2019–20 New Jersey Devils season

The 2019–20 New Jersey Devils season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 38th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. For the second time in three years, the Devils received the first overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and selected Jack Hughes first overall. 
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Devils missed the playoffs for the second straight year.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.
2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	Boston 	3–4 	New Jersey 	OT 	Senn 	8,652 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 16 	New Jersey 	2–4 	Montreal 	 	Cormier 	19,080 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 18 	New Jersey 	4–3 	NY Rangers 	 	Schneider 	16,688 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 20 	NY Rangers 	2–4 	New Jersey 	 	Blackwood 	12,307 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	September 21 	NY Islanders 	3–4 	New Jersey 	 	Schneider 	10,652 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 25 	New Jersey 	0–2 	Boston 	 	Blackwood 	17,565 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	September 27 	New Jersey 	2–0 	Columbus 	 	Schneider 	12,347 	5–2–0 	Recap
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===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)	October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Winnipeg 	5–4 	New Jersey 	SO 	Blackwood 	16,514 	0–0–1 	1 	Recap
2 	October 5 	New Jersey 	2–7 	Buffalo 	 	Blackwood 	19,070 	0–1–1 	1 	Recap
3 	October 9 	New Jersey 	0–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Schneider 	19,658 	0–2–1 	1 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Edmonton 	4–3 	New Jersey 	SO 	Blackwood 	14,586 	0–2–2 	2 	Recap
5 	October 12 	New Jersey 	0–3 	Boston 	 	Schneider 	17,193 	0–3–2 	2 	Recap
6 	October 14 	Florida 	6–4 	New Jersey 	 	Schneider 	13,208 	0–4–2 	2 	Recap
7 	October 17 	NY Rangers 	2–5 	New Jersey 	 	Blackwood 	16,514 	1–4–2 	4 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Vancouver 	0–1 	New Jersey 	 	Blackwood 	13,818 	2–4–2 	6 	Recap
9 	October 25 	Arizona 	5–3 	New Jersey 	 	Blackwood 	14,724 	2–5–2 	6 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Tampa Bay 	7–6 	New Jersey 	OT 	Schneider 	13,152 	2–5–3 	7 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of March 12, 2020
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	25	20	45	 	41
 	66	13	31	44	 	12
 	58	14	22	36	 	12
 	60	16	16	32	 	6
 	65	8 	24	32	 	14
‡ 	57	21	10	31	 	40
 	69	8 	23	31	 	52
 	69	9 	16	25	 	28
‡ 	30	6 	19	25	 	20
‡ 	61	8 	16	24	 	64
 	68	11	12	23	 	57
‡ 	47	5 	18	23	 	22
 	61	7 	14	21	 	10
 	56	4 	17	21	 	6
 	68	7 	11	18	 	79
‡ 	53	2 	9 	11	+1	14
 	49	4 	5 	9 	+8	20
 	50	2 	5 	7 	 	23
 	18	4 	2 	6 	+1	2
 	29	1 	5 	6 	 	17
 	35	4 	0 	4 	 	8
 	43	3 	1 	4 	 	77
 	10	1 	3 	4 	+7	4
 	20	0 	3 	3 	 	6
† 	5 	1 	1 	2 	+1	0
 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	2
 	12	0 	2 	2 	+4	4
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	+1	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+1	2
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	 	4
† 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	47	43	2,684:01	22	14	8	124	2.77	1,452	.915	3	0	1	0
 	13	11	679:16 	3 	6 	2	40 	3.53	355 	.887	1	0	0	0
‡ 	16	14	743:32 	3 	8 	2	47 	3.79	399 	.882	0	0	0	0
 	2 	1 	70:05 	0 	1 	0	4 	3.42	41 	.902	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.
==Transactions==
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Chicago BlackhawksJohn Quenneville 	To New Jersey DevilsJohn Hayden 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsSteven SantiniJeremy Davies2nd-round pick in 20192nd-round pick in 2020	To New Jersey DevilsP. K. Subban 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsFuture considerations 	To New Jersey DevilsAdam Helewka 	
 	To Vegas Golden Knights3rd-round pick in 20202nd-round pick in 2021 	To New Jersey DevilsNikita Gusev 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningConditional 7th-round pick in 2021 	To New Jersey DevilsLouis Domingue 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesTaylor HallBlake Speers 	To New Jersey DevilsKevin BahlNick MerkleyNate SchnarrConditional 1st-round pick in 2020Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021	
 	To New York IslandersAndy Greene 	To New Jersey DevilsDavid Quenneville2nd-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningBlake Coleman 	To New Jersey DevilsNolan FooteConditional 1st-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Buffalo SabresWayne Simmonds 	To New Jersey DevilsConditional 5th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesSami Vatanen 	To New Jersey DevilsFredrik ClaessonJanne KuokkanenConditional 4th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksLouis Domingue 	To New Jersey DevilsZane McIntyre 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Kurtis Gabriel 	to Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year 	
 	Nick Lappin 	to St. Louis Blues 	1-year 	
 	Dakota Mermis 	from Arizona Coyotes 	1-year 	
 	Blake Pietila 	to Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	
 	Wayne Simmonds 	from Nashville Predators 	1-year 	
 	Ben Street 	from Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	
 	Matt Tennyson 	from Buffalo Sabres 	2-year 	
 	Cam Johnson 	to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Kenny Agostino 	to Toronto Maple Leafs 	2-year 	
 	Eric Tangradi 	to Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Stefan Noesen 	to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year 	
 	Joe Morrow 	from Winnipeg Jets 	1-year 	
 	Julian Melchiori	from Binghamton Devils (AHL) 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team	Ref
 	 	 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Adam Helewka	Mutual termination	
 	Joe Morrow 	Mutual termination	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Eric Gryba	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Jack Hughes 	3-year 	
 	Brandon Baddock	1-year 	
 	Josh Jacobs 	1-year 	
 	Connor Carrick 	2-year 	
 	Mirco Mueller 	1-year 	
 	Nikita Gusev 	2-year 	
 	Will Butcher 	3-year 	
 	Pavel Zacha 	3-year 	
 	Nico Hischier 	7-year 	
 	Nikita Okhotyuk	3-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	1 	Jack Hughes 	C 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 	611 	Nikita Okhotyuk 	D 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3 	702 	Daniil Misyul 	D 	 	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
3 	803 	Graeme Clarke 	RW 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3 	824 	Michael Vukojevic	D 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4 	96 	Tyce Thompson 	RW 	 	Providence (Hockey East)
4 	1185	Case McCarthy 	D 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 	127 	Cole Brady 	G 	 	Janesville Jets (NAHL)
5 	1296	Arseny Gritsyuk 	LW 	 	Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
6 	158 	Patrick Moynihan 	RW 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7 	189 	Nikola Pasic 	RW 	 	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)
Notes:
# The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Marcus Johansson to Boston in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 and this pick.
# The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on November 30, 2017, that sent Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and a third-round pick in 2018 to Anaheim in exchange for Sami Vatanen and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 23, 2019, that sent Ben Lovejoy to Dallas in exchange for Connor Carrick and this pick.
# The Winnipeg Jets' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Nashville's second-round pick in 2019 (55th overall) to San Jose in exchange for a third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) and this pick.
# The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for Buffalo's fifth-round pick in 2019 (129th overall) and this pick.
# The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019 (118th overall) and this pick.
==References==
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