2022–23 New Jersey Devils season

The 2022–23 New Jersey Devils season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 41st season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. This season saw the Devils clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2018 following a win over the Ottawa Senators on March 25, 2023. On April 6, the team recorded its second 50-win season in franchise history. In the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Devils defeated the New York Rangers in a seven-game series. It was their first playoff series win since the 2011–12 season, which was also against the Rangers. They were then defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes in five games in the second round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 28, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 New Jersey 2–1 Montreal Daws 19,308 1–0–0 2 September 27 NY Islanders 1–4 New Jersey Vaněček 5,526 2–0–0 3 September 29 New Jersey 5–2 NY Rangers Vaněček 14,237 3–0–0 4 September 30 NY Rangers 2–1 New Jersey Blackwood 11,068 3–1–0 5 October 3 Boston 0–1 New Jersey Vaněček 5,077 4–1–0 6 October 6 New Jersey 2–5 NY Islanders Blackwood 7,512 4–2–0 7 October 8 New Jersey 5–3 Boston Vaněček 17,850 5–2–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 6–3–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 New Jersey 2–5 Philadelphia Blackwood 19,107 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 Detroit 5–2 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 0–2–0 0 3 October 18 Anaheim 2–4 New Jersey Blackwood 10,130 1–2–0 2 4 October 20 New Jersey 4–1 NY Islanders Blackwood 16,046 2–2–0 4 5 October 22 San Jose 1–2 New Jersey Blackwood 11,037 3–2–0 6 6 October 24 Washington 6–3 New Jersey Blackwood 11,405 3–3–0 6 7 October 25 New Jersey 6–2 Detroit Vaněček 16,546 4–3–0 8 8 October 28 Colorado 0–1 New Jersey Vaněček 12,502 5–3–0 10 9 October 30 Columbus 1–7 New Jersey Vaněček 11,547 6–3–0 12 November: 13–1–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 8–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 New Jersey 5–2 Vancouver Blackwood 18,548 7–3–0 14 11 November 3 New Jersey 4–3 Edmonton Vaněček 17,021 8–3–0 16 12 November 5 New Jersey 4–3 Calgary OT Vaněček 17,386 9–3–0 18 13 November 8 Calgary 2–3 New Jersey Vaněček 13,096 10–3–0 20 14 November 10 Ottawa 3–4 New Jersey OT Schmid 13,806 11–3–0 22 15 November 12 Arizona 2–4 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 12–3–0 24 16 November 15 New Jersey 5–1 Montreal Vaněček 20,753 13–3–0 26 17 November 17 New Jersey 3–2 Toronto OT Vaněček 18,189 14–3–0 28 18 November 19 New Jersey 5–1 Ottawa Schmid 18,881 15–3–0 30 19 November 21 Edmonton 2–5 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 16–3–0 32 20 November 23 Toronto 2–1 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 16–4–0 32 21 November 25 New Jersey 3–1 Buffalo Schmid 16,727 17–4–0 34 22 November 26 Washington 1–5 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 18–4–0 36 23 November 28 New Jersey 5–3 NY Rangers Vaněček 17,928 19–4–0 38 December: 4–7–2 (home: 1–6–1; road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Nashville 4–3 New Jersey OT Vaněček 14,071 19–4–1 39 25 December 3 New Jersey 3–2 Philadelphia Schmid 18,427 20–4–1 41 26 December 6 Chicago 0–3 New Jersey Vaněček 13,071 21–4–1 43 27 December 9 NY Islanders 6–4 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 21–5–1 43 28 December 12 New Jersey 3–4 NY Rangers OT Vaněček 18,006 21–5–2 44 29 December 13 Dallas 4–1 New Jersey Schmid 13,114 21–6–2 44 30 December 15 Philadelphia 2–1 New Jersey Vaněček 14,137 21–7–2 44 31 December 17 Florida 4–2 New Jersey Schmid 15,082 21–8–2 44 32 December 20 New Jersey 1–4 Carolina Vaněček 18,680 21–9–2 44 33 December 21 New Jersey 4–2 Florida Blackwood 17,073 22–9–2 46 34 December 23 Boston 4–3 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 22–10–2 46 35 December 28 Boston 3–1 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 22–11–2 46 36 December 30 New Jersey 4–2 Pittsburgh Vaněček 18,387 23–11–2 48 January: 9–2–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 6–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1 Carolina 5–4 New Jersey SO Blackwood 16,514 23–11–3 49 38 January 4 New Jersey 5–1 Detroit Vaněček 19,515 24–11–3 51 39 January 5 St. Louis 5–3 New Jersey Schmid 15,561 24–12–3 51 40 January 7 NY Rangers 3–4 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 25–12–3 53 41 January 10 New Jersey 5–3 Carolina Vaněček 18,092 26–12–3 55 42 January 13 New Jersey 6–2 Anaheim Vaněček 16,167 27–12–3 57 43 January 14 New Jersey 5–2 Los Angeles Blackwood 18,230 28–12–3 59 44 January 16 New Jersey 4–3 San Jose SO Vaněček 13,293 29–12–3 61 45 January 19 New Jersey 3–4 Seattle OT Blackwood 17,151 29–12–4 62 46 January 22 Pittsburgh 1–2 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 30–12–4 64 47 January 24 Vegas 2–3 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,086 31–12–4 66 48 January 26 New Jersey 4–6 Nashville Blackwood 17,164 31–13–4 66 49 January 27 New Jersey 3–2 Dallas OT Vaněček 18,532 32–13–4 68 February: 7–2–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 6 Vancouver 4–5 New Jersey OT Vaněček 14,630 33–13–4 70 51 February 9 Seattle 1–3 New Jersey Blackwood 15,697 34–13–4 72 52 February 11 New Jersey 2–3 Minnesota SO Vaněček 19,065 34–13–5 73 53 February 14 New Jersey 3–2 Columbus Vaněček 15,840 35–13–5 75 54 February 16 New Jersey 2–4 St. Louis Blackwood 18,096 35–14–5 75 55 February 18 New Jersey 5–2 Pittsburgh Vaněček 18,427 36–14–5 77 56 February 19 Winnipeg 2–4 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 37–14–5 79 57 February 21 Montreal 5–2 New Jersey Vaněček 14,854 37–15–5 79 58 February 23 Los Angeles 3–4 New Jersey OT Vaněček 15,397 38–15–5 81 59 February 25 Philadelphia 0–7 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 39–15–5 83 March: 8–5–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 New Jersey 7–5 Colorado Vaněček 18,131 40–15–5 85 61 March 3 New Jersey 3–4 Vegas SO Schmid 18,033 40–15–6 86 62 March 5 New Jersey 5–4 Arizona OT Vaněček 4,600 41–15–6 88 63 March 7 Toronto 4–3 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 41–16–6 88 64 March 9 New Jersey 3–2 Washington SO Schmid 18,573 42–16–6 90 65 March 11 New Jersey 3–1 Montreal Schmid 21,105 43–16–6 92 66 March 12 Carolina 0–3 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 44–16–6 94 67 March 14 Tampa Bay 4–1 New Jersey Vaněček 15,622 44–17–6 94 68 March 16 Tampa Bay 4–3 New Jersey SO Schmid 16,094 44–17–7 95 69 March 18 New Jersey 2–4 Florida Schmid 17,321 44–18–7 95 70 March 19 New Jersey 5–2 Tampa Bay Vaněček 19,092 45–18–7 97 71 March 21 Minnesota 2–1 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,124 45–18–8 98 72 March 24 New Jersey 4–5 Buffalo Vaněček 17,101 45–19–8 98 73 March 25 Ottawa 3–5 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 46–19–8 100 74 March 27 New Jersey 1–5 NY Islanders Vaněček 17,255 46–20–8 100 75 March 30 NY Rangers 1–2 New Jersey Vaněček 16,669 47–20–8 102 April: 5–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 New Jersey 6–3 Chicago Blackwood 18,778 48–20–8 104 77 April 2 New Jersey 1–6 Winnipeg Vaněček 14,107 48–21–8 104 78 April 4 Pittsburgh 1–5 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 49–21–8 106 79 April 6 Columbus 1–8 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 50–21–8 108 80 April 8 New Jersey 1–2 Boston Blackwood 17,850 50–22–8 108 81 April 11 Buffalo 2–6 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 51–22–8 110 82 April 13 New Jersey 5–4 Washington OT Schmid 18,573 52–22–8 112 Legend:

Playoffs

The Devils faced the New York Rangers in the first round, and won the series in seven games. The Devils played the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round, losing the series in five games. 2023 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference first round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 NY Rangers 5–1 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 0–1 2 April 20 NY Rangers 5–1 New Jersey Vaněček 16,760 0–2 3 April 22 New Jersey 2–1 NY Rangers OT Schmid 18,006 1–2 4 April 24 New Jersey 3–1 NY Rangers Schmid 18,006 2–2 5 April 27 NY Rangers 0–4 New Jersey Schmid 17,114 3–2 6 April 29 New Jersey 2–5 NY Rangers Schmid 18,006 3–3 7 May 1 NY Rangers 0–4 New Jersey Schmid 17,241 4–3 Eastern Conference second round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 New Jersey 1–5 Carolina Schmid 18,735 0–1 2 May 5 New Jersey 1–6 Carolina Schmid 18,982 0–2 3 May 7 Carolina 4–8 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 1–2 4 May 9 Carolina 6–1 New Jersey Vaněček 17,016 1–3 5 May 11 New Jersey 2–3 Carolina OT Schmid 18,841 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of May 11, 2023

Skaters

Regular season Player 78 43 56 99 +10 6 81 31 49 80 +33 10 82 22 52 74 +23 50 82 32 41 73 +14 6 82 27 29 56 +22 14 82 20 28 48 +41 30 80 14 27 41 +13 47 81 7 26 33 +9 38 75 13 17 30 16 76 13 14 27 +1 76 78 8 18 26 +34 28 80 4 22 26 +6 43 49 8 15 23 +5 6 70 10 11 21 +8 2 80 4 17 21 +27 44‡ 45 6 14 20 +4 6 64 4 14 18 +21 20 43 6 9 15 +7 31† 21 9 5 14 0 18 42 2 6 8 +4 35 60 0 5 5 +3 63 19 3 1 4 8 2 1 1 2 0 0‡ 10 1 0 1 +1 2 6 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 0† 4 0 0 0 7‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 12 6 5 11 2 12 3 4 7 2 12 3 4 7 6 12 1 6 7 2 12 4 2 6 15 12 4 2 6 +2 15 12 1 5 6 4 11 2 2 4 22 12 1 3 4 2 12 0 4 4 0 11 1 2 3 8 12 1 2 3 6 8 2 0 2 0 14 12 1 1 2 16 3 0 2 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 12 1 0 1 4 11 0 1 1 31 10 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 1 +3 12 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 52 48 2,915:34 33 11 4 119 2.45 1,333 .911 3 0 3 2 22 20 1,125:33 10 6 2 60 3.20 563 .893 0 0 0 2 18 14 901:21 9 5 2 32 2.13 408 .922 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 9 8 459:46 4 4 18 2.35 229 .921 2 0 0 0 7 4 271:36 1 3 21 4.64 120 .825 0 0 1 0

Transactions The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 2022To New Jersey DevilsVítek Vaněček2nd-round pick in 2022 To Boston BruinsPavel ZachaTo New Jersey DevilsErik Haula To Pittsburgh PenguinsTy Smith3rd-round pick in 2023To New Jersey DevilsJohn Marino To San Jose SharksAndreas JohnssonShakir MukhamadullinNikita OkhotiukFabian ZetterlundConditional 1st-round pick in 2023Conditional 2nd-round pick in 20247th-round pick in 2024To New Jersey DevilsZachary ÉmondScott HarringtonSanteri HatakkaTimur IbragimovTimo MeierCOL's 5th-round pick in 2024 To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2024To New Jersey DevilsCurtis Lazar To Carolina HurricanesJack DuganTo New Jersey DevilsZack Hayes To Ottawa SenatorsFuture considerationsTo New Jersey DevilsJayce Hawryluk To Columbus Blue JacketsDamon SeversonTo New Jersey Devils3rd-round pick in 2023 To Boston BruinsReilly WalshTo New Jersey DevilsShane Bowers To Calgary FlamesYegor Sharangovich3rd-round pick in 2023To New Jersey DevilsTyler Toffoli To San Jose SharksMackenzie BlackwoodTo New Jersey Devils6th-round pick in 2023

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Jon Gillies to Arizona Coyotes 1-year A. J. Greer to Boston Bruins 2-year Brendan Smith from Carolina Hurricanes 2-year Chase De Leo to Anaheim Ducks 2-year Ondřej Palát from Tampa Bay Lightning 5-year Colton White to Anaheim Ducks 2-year Jack Dugan from Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Brian Pinho from Washington Capitals 1-year Tyler Wotherspoon from Utica Comets (AHL) 2-year Frédérik Gauthier to HC Ajoie (NL) 1-year Andrew Hammond to Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) 1-year Jimmy Vesey to New York Rangers 1-year Timur Ibragimov to Utica Comets (AHL) 1-year Joe Gambardella to Utica Comets (AHL) 2-year Robbie Russo to Utica Comets (AHL) 1-year Aarne Talvitie to HC TPS (Liiga) 2-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Scott Harrington to Anaheim Ducks

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Janne Kuokkanen Buyout

Retirement Date Player Ref P. K. Subban

Signings