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)
Penalties in minutes	Jordin Tootoo (70)
Plus/minus	(+): Stephen Gionta (6) (−): Patrik Elias (–16)
Wins	Cory Schneider (26)
Goals against average	Cory Schneider (2.17)
<2013–14	2015–16>

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 32nd 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

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101
4	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	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	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
Adam Henrique	75	16	27	43	−6	34
Michael Cammalleri	68	27	15	42	2	28
Patrik Elias	69	13	21	34	−20	12
Scott Gomez	58	7	27	34	−10	23
Steve Bernier	67	16	16	32	2	28
Jaromir Jagr‡	57	11	18	29	−10	42
Travis Zajac	74	11	14	25	−3	29
Adam Larsson	64	3	21	24	2	34
Marek Zidlicky‡	63	4	19	23	−7	42
Andy Greene	82	3	19	22	1	20
Michael Ryder	47	6	13	19	−1	30
Eric Gelinas	61	6	13	19	−2	42
Damon Severson	51	5	12	17	−13	22
Jordin Tootoo	68	10	5	15	1	72
Martin Havlat	40	5	9	14	−11	10
Jon Merrill	66	2	12	14	−14	24
Tuomo Ruutu	77	7	6	13	−3	28
Stephen Gionta	61	5	8	13	4	12
Jacob Josefson	62	6	5	11	0	24
Dainius Zubrus	74	4	6	10	−9	42
Damien Brunner‡	17	2	5	7	−1	8
Peter Harrold	43	3	2	5	−10	4
Ryane Clowe	13	1	3	4	−1	4
Mark Fraser	34	0	4	4	2	55
Bryce Salvador	15	0	2	2	−5	20
Tim Sestito	15	0	2	2	−1	33
Seth Helgeson	22	0	2	2	4	18
Mike Sislo	10	0	1	1	−2	2
Joe Whitney	4	1	0	1	−1	0
Reid Boucher	11	1	0	1	−4	0
Stefan Matteau	7	1	0	1	0	4
Raman 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
Cory Schneider	69	68	3924	26	31	9	148	2.26	1982	0.925	5	0	2	0
Keith Kinkaid	19	13	925	6	5	4	40	2.59	469	0.915	0	0	0	0
Scott 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
P. Elias	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular season

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