# 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season

The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 10th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. For the third consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs, this time losing in the division semi-finals (4-3) to the New York Rangers.

## Regular season

Goaltender Martin Brodeur made his debut with the Devils. Though he would only play four games during this season, he who would go on to become the franchise goaltender of the Devils.
The Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (59) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL (338).

### Season standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
Wales Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – New York Rangers | PAT | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
| 2 | Washington Capitals | PAT | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 267 | 207 | 93 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PAT | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
| 5 | New Jersey Devils | PAT | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 270 | 275 | 84 |
| 7 | New York Islanders | PAT | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | PAT | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
| 9 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 289 | 299 | 74 |
| 10 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 80 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 247 | 283 | 65 |
| 11 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 255 | 318 | 52 |
Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy bold – Qualified for playoffs

## Schedule and results

| # | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 5, 1991 | 7–2 | St. Louis Blues | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 6, 1991 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Blackhawks | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | W | October 8, 1991 | 6–5 | Quebec Nordiques | 3–0–0 |
| 4 | W | October 12, 1991 | 4–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–0–0 |
| 5 | L | October 13, 1991 | 2–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1–0 |
| 6 | L | October 16, 1991 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | L | October 18, 1991 | 5–6 | @ Washington Capitals | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | L | October 19, 1991 | 1–5 | Washington Capitals | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | W | October 22, 1991 | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–4–0 |
| 10 | W | October 24, 1991 | 4–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 6–4–0 |
| 11 | W | October 26, 1991 | 9–0 | San Jose Sharks | 7–4–0 |
| 12 | L | October 29, 1991 | 3–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks | 7–5–0 |
| 13 | W | October 30, 1991 | 5–2 | @ Calgary Flames | 8–5–0 |
| 14 | W | November 1, 1991 | 3–1 | @ Edmonton Oilers | 9–5–0 |
| 15 | L | November 4, 1991 | 2–3 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens | 9–6–0 |
| 16 | W | November 8, 1991 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens | 10–6–0 |
| 17 | L | November 9, 1991 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins | 10–7–0 |
| 18 | W | November 12, 1991 | 5–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 11–7–0 |
| 19 | L | November 14, 1991 | 3–4 | New York Islanders | 11–8–0 |
| 20 | L | November 16, 1991 | 0–1 | Winnipeg Jets | 11–9–0 |
| 21 | W | November 20, 1991 | 6–5 OT | Washington Capitals | 12–9–0 |
| 22 | W | November 22, 1991 | 8–2 | Hartford Whalers | 13–9–0 |
| 23 | T | November 23, 1991 | 5–5 OT | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 13–9–1 |
| 24 | L | November 27, 1991 | 4–8 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 13–10–1 |
| 25 | W | November 30, 1991 | 4–1 | @ Los Angeles Kings | 14–10–1 |
| 26 | W | December 5, 1991 | 6–3 | Calgary Flames | 15–10–1 |
| 27 | T | December 7, 1991 | 2–2 OT | Detroit Red Wings | 15–10–2 |
| 28 | T | December 8, 1991 | 2–2 OT | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 15–10–3 |
| 29 | L | December 10, 1991 | 3–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars | 15–11–3 |
| 30 | L | December 13, 1991 | 3–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 15–12–3 |
| 31 | T | December 14, 1991 | 3–3 OT | @ New York Islanders | 15–12–4 |
| 32 | W | December 19, 1991 | 4–1 | @ Hartford Whalers | 16–12–4 |
| 33 | T | December 21, 1991 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Blackhawks | 16–12–5 |
| 34 | L | December 23, 1991 | 0–3 | @ New York Rangers | 16–13–5 |
| 35 | T | December 26, 1991 | 5–5 OT | @ New York Islanders | 16–13–6 |
| 36 | W | December 28, 1991 | 3–0 | Buffalo Sabres | 17–13–6 |
| 37 | L | December 29, 1991 | 3–4 | Washington Capitals | 17–14–6 |
| 38 | W | December 31, 1991 | 7–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 18–14–6 |
| 39 | W | January 2, 1992 | 4–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 19–14–6 |
| 40 | W | January 4, 1992 | 6–4 | New York Rangers | 20–14–6 |
| 41 | W | January 9, 1992 | 4–3 | St. Louis Blues | 21–14–6 |
| 42 | L | January 11, 1992 | 3–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 21–15–6 |
| 43 | W | January 12, 1992 | 5–2 | Los Angeles Kings | 22–15–6 |
| 44 | T | January 15, 1992 | 8–8 OT | Buffalo Sabres | 22–15–7 |
| 45 | W | January 24, 1992 | 5–2 | @ Washington Capitals | 23–15–7 |
| 46 | L | January 25, 1992 | 0–7 | Detroit Red Wings | 23–16–7 |
| 47 | W | January 29, 1992 | 4–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 24–16–7 |
| 48 | W | January 31, 1992 | 6–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 25–16–7 |
| 49 | L | February 1, 1992 | 4–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 25–17–7 |
| 50 | W | February 4, 1992 | 3–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 26–17–7 |
| 51 | L | February 6, 1992 | 1–4 | @ St. Louis Blues | 26–18–7 |
| 52 | W | February 8, 1992 | 6–4 | @ Boston Bruins | 27–18–7 |
| 53 | W | February 9, 1992 | 2–1 | @ Quebec Nordiques | 28–18–7 |
| 54 | W | February 13, 1992 | 5–3 | Vancouver Canucks | 29–18–7 |
| 55 | W | February 15, 1992 | 4–1 | Hartford Whalers | 30–18–7 |
| 56 | W | February 16, 1992 | 4–2 | New York Rangers | 31–18–7 |
| 57 | W | February 18, 1992 | 4–3 OT | Philadelphia Flyers | 32–18–7 |
| 58 | T | February 20, 1992 | 4–4 OT | @ Chicago Blackhawks | 32–18–8 |
| 59 | L | February 21, 1992 | 4–6 | @ Winnipeg Jets | 32–19–8 |
| 60 | L | February 24, 1992 | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars | 32–20–8 |
| 61 | T | February 25, 1992 | 5–5 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 32–20–9 |
| 62 | L | February 28, 1992 | 2–3 OT | New York Islanders | 32–21–9 |
| 63 | W | February 29, 1992 | 3–1 | @ New York Islanders | 33–21–9 |
| 64 | L | March 2, 1992 | 1–7 | New York Rangers | 33–22–9 |
| 65 | W | March 4, 1992 | 5–4 | @ New York Rangers | 34–22–9 |
| 66 | L | March 6, 1992 | 4–5 | @ Buffalo Sabres | 34–23–9 |
| 67 | L | March 7, 1992 | 2–3 OT | @ Washington Capitals | 34–24–9 |
| 68 | T | March 11, 1992 | 2–2 OT | @ Edmonton Oilers | 34–24–10 |
| 69 | L | March 12, 1992 | 1–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks | 34–25–10 |
| 70 | L | March 14, 1992 | 2–3 | @ San Jose Sharks | 34–26–10 |
| 71 | L | March 19, 1992 | 3–5 | Edmonton Oilers | 34–27–10 |
| 72 | T | March 21, 1992 | 2–2 OT | New York Islanders | 34–27–11 |
| 73 | L | March 22, 1992 | 3–6 | @ New York Rangers | 34–28–11 |
| 74 | W | March 24, 1992 | 4–3 | San Jose Sharks | 35–28–11 |
| 75 | W | March 26, 1992 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | 36–28–11 |
| 76 | W | March 28, 1992 | 5–2 | Quebec Nordiques | 37–28–11 |
| 77 | L | March 29, 1992 | 4–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 37–29–11 |
| 78 | L | April 12, 1992 | 3–4 OT | Washington Capitals | 37–30–11 |
| 79 | W | April 13, 1992 | 5–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 38–30–11 |
| 80 | L | April 15, 1992 | 0–7 | @ New York Islanders | 38–31–11 |

## Playoffs
### Patrick Division Semifinals
#### (P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) New York Rangers

The series opened at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers won game 1 4–2, but the Devils tied up the series in game 2 with a 7-3 drubbing over New York. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In game 3, the Devils were victorious by a score of 3–1. But in game 4, the Rangers blanked the Devils 3–0. Game 5 shifted back to New York, where the Rangers took a commanding 3–2 series lead by defeating the Devils 8–5. Game 6 was at the Meadowlands and the Devils won 5-3 tying up the series at 3 games apiece. Game 7 shifted back to Madison Square Garden where the Rangers won 8–4 over New Jersey and won the series 4–3.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 74 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 109 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 74 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 25 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Todd | C | 80 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Stastny | C | 66 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 42 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 68 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 124 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Claude Vilgrain | RW | 71 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 74 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 78 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Kasatonov | D | 76 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 76 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 80 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 246 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Weinrich | D | 76 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 44 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Brown | RW | 71 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 75 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 121 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 70 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Maley | LW | 37 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 41 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zdeno Ciger | LW | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Conacher | LW | 44 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 80 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 170 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Mallette | LW | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod Skalde | C | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrik Sundstrom | C | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Poddubny | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles O'Connor | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Brady | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Billington | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Christian | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Dowd | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Erickson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Miller | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Stewart | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Chris Terreri | 3186 | 54 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 169 | 3.18 | 1 | 1511 | 1342 | .888 |
| Craig Billington | 1363 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 3.04 | 2 | 637 | 568 | .892 |
| Martin Brodeur | 179 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.35 | 0 | 85 | 75 | .882 |
| Chad Erickson | 120 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 55 | 46 | .836 |
| Team: | 4848 | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 257 | 3.18 | 3 | 2288 | 2031 | .888 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Peter Stastny | C | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Lemieux | RW | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zdeno Ciger | LW | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Todd | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy McKay | RW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Guerin | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephane Richer | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Chorske | LW | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Albelin | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Conacher | LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alexei Kasatonov | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Vilgrain | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Janne Ojanen | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weinrich | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Chris Terreri | 386 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 3.58 | 0 | 203 | 180 | .887 |
| Martin Brodeur | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.63 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .800 |
| Team: | 418 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 3.73 | 0 | 218 | 192 | .881 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals  MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Kevin Todd | NHL All-Rookie Team – Forward | End of regular season |

## Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
| Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) |
| 1 | 3 | Scott Niedermayer | Canada | D | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 1 | 11 | Brian Rolston | United States | LW | Detroit Compuware (NAHL) |
| 2 | 33 | Donevan Hextall | Canada | C | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 3 | 55 | Fredrik Bremberg | Sweden | RW | Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien) |
| 4 | 77 | Brad Willner | United States | D | Richfield H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 5 | 99 | No fifth-round pick | No fifth-round pick | No fifth-round pick | No fifth-round pick |
| 6 | 121 | Curtis Regnier | Canada | LW | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 7 | 143 | Dave Craievich | Canada | D | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 8 | 165 | Paul Wolanski | Canada | D | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
| 9 | 187 | Dan Reimann | United States | D | Anoka H.S. (Minnesota) |
| 10 | 209 | No tenth-round pick | No tenth-round pick | No tenth-round pick | No tenth-round pick |
| 11 | 231 | Kevin Riehl | Canada | C | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 12 | 253 | Jason Hehr | Canada | D | Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL) |
| S | 17 | Rob Kruhlak | Canada | G | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |