2014–15 New Jersey Devils season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2014–15
Year:	2014
Team:	New Jersey Devils
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	13th
Division:	Metropolitan
Divisionrank:	7th
Record:	32–36–14
Homerecord:	19–14–8
Roadrecord:	13–22–6
Goalsfor:	181
Goalsagainst:	216
Generalmanager:	Lou Lamoriello
Coach:	Peter DeBoer (Oct.–Dec.) Adam Oates and Scott Stevens (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain:	Bryce Salvador
Altcaptain:	Patrik Elias Andy Greene Travis Zajac
Arena:	Prudential Center
Attendance:	15,189^[1]
Goalsleader:	Mike Cammalleri (25)
Assistsleader:	Scott Gomez (27)
Pointsleader:	Adam Henrique (40)
Plusminusleader:	Stephen Gionta (+6)
Pimleader:	Jordin Tootoo (70)
Winsleader:	Cory Schneider (26)
Gaaleader:	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 prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[2] The Devils missed the playoffs for the third straight year.

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			18,006	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 25	New Jersey	0–4	Philadelphia			18,850	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 26	New Jersey	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Kinkaid	11,823	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 28	Philadelphia	1–3	New Jersey			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:* 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				19,801	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 11	New Jersey	5–1			Schneider	11,419	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 14	New Jersey	2–1			Schneider	18,064	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 16	New Jersey	2–6			Schneider	18,506	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 18		4–2	New Jersey		Schneider	16,592	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 21		4–3	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	14,484	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 24		3–2	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	14,657	3–2–2	8	Recap
8	October 25	New Jersey	3–2		OT	Schneider	19,266	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 28	New Jersey	3–8			Schneider	18,650	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	October 30		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		2–3	New Jersey			13,542	6–3–2	14	Recap
12	November 4		1–0	New Jersey		Schneider	15,102	6–4–2	14	Recap
13	November 6	New Jersey	3–4				16,523	6–5–2	14	Recap
14	November 7	New Jersey	2–4			Schneider	20,027	6–6–2	14	Recap
15	November 10	New Jersey	2–4			Schneider	17,565	6–7–2	14	Recap
16	November 11		1–3	New Jersey		Schneider	14,256	7–7–2	16	Recap
17	November 14	New Jersey	1–0			Schneider	18,506	8–7–2	18	Recap
18	November 15		3–2	New Jersey		Schneider	15,626	8–8–2	18	Recap
19	November 18	New Jersey	1–3			Schneider	15,016	8–9–2	18	Recap
20	November 21	New Jersey	2–0			Schneider	16,839	9–9–2	20	Recap
21	November 22	New Jersey	4–5		SO		18,874	9–9–3	21	Recap
22	November 25	New Jersey	0–2			Schneider	18,606	9–10–3	21	Recap
23	November 28		5–4	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	16,592	9–10–4	22	Recap
24	November 29	New Jersey	1–3			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				18,572	9–12–4	22	Recap
26	December 4	New Jersey	5–3			Schneider	18,877	10–12–4	24	Recap
27	December 6		4–1	New Jersey		Schneider	15,230	10–13–4	24	Recap
28	December 8	New Jersey	2–1			Schneider	9,815	11–13–4	26	Recap
29	December 9		3–2	New Jersey	SO		16,210	11–13–5	27	Recap
30	December 11	New Jersey	1–4			Schneider	19,572	11–14–5	27	Recap
31	December 13	New Jersey	3–4			Schneider	16,110	11–15–5	27	Recap
32	December 15	New Jersey	2–3		SO	Kinkaid	13,408	11–15–6	28	Recap
33	December 17		2–0	New Jersey		Schneider	15,379	11–16–6	28	Recap
34	December 19		3–2	New Jersey	SO	Kinkaid	14,916	12–16–6	30	Recap
35	December 20		4–0	New Jersey		Schneider	14,776	12–17–6	30	Recap
36	December 23		2–1	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	16,101	12–17–7	31	Recap
37	December 27	New Jersey	1–3			Schneider	18,006	12–18–7	31	Recap
38	December 29		1–3	New Jersey		Schneider	16,592	13–18–7	33	Recap
39	December 31	New Jersey	1–3			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		4–2	New Jersey			16,174	13–20–7	33	Recap
41	January 3		2–5	New Jersey			15,066	14–20–7	35	Recap
42	January 6		1–4	New Jersey		Schneider	15,162	15–20–7	37	Recap
43	January 8	New Jersey	0–3			Schneider	17,565	15–21–7	37	Recap
44	January 9		3–2	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	16,592	15–21–8	38	Recap
45	January 14	New Jersey	5–3			Schneider	18,230	16–21–8	40	Recap
46	January 16	New Jersey	1–5			Schneider	17,174	16–22–8	40	Recap
47	January 19	New Jersey	5–2			Schneider	17,562	17–22–8	42	Recap
48	January 28		1–2	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	15,882	18–22–8	44	Recap
49	January 30		2–1	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,592	18–22–9	45	Recap
50	January 31		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		1–2	New Jersey			11,461	20–22–9	49	Recap
52	February 6		1–4	New Jersey		Schneider	15,594	21–22–9	51	Recap
53	February 7	New Jersey	2–6				21,287	21–23–9	51	Recap
54	February 9		2–1	New Jersey		Schneider	11,519	21–24–9	51	Recap
55	February 13	New Jersey	1–3			Schneider	22,186	21–25–9	51	Recap
56	February 14	New Jersey	1–3			Schneider	17,333	21–26–9	51	Recap
57	February 17		1–2	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	13,517	22–26–9	53	Recap
58	February 20		2–4	New Jersey		Schneider	14,822	23–26–9	55	Recap
59	February 21		1–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,610	24–26–9	57	Recap
60	February 23		0–3	New Jersey		Schneider	12,159	25–26–9	59	Recap
61	February 25		3–1	New Jersey		Schneider	13,662	25–27–9	59	Recap
62	February 27		3–2	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,592	25–27–10	60	Recap
63	February 28	New Jersey	2–0			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		1–3	New Jersey			13,012	27–27–10	64	Recap
65	March 6		3–2	New Jersey		Schneider	16,213	27–28–10	64	Recap
66	March 8		2–5	New Jersey			16,592	28–28–10	66	Recap
67	March 10	New Jersey	2–6			Schneider	19,034	28–29–10	66	Recap
68	March 12	New Jersey	1–2		SO	Schneider	14,607	28–29–11	67	Recap
69	March 14	New Jersey	4–1			Schneider	12,425	29–29–11	69	Recap
70	March 17		0–2	New Jersey		Schneider	15,848	30–29–11	71	Recap
71	March 20	New Jersey	3–1			Kinkaid	19,070	31–29–11	73	Recap
72	March 21		3–0	New Jersey		Schneider	16,592	31–30–11	73	Recap
73	March 23		3–1	New Jersey		Schneider	15,721	31–31–11	73	Recap
74	March 26	New Jersey	2–3		OT	Schneider	18,506	31–31–12	74	Recap
75	March 28	New Jersey	1–3			Kinkaid	12,578	31–32–12	74	Recap
76	March 29		2–1	New Jersey		Schneider	15,987	31–33–12	74	Recap
77	March 31	New Jersey	2–3		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		2–3	New Jersey	SO		16,592	32–33–13	77	Recap
79	April 4	New Jersey	1–6			Kinkaid	18,006	32–34–13	77	Recap
80	April 7		4–2	New Jersey			16,592	32–35–13	77	Recap
81	April 9	New Jersey	3–4		OT	Kinkaid	19,204	32–35–14	78	Recap
82	April 11	New Jersey	2–3			Schneider	12,236	32–36–14	78	Recap

Legend:

Player statistics

Final stats^[4]

Skaters

Regular season
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	75	16	27	43	−6	34
	68	27	15	42	2	28
	69	13	21	34	−20	12
	58	7	27	34	−10	23
	67	16	16	32	2	28
^‡	57	11	18	29	−10	42
	74	11	14	25	−3	29
	64	3	21	24	2	34
^‡	63	4	19	23	−7	42
	82	3	19	22	1	20
	47	6	13	19	−1	30
	61	6	13	19	−2	42
	51	5	12	17	−13	22
	68	10	5	15	1	72
	40	5	9	14	−11	10
	66	2	12	14	−14	24
	77	7	6	13	−3	28
	61	5	8	13	4	12
	62	6	5	11	0	24
	74	4	6	10	−9	42
^‡	17	2	5	7	−1	8
	43	3	2	5	−10	4
	13	1	3	4	−1	4
	34	0	4	4	2	55
	15	0	2	2	−5	20
	15	0	2	2	−1	33
	22	0	2	2	4	18
	4	1	0	1	−1	0
	11	1	0	1	−4	0
	7	1	0	1	0	4
	10	0	1	1	−2	2
	1	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player
style=white-space:nowrap	69	68	3924	26	31	9	148	2.26	1982	0.925	5	2
style=white-space:nowrap	19	13	925	6	5	4	40	2.59	469	0.915	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap	3	1	102	0	0	1	8	4.71	54	0.852	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

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career NHL game	October 9, 2014
D. Severson	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 11, 2014
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 6, 2014
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 11, 2014
	10,000 career NHL minutes	November 22, 2014
	500th career NHL game	November 28, 2014
	300th career NHL assist	December 4, 2014
	1,500th career NHL game	December 8, 2014
	200th career NHL point	December 13, 2014
	1st career NHL win	December 19, 2014
	1,000th career NHL game	December 27, 2014
	10,000 career NHL minutes	December 29, 2014
	1,200th career NHL game	December 31, 2014
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 31, 2014
	600th career NHL assist 1,000th career NHL point	January 6, 2015
	700th career NHL game	January 8, 2015
	800th career NHL game	January 16, 2015
	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
February 26, 2015^[6]	To Florida Panthers Jaromir Jagr	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015^[7]	To Detroit Red Wings Marek Zidlicky

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014			5 years, $25 million	^[8]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $1.5 million	^[9]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $600,000	^[10]
October 7, 2014			1 year, $550,000	^[11]
December 1, 2014			1 year, $550,000	^[12]
May 29, 2015			entry-level contract	^[13]
June 15, 2015			entry-level contract	^[14]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014			4 years, $14 million	^[15]
July 7, 2014			1 year, $1 million	^[16]
August 14, 2014			2 years	^[17]
October 6, 2014			1 year, $725,000	^[18]
December 2, 2014			1 year, $700,000	^[19]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Corbin McPherson	1 years, $550,000	^[21]
July 2, 2014		1 year, $600,000	^[22]
July 2, 2014		2 years, $1.7 million
July 9, 2014		7 years, $42 million	^[23]
July 30, 2014		5 years, $25 million	^[24]
September 15, 2014		1 year, $900,000	^[25]
April 14, 2015		2 years, contract extension	^[26]
May 9, 2015		1 year, $825,000	^[27]
May 27, 2015		entry-level contract	^[28]
May 27, 2015		entry-level contract
June 22, 2015		2 years, $1.175 million	^[29]

Lost via retirement

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.^[30] 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.^[31]

Round		Player	Pos	College/junior/club team (league)
1	30	John Quenneville	C	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2	41	Joshua Jacobs	D	Indiana Ice (USHL)
3	71	Connor Chatham	RW	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
5	131	Ryan Rehill	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	152	Joey Dudek	C	Kimball Union Academy (High-NH)
6	161	Brandon Baddock	LW	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

Draft notes^[32]

New Jersey will pick 30th overall in the first round.^[33] ^[34] 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)^[35] 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.^[36] 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.^[34] ^[37]
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.^[38]
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.^[39]
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.^[40]

Notes and References

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Web site: Devils forward Gomez fined for elbowing. NHL. April 4, 2015.
Web site: 2014-2015 Regular Season Stats - Points - New Jersey Devils - Statistics. New Jersey Devils. April 15, 2015.
Web site: 2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets. NHL. January 10, 2015.
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755346 Devils acquire second, third-round picks from Florida for Jagr
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=756135 Devils acquire conditional 3rd-round pick from Detroit for D Marek Zidlicky
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724864 Devils sign Mike Cammalleri
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724971 Devils ink forward Martin Havlat
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724992 Clemmensen signs with Devils
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=733371 Devils sign Jordin Tootoo
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=741774 Devils bring back veteran center Gomez
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=769213 Devils ink Kalinin to entry-level contract
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=770958 Devils sign defenseman Vojtech Mozik
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=30367 BLOG: Mark Fayne signs with Oilers
http://predators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725597 Nashville Predators Sign Anton Volchenkov to a One-Year Contract
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/shl/hv71/article19364695.ab "Tedenby: "Vi har grymma supportrar""
http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=733273 Wild Inks Carter To One-Year Deal
http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=741885 Blues Sign Brodeur to One-Year Deal
Web site: Blueliners O'Brien, Gleason and Volchenkov put on waivers . December 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813131209/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456069 . August 13, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
Web site: Devils Address Offensive Needs Through Free Agency The NHL Files . July 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234336/http://nhlfiles.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/devils-address-offensive-needs-through-free-agency/ . July 14, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=725149 Devils re-sign forwards Gionta, Bernier
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725837 Devils re-sign Cory Schneider
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=727543 Devils Re-Sign Defenseman Andy Greene to Long-Term Contract
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=730476 Devils re-sign D Eric Gelinas
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=763255 Devils re-sign Kinkaid to two-year contract
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=767072 Devils re-sign Jordin Tootoo
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=768992 Devils sign prospects Ryan Kujawinski, Blake Pietila
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=771620 Devils re-sign G Scott Wedgewood
Web site: Cats Win NHL Draft Lottery. April 15, 2014.
Web site: New Jersey Devils won't have to forfeit first-round pick over Ilya Kovalchuk deal, NHL announces | National Post . April 17, 2014 . https://archive.today/20140417035925/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/03/06/new-jersey-devils-wont-have-to-forfeit-first-round-pick-over-ilya-kovalchuk-deal-nhl-announces/ . April 17, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
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NHL . Devils' penalty for Kovalchuk contract modified . March 6, 2014 . March 6, 2014.
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Web site: NHL fines Devils, take away draft picks for cap circumvention. TSN. September 13, 2010. December 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224113457/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333690. February 24, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: TSN.ca . NHL ALTERS PUNISHMENT TO DEVILS OVER KOVALCHUK CONTRACT . March 6, 2014 . December 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306203806/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=445439&hubname=nhl-devils . March 6, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
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Web site: Devils get Steve Sullivan from Coyotes. National Hockey League. April 3, 2013. April 3, 2013.