 35 23 10 24 192 193 80
6 Columbus BlueJackets 70 33 22 15 25 180 187 81
7 New York Rangers 70 37 28 5 31 234 222 79
8 New Jersey Devils 69 28 29 12 22 189 230 68


Eastern Conference[]

2019-20 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 Boston Bruins 70 44 14 12 38 227 174 .714
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 70 43 21 6 35 245 195 .657
3 Washington Capitals 69 41 20 8 31 240 215 .652
4 Philadelphia Flyers 69 41 21 7 31 232 196 .645
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 69 40 23 6 29 224 196 .623
6 Carolina Hurricanes 68 38 25 5 27 222 193 .596
7 New York Islanders 68 35 23 10 24 192 193 .588
8 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 36 25 9 28 238 227 .579
9 Columbus BlueJackets 70 33 22 15 25 180 187 .579
10 Florida Panthers 69 35 26 8 30 231 228 .565
11 New York Rangers 70 37 28 5 31 234 222 .564
12 Montreal Canadiens 71 31 31 9 19 212 221 .500
13 Buffalo Sabres 69 30 31 8 22 195 217 .493
14 New Jersey Devils 69 28 29 12 22 189 230 .493
15 Ottawa Senators 71 25 34 12 18 191 243 .437
16 Detroit Red Wings 71 17 49 5 13 145 267 .275


Schedule and results[]

Preseason[]

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[6]

Regular season[]

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[7]

2019–20 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics[]

As of March 12, 2020[8]

Skaters[]

Regular season[9]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Palmieri, KyleKyle Palmieri 65 25 20 45 –4 41
Gusev, NikitaNikita Gusev 66 13 31 44 –15 12
Hischier, NicoNico Hischier 58 14 22 36 –16 12
Bratt, JesperJesper Bratt 60 16 16 32 –6 6
Zacha, PavelPavel Zacha 65 8 24 32 –12 14
Coleman, BlakeBlake Coleman

|| 57 || 21 || 10 || 31 || –2 || 40

Severson, DamonDamon Severson 69 8 23 31 –20 52
Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 69 9 16 25 –12 28
Hall, TaylorTaylor Hall

|| 30 || 6 || 19 || 25 || –11 || 20

Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds

|| 61 || 8 || 16 || 24 || –17 || 64

Wood, MilesMiles Wood 68 11 12 23 –19 57
Vatanen, SamiSami Vatanen

|| 47 || 5 || 18 || 23 || –12 || 22

Hughes, JackJack Hughes 61 7 14 21 –26 10
Butcher, WillWill Butcher 56 4 17 21 –8 6
Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 68 7 11 18 –21 79
Greene, AndyAndy Greene

|| 53 || 2 || 9 || 11 || +1 || 14

Rooney, KevinKevin Rooney 49 4 5 9 +8 20
Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller 50 2 5 7 –13 23
Anderson, JoeyJoey Anderson 18 4 2 6 +1 2
Carrick, ConnorConnor Carrick 29 1 5 6 –6 17
Boqvist, JesperJesper Boqvist 35 4 0 4 –11 8
Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden 43 3 1 4 –2 77
Mermis, DakotaDakota Mermis 10 1 3 4 +7 4
Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson 20 0 3 3 –2 6
Claesson, FredrikFredrik Claesson

|| 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || +1 || 0

Merkley, NickNick Merkley 4 1 1 2 0 2
McLeod, MichaelMichael McLeod 12 0 2 2 +4 4
Street, BenBen Street 3 0 1 1 +1 0
Seney, BrettBrett Seney 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Jacobs, JoshJosh Jacobs 2 0 0 0 +1 2
White, ColtonColton White 6 0 0 0 –2 4
Kuokkanen, JanneJanne Kuokkanen

|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Goaltenders[]

Regular season[10]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Blackwood, MackenzieMackenzie Blackwood 47 43 2,684:01 22 14 8 124 2.77 1,452 .915 3 0 1 0
Schneider, CoryCory Schneider 13 11 679:16 3 6 2 40 3.53 355 .887 1 0 0 0
Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue

|| 16 || 14 || 743:32 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 47 || 3.79 || 399 || .882 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Senn, GillesGilles Senn 2 1 70:05 0 1 0 4 3.42 41 .902 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.

Transactions[]

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Chicago Blackhawks
John Quenneville
To New Jersey Devils
John Hayden
[11]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Nashville Predators
Steven Santini
Jeremy Davies
2nd-round pick in 2019
2nd-round pick in 2020
To New Jersey Devils
P. K. Subban
[12]
June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23) To Nashville Predators
Future considerations
To New Jersey Devils
Adam Helewka
[13][14]
July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29) To Vegas Golden Knights
3rd-round pick in 2020
2nd-round pick in 2021
To New Jersey Devils
Nikita Gusev
[15]
November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021
To New Jersey Devils
Louis Domingue
[16]
December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16) 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
[17]
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) To New York Islanders
Andy Greene
To New Jersey Devils
David Quenneville
2nd-round pick in 2021
[18]
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Blake Coleman
To New Jersey Devils
Nolan Foote
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020
[19]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) To Buffalo Sabres
Wayne Simmonds
To New Jersey Devils
Conditional 5th-round pick in 2021
[20]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) To Carolina Hurricanes
Sami Vatanen
To New Jersey Devils
Fredrik Claesson
Janne Kuokkanen
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020
[21]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) To Vancouver Canucks
Louis Domingue
To New Jersey Devils
Zane McIntyre
[22]

Free agents[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Kurtis Gabriel to Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [23]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Nick Lappin to St. Louis Blues 1-year [24]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Dakota Mermis from Arizona Coyotes 1-year [25]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Blake Pietila to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [26]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Wayne Simmonds from Nashville Predators 1-year [27]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Ben Street from Anaheim Ducks 1-year [28]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Matt Tennyson from Buffalo Sabres 2-year [29]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) Cam Johnson to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 1-year [30]
July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24) Kenny Agostino to Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year [31]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19) Eric Tangradi to Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL) 1-year [32]
October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04) Stefan Noesen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 1-year [33]
October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) Joe Morrow from Winnipeg Jets 1-year [34]
February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23) Julian Melchiori from Binghamton Devils (AHL) 1-year [35]

Waivers[]

Date Player Team Ref

Contract terminations[]

Date Player Via Ref
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28) Adam Helewka Mutual termination [36]
December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15) Joe Morrow Mutual termination [37]

Retirement[]

Date Player Ref
September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22) Eric Gryba [38]

Signings[]

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) Jack Hughes 3-year [39]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15) Brandon Baddock 1-year [40]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15) Josh Jacobs 1-year [40]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) Connor Carrick 2-year [41]
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22) Mirco Mueller 1-year [42]
July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29) Nikita Gusev 2-year [15]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31) Will Butcher 3-year [43]
September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) Pavel Zacha 3-year [44]
October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19) Nico Hischier 7-year [45]
December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30) Nikita Okhotyuk 3-year [46]

Draft picks[]

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 (League)
1 1 Jack Hughes C  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 611 Nikita Okhotyuk D  Russia Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3 702 Daniil Misyul D  Russia Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
3 803 Graeme Clarke RW  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3 824 Michael Vukojevic D  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4 96 Tyce Thompson RW  Canada Providence (Hockey East)
4 1185 Case McCarthy D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 127 Cole Brady G  Canada Janesville Jets (NAHL)
5 1296 Arseny Gritsyuk LW  Russia Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
6 158 Patrick Moynihan RW  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7 189 Nikola Pasic RW  Sweden Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Notes:

  1. The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Marcus Johansson to Boston in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 and this pick.[47]
  2. The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on November 30, 2017, that sent Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and a third-round pick in 2018 to Anaheim in exchange for Sami Vatanen and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[48]
  3. The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 23, 2019, that sent Ben Lovejoy to Dallas in exchange for Connor Carrick and this pick.[49]
  4. The Winnipeg Jets' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Nashville's second-round pick in 2019 (55th overall) to San Jose in exchange for a third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) and this pick.[50]
  5. The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for Buffalo's fifth-round pick in 2019 (129th overall) and this pick.[51]
  6. The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019 (118th overall) and this pick.[51]

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  48. Devils acquire D Sami Vatanen and conditional third-round pick from ANA (November 30, 2017). Retrieved on June 15, 2019.
  49. Devils acquire Third-Round pick and defenseman Connor Carrick from Dallas (February 23, 2019). Retrieved on June 15, 2019.
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  51. 51.0 51.1 Capitals Make Three Selections on Second Day of 2019 NHL Draft (June 22, 2019). Retrieved on June 28, 2019.
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