2017–18 New Jersey Devils season

2017–18 New Jersey Devils
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
2017–18 record	6–2–0
Home record	2–2–0
Road record	4–0–0
Goals for	31
Goals against	24
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Andy Greene
Alternate captains	Adam Henrique Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	6 tied (3)
Assists	Will Butcher (9)
Points	Will Butcher Taylor Hall (9)
Penalty minutes	Blake Coleman (20)
Plus/minus	Brian Gibbons (+6)
Wins	Cory Schneider (4)
Goals against average	Keith Kinkaid (2.13)

The 2017–18 New Jersey Devils season is the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 36th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils received the first overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft for the first time in franchise history by winning the draft lottery held on April 29, 2017.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
5	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
7	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
8	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 11, 2017, which includes seven games (two at home and five as visitors).

2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Washington	1–4	New Jersey		Kinkaid	6,310	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 20	New Jersey	3–4	NY Rangers	OT	Blackwood	17,967	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 21	New Jersey	4–1	Montreal		Kinkaid	21,288	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 23	NY Rangers	1–2	New Jersey		Schneider	12,208	3–0–1	Recap
5[A]	September 25	New Jersey	0–3	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	5,615	3–1–1	Recap
6[A][a]	September 25	New Jersey	8–1	Ottawa		—	—	4–1–1	Recap
7	September 27	New Jersey	4–1	Washington		Schneider	14,858	5–1–1	Recap
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. a Game was played at Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log
October: 7–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Colorado 1–4 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 New Jersey 6–2 Buffalo Schneider 17,697 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 11 New Jersey 6–3 Toronto Schneider 19,103 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 13 Washington 5–2 New Jersey Schneider 13,458 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 14 New Jersey 3–2 NY Rangers Kinkaid 18,006 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 17 Tampa Bay 4–5 New Jersey SO Schneider 13,176 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 19 New Jersey 5–4 Ottawa OT Kinkaid 13,364 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 20 San Jose 3–0 New Jersey Kinkaid 14,381 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 27 Ottawa 4–5 New Jersey SO Kinkaid 13,763 7–2–0 14 Recap 10 October 28 Arizona – New Jersey
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 New Jersey – Vancouver 12 November 3 New Jersey – Edmonton 13 November 5 New Jersey – Calgary 14 November 7 St. Louis – New Jersey 15 November 9 Edmonton – New Jersey 16 November 11 Florida – New Jersey 17 November 12 New Jersey – Chicago 18 November 16 New Jersey – Toronto 19 November 18 New Jersey – Winnipeg 20 November 20 New Jersey – Minnesota 21 November 22 Boston – New Jersey 22 November 24 Vancouver – New Jersey 23 November 25 New Jersey – Detroit 24 November 27 Florida – New Jersey
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 New Jersey – Colorado 26 December 2 New Jersey – Arizona 27 December 5 New Jersey – Columbus 28 December 8 Columbus – New Jersey 29 December 9 New Jersey – NY Rangers 30 December 12 Los Angeles – New Jersey 31 December 14 New Jersey – Montreal 32 December 15 Dallas – New Jersey 33 December 18 Anaheim – New Jersey 34 December 21 NY Rangers – New Jersey 35 December 23 Chicago – New Jersey 36 December 27 Detroit – New Jersey 37 December 29 Buffalo – New Jersey 38 December 30 New Jersey – Washington
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 New Jersey – St. Louis 40 January 4 New Jersey – Dallas 41 January 7 New Jersey – NY Islanders 42 January 13 Philadelphia – New Jersey 43 January 16 New Jersey – NY Islanders 44 January 18 Washington – New Jersey 45 January 20 New Jersey – Philadelphia 46 January 22 Detroit – New Jersey 47 January 23 New Jersey – Boston 48 January 25 Nashville – New Jersey 49 January 30 New Jersey – Buffalo
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Philadelphia – New Jersey 51 February 3 Pittsburgh – New Jersey 52 February 6 New Jersey – Ottawa 53 February 8 Calgary – New Jersey 54 February 10 New Jersey – Columbus 55 February 11 Boston – New Jersey 56 February 13 New Jersey – Philadelphia 57 February 15 Carolina – New Jersey 58 February 17 New Jersey – Tampa Bay 59 February 18 New Jersey – Carolina 60 February 20 Columbus – New Jersey 61 February 22 Minnesota – New Jersey 62 February 24 NY Islanders – New Jersey 63 February 27 New Jersey – Pittsburgh
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 New Jersey – Florida 65 March 2 New Jersey – Carolina 66 March 4 Vegas – New Jersey 67 March 6 Montreal – New Jersey 68 March 8 Winnipeg – New Jersey 69 March 10 New Jersey – Nashville 70 March 14 New Jersey – Vegas 71 March 17 New Jersey – Los Angeles 72 March 18 New Jersey – Anaheim 73 March 20 New Jersey – San Jose 74 March 23 New Jersey – Pittsburgh 75 March 24 Tampa Bay – New Jersey 76 March 27 Carolina – New Jersey 77 March 29 Pittsburgh – New Jersey 78 March 31 NY Islanders – New Jersey
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 New Jersey – Montreal 80 April 3 NY Rangers – New Jersey 81 April 5 Toronto – New Jersey 82 April 7 New Jersey – Washington
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of May 9, 2017

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated October 8, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34		Jake Allen	G	L	34	2024	Fredericton, New Brunswick
14		Nathan Bastian	RW	R	26	2021	Kitchener, Ontario
12		Adam Beckman	LW	L	23	2024	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
63		Jesper Bratt	LW	L	26	2017	Stockholm, Sweden
24		Seamus Casey	D	R	20	2022	Miami, Florida
47		Paul Cotter	C	L	24	2024	Canton, Michigan
5		Brenden Dillon	D	L	33	2024	Surrey, British Columbia
89		Josh Filmon	LW	L	20	2022	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7		Dougie Hamilton	D	R	31	2021	Toronto, Ontario
82		Santeri Hatakka	D	L	23	2023	Riihimäki, Finland
56		Erik Haula	LW	L	33	2022	Pori, Finland
13		Nico Hischier (C)	C	L	25	2017	Brig, Switzerland
86		Jack Hughes (A)	C	L	23	2019	Orlando, Florida
43		Luke Hughes	D	L	21	2021	Manchester, New Hampshire
8		Johnathan Kovacevic	D	R	27	2024	Hamilton, Ontario
42		Curtis Lazar	C	R	29	2023	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
23		Kurtis MacDermid	LW	L	30	2024	Quebec City, Quebec
25		Jacob Markstrom	G	L	34	2024	Gävle, Sweden
28		Timo Meier	RW	L	28	2023	Herisau, Switzerland
91		Dawson Mercer	C	R	22	2020	Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
17		Simon Nemec	D	R	20	2022	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
11		Stefan Noesen	RW	R	31	2024	Plano, Texas
18		Ondrej Palat (A)	LW	L	33	2022	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
22		Brett Pesce	D	R	29	2024	Tarrytown, New York
71		Jonas Siegenthaler	D	L	27	2021	Zürich, Switzerland
90		Tomas Tatar	LW	L	33	2024	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
38		Topias Vilen	D	L	21	2021	Lahti, Finland

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	To Washington Capitals FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2018 TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018	To New Jersey Devils Marcus Johansson

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Boyle	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year, $5.1 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Gibbons	Albany Devils	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Bracken Kearns	New York Islanders	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Strait	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $650,000
August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)	Drew Stafford	Boston Bruins	1-year, $800,000
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	Will Butcher	University of Denver	2-year entry-level contract, $925,000
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)	Jimmy Hayes	Boston Bruins	1-year, $700,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Beau Bennett	St. Louis Blues	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Michael Cammalleri	Los Angeles Kings	1-year, $1 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Seth Helgeson	New York Islanders	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jacob Josefson	Buffalo Sabres	1-year, $700,000
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Luke Gazdic	Calgary Flames	1-year, $650,000
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Devante Smith-Pelly	Washington Capitals	1-year, $650,000
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Andrew MacWilliam	Rochester Americans	1-year
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Yohann Auvitu	Edmonton Oilers	1-year, $650,000
July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)	Carter Camper	Cleveland Monsters	2-year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	Keith Kinkaid	2-year, $1.5 million
July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15)	Nico Hischier	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Joseph Blandisi	2-year, $1.36 million
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Mirco Mueller	2-year, $1.7 million
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Scott Wedgewood	1-year, $650,000
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Blake Coleman	1-year, $660,000
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Stefan Noesen	1-year, $660,000
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Blake Pietila	2-year, $667,500
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Kevin Rooney	1-year, $650,000
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)	Ben Thomson	1-year, $650,000
September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11)	Damon Severson	6-year, $25 million

Draft picks

See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Nico Hischier	C	Switzerland	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2	36	Jesper Boqvist	C	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SHL)
3	631	Fabian Zetterlund	LW	Sweden	Färjestad BK (J20 SuperElit)
3	812	Reilly Walsh	D	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
4	98	Nikita Popugaev	RW	Russia	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5	129	Gilles Senn	G	Switzerland	HC Davos (NLA)
5	1433	Marian Studenic	RW	Slovakia	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
6	160	Aarne Talvitie	C	Finland	Blues U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
7	191	Jockton Chainey	D	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
7	205	Yegor Zaitsev	D	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
7	214	Matthew Hellickson	D	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Colorado Avalanche's third-round pick went the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent Eric Gelinas to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
2. The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as compensation for San Jose signing Peter DeBoer as their head coach on May 28, 2015.
3. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017 that sent Boston's second-round pick and Nashville's fourth-round pick both in 2017 to San Jose in exchange for Mirco Muller and this pick.

References