2022–23 New Jersey Devils season

The 2022–23 New Jersey Devils season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League 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. 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.
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# 	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 	 	Vanecek 	5,526 	2–0–0 	
3 	September 29 	New Jersey 	5–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Vanecek 	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 	 	Vanecek 	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 	 	Vanecek 	17,850 	5–2–0 	
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
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# 	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 	 	Vanecek 	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 	 	Vanecek 	16,546 	4–3–0 	8 	
8 	October 28 	Colorado 	0–1 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	12,502 	5–3–0 	10 	
9 	October 30 	Columbus 	1–7 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	11,547 	6–3–0 	12 	
===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.
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: New Jersey won 4–3	Eastern 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 	 	Vanecek 	16,514 	0–1 	
2 	April 20 	NY Rangers 	5–1 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	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 	
==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
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 2022 	To New Jersey DevilsVitek Vanecek2nd-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Boston BruinsPavel Zacha 	To New Jersey DevilsErik Haula 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsTy Smith3rd-round pick in 2023 	To 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 2024	To New Jersey DevilsZachary EmondScott HarringtonSanteri HatakkaTimur IbragimovTimo MeierCOL's 5th-round pick in 2024	
 	To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2024 	To New Jersey DevilsCurtis Lazar 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesJack Dugan 	To New Jersey DevilsZack Hayes 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsFuture considerations 	To New Jersey DevilsJayce Hawryluk 	
===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 	
 	Ondrej Palat 	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 	
 	Frederik Gauthier	to HC Ajoie (NL) 	1-year 	
 	Andrew Hammond 	to Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	1-year 	
 	Jimmy Vesey 	to New York Rangers 	1-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===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Simon Nemec 	3-year 	
 	Mason Geertsen 	1-year 	
 	Vitek Vanecek 	3-year 	
 	Jesper Boqvist 	1-year 	
 	Jonas Siegenthaler	5-year 	
 	Tyce Thompson 	2-year 	
 	Jesper Bratt 	1-year 	
 	Miles Wood 	1-year 	
 	Fabian Zetterlund 	1-year 	
 	Josh Filmon 	3-year 	
 	Luke Hughes 	3-year 	
 	Tyler Brennan 	3-year 	
 	Daniil Misyul 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 	2 	Simon Nemec 	D 	 	HK Nitra (Tipos Extraliga)
2 	461 	Seamus Casey 	D 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4 	102 	Tyler Brennan 	G 	 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4 	1102	Daniil Orlov 	D 	 	Sakhalinskiye Akuly (MHL)
4 	1263	Charlie Leddy 	D 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 	1414	Petr Hauser 	RW 	 	HC Sparta Praha U20 (Czech U20)
6 	166 	Josh Filmon 	LW 	 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 	198 	Artyom Barabosha	D 	 	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
Notes:
# The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on July 8, 2022, that sent second-round and third-round picks in 2022 to Washington in exchange for Vitek Vanecek and this pick.
# The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on April 7, 2021, that sent Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac to New York in exchange for A. J. Greer, Mason Jobst, a conditional 2022 fourth-round pick and this pick.
# The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on April 12, 2021, that sent Dmitry Kulikov to Edmonton in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Keith Kinkaid to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
==Notes==
==References==
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