1991–92 New Jersey Devils season

The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the team's tenth season in New Jersey. The Devils finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 3.
==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.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	Oct 5, 1991 	7–2 	St. Louis Blues 	1–0–0
2 	W	Oct 6, 1991 	4–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	2–0–0
3 	W	Oct 8, 1991 	6–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–0–0
4 	W	Oct 12, 1991	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4–0–0
5 	L	Oct 13, 1991	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	4–1–0
6 	L	Oct 16, 1991	2–4 	@ New York Rangers 	4–2–0
7 	L	Oct 18, 1991	5–6 	@ Washington Capitals 	4–3–0
8 	L	Oct 19, 1991	1–5 	Washington Capitals 	4–4–0
9 	W	Oct 22, 1991	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings 	5–4–0
10	W	Oct 24, 1991	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	6–4–0
11	W	Oct 26, 1991	9–0 	San Jose Sharks 	7–4–0
12	L	Oct 29, 1991	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	7–5–0
13	W	Oct 30, 1991	5–2 	@ Calgary Flames 	8–5–0
14	W	Nov 1, 1991 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	9–5–0
15	L	Nov 4, 1991 	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens 	9–6–0
16	W	Nov 8, 1991 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	10–6–0
17	L	Nov 9, 1991 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins 	10–7–0
18	W	Nov 12, 1991	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	11–7–0
19	L	Nov 14, 1991	3–4 	New York Islanders 	11–8–0
20	L	Nov 16, 1991	0–1 	Winnipeg Jets 	11–9–0
21	W	Nov 20, 1991	6–5 OT	Washington Capitals 	12–9–0
22	W	Nov 22, 1991	8–2 	Hartford Whalers 	13–9–0
23	T	Nov 23, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	13–9–1
24	L	Nov 27, 1991	4–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	13–10–1
25	W	Nov 30, 1991	4–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	14–10–1
26	W	Dec 5, 1991 	6–3 	Calgary Flames 	15–10–1
27	T	Dec 7, 1991 	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings 	15–10–2
28	T	Dec 8, 1991 	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	15–10–3
29	L	Dec 10, 1991	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars	15–11–3
30	L	Dec 13, 1991	3–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	15–12–3
31	T	Dec 14, 1991	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders 	15–12–4
32	W	Dec 19, 1991	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers 	16–12–4
33	T	Dec 21, 1991	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks 	16–12–5
34	L	Dec 23, 1991	0–3 	@ New York Rangers 	16–13–5
35	T	Dec 26, 1991	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders 	16–13–6
36	W	Dec 28, 1991	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	17–13–6
37	L	Dec 29, 1991	3–4 	Washington Capitals 	17–14–6
38	W	Dec 31, 1991	7–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	18–14–6
39	W	Jan 2, 1992 	4–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	19–14–6
40	W	Jan 4, 1992 	6–4 	New York Rangers 	20–14–6
41	W	Jan 9, 1992 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues 	21–14–6
42	L	Jan 11, 1992	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	21–15–6
43	W	Jan 12, 1992	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings 	22–15–6
44	T	Jan 15, 1992	8–8 OT	Buffalo Sabres 	22–15–7
45	W	Jan 24, 1992	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	23–15–7
46	L	Jan 25, 1992	0–7 	Detroit Red Wings 	23–16–7
47	W	Jan 29, 1992	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	24–16–7
48	W	Jan 31, 1992	6–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	25–16–7
49	L	Feb 1, 1992 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	25–17–7
50	W	Feb 4, 1992 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers 	26–17–7
51	L	Feb 6, 1992 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues 	26–18–7
52	W	Feb 8, 1992 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins 	27–18–7
53	W	Feb 9, 1992 	2–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	28–18–7
54	W	Feb 13, 1992	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	29–18–7
55	W	Feb 15, 1992	4–1 	Hartford Whalers 	30–18–7
56	W	Feb 16, 1992	4–2 	New York Rangers 	31–18–7
57	W	Feb 18, 1992	4–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	32–18–7
58	T	Feb 20, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	32–18–8
59	L	Feb 21, 1992	4–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	32–19–8
60	L	Feb 24, 1992	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars 	32–20–8
61	T	Feb 25, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	32–20–9
62	L	Feb 28, 1992	2–3 OT	New York Islanders 	32–21–9
63	W	Feb 29, 1992	3–1 	@ New York Islanders 	33–21–9
64	L	Mar 2, 1992 	1–7 	New York Rangers 	33–22–9
65	W	Mar 4, 1992 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers 	34–22–9
66	L	Mar 6, 1992 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	34–23–9
67	L	Mar 7, 1992 	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals 	34–24–9
68	T	Mar 11, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers 	34–24–10
69	L	Mar 12, 1992	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	34–25–10
70	L	Mar 14, 1992	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks 	34–26–10
71	L	Mar 19, 1992	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers 	34–27–10
72	T	Mar 21, 1992	2–2 OT	New York Islanders 	34–27–11
73	L	Mar 22, 1992	3–6 	@ New York Rangers 	34–28–11
74	W	Mar 24, 1992	4–3 	San Jose Sharks 	35–28–11
75	W	Mar 26, 1992	4–2 	Boston Bruins 	36–28–11
76	W	Mar 28, 1992	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	37–28–11
77	L	Mar 29, 1992	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	37–29–11
78	L	Apr 12, 1992	3–4 OT	Washington Capitals 	37–30–11
79	W	Apr 13, 1992	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	38–30–11
80	L	Apr 15, 1992	0–7 	@ New York Islanders 	38–31–11
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 4, New Jersey Devils 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	74	41	27	68 	109	9 	13 	1 	8
 	RW 	74	29	35	64 	25 	-1 	5 	1 	6
 	C 	80	21	42	63 	69 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	66	24	38	62 	42 	6 	10 	1 	3
 	D 	68	17	42	59 	124	24 	7 	1 	2
 	RW 	71	19	27	46 	74 	27 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	78	7 	35	42 	66 	5 	3 	1 	1
 	D 	76	12	28	40 	70 	14 	3 	2 	1
 	LW 	76	19	17	36 	32 	8 	0 	3 	2
 	RW 	80	17	16	33 	246	6 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	76	7 	25	32 	55 	10 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	13	18	31 	28 	11 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	71	11	17	28 	27 	17 	1 	2 	1
 	C 	75	8 	20	28 	121	9 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	70	3 	23	26 	108	11 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	37	7 	11	18 	58 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	41	6 	12	18 	32 	9 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	20	6 	5 	11 	10 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	25	5 	6 	11 	0 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	44	7 	3 	10 	16 	0 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	80	1 	7 	8 	170	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	3 	4 	7 	43 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	2 	4 	6 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	17	1 	3 	4 	8 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	4 	4 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	2 	3 	6 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	2 	3 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	0 	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	9 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	1 	1 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3186	54	22	22	10	169	3.18	1 	1511	1342	.888
 	1363	26	13	7 	1 	69 	3.04	2 	637 	568 	.892
 	179 	4 	2 	1 	0 	10 	3.35	0 	85 	75 	.882
 	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
 	C 	7 	3	7	10 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	4	3	7 	26 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	4	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	3	2	5 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	3	4 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	0	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	1	3 	29 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	3	3 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	3	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	7 	1	1	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	1	2 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	0	1 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	386	7 	3	3	23	3.58	0 	203	180	.887
 	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==
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Lou Lamoriello
==Draft Picks==
The Devils' draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat 	Pos 	Team (League) 	Notes 	 	 	
1 	3 	Scott Niedermayer 	 	D 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 	The Devils acquired the 1991 first-round pick from Toronto for Tom Kurvers on October 16, 1989. 	 	 	
1 	11 	Brian Rolston 	 	LW 	Detroit Compuware (NAHL) 	 	 	 	
2 	33 	Donevan Hextall 	 	C 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 	 	 	 	
3 	55 	Fredrik Bremberg 	 	RW 	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien) 	 	 	 	
4 	77 	Brad Willner 	 	D 	Richfield H.S. (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
5 	99 	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.	No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.
6 	121 	Curtis Regnier 	 	LW 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 	 	 	 	
7 	143 	Dave Craievich 	 	D 	Oshawa Generals (OHL) 	 	 	 	
8 	165 	Paul Wolanski 	 	D 	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) 	 	 	 	
9 	187 	Dan Reimann 	 	D 	Anoka H.S. (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
10 	209 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989. 	No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989.
11 	231 	Kevin Riehl 	 	C 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 	 	 	 	
12 	253 	Jason Hehr 	 	D 	Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL) 	 	 	 	
==References==
* Devils on Hockey Database
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