2023–24 New Jersey Devils season

The 2023–24 New Jersey Devils season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 42nd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.
The Devils participated in the 2024 NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where they hosted Philadelphia Flyers on February 17, 2024, winning the game 6–3.
On March 4, the Devils, who had a 30–27–4 record and were out of playoff contention, fired head coach Lindy Ruff, and replaced him with Travis Green.
On April 9, the Devils were eliminated from playoff contention following a 5–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 22, 2023.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 25 	New Jersey 	4–2 	Montreal 	 	Schmid 	20,129 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 25 	Philadelphia 	0–6 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	8,532 	2–0–0 	
3 	September 28 	New Jersey 	3–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Kallgren 	16,310 	3–0–0 	
4 	September 30 	New Jersey 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	OT 	Vanecek 	12,855 	4–0–0 	
5 	October 2 	NY Islanders 	5–6 	New Jersey 	 	Schmid 	8,811 	5–0–0 	
6 	October 4 	NY Rangers 	2–5 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	14,028 	6–0–0 	
7 	October 6 	New Jersey 	3–0 	NY Islanders 	 	Schmid 	10,978 	7–0–0 	
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===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023.
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October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)	October: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 12 	Detroit 	3–4 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	16,514 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 13 	Arizona 	4–3 	New Jersey 	SO 	Schmid 	16,514 	1–0–1 	3 	
3 	October 16 	Florida 	4–3 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	15,023 	1–1–1 	3 	
4 	October 20 	New Jersey 	5–4 	NY Islanders 	OT 	Schmid 	17,255 	2–1–1 	5 	
5 	October 24 	New Jersey 	5–2 	Montreal 	 	Vanecek 	21,105 	3–1–1 	7 	
6 	October 25 	Washington 	6–4 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	16,117 	3–2–1 	7 	
7 	October 27 	Buffalo 	4–5 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	16,514 	4–2–1 	9 	
8 	October 29 	Minnesota 	3–4 	New Jersey 	 	Vanecek 	16,514 	5–2–1 	11 	
==Player statistics==
As of April 15, 2024
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	27	56	83	 	12
 	62	27	47	74	 	12
 	71	27	40	67	 	12
 	69	28	24	52	 	45
 	82	9 	38	47	 	28
‡ 	61	26	18	44	 	12
 	76	16	19	35	 	54
 	82	20	13	33	 	29
 	71	11	20	31	 	37
 	82	16	12	28	 	14
 	71	7 	18	25	+10	44
 	75	4 	21	25	 	41
 	45	10	9 	19	+6 	10
 	60	3 	16	19	 	33
 	20	5 	11	16	 	20
 	63	5 	10	15	 	61
 	54	5 	7 	12	 	32
 	52	4 	8 	12	+3 	21
 	82	1 	10	11	+1 	82
 	57	1 	8 	9 	 	20
‡ 	41	4 	4 	8 	+10	24
 	36	2 	4 	6 	 	6
 	18	3 	1 	4 	+1 	2
† 	11	1 	1 	2 	+7 	2
 	12	0 	2 	2 	+5 	4
 	4 	1 	0 	1 	 	0
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	+3 	16
† 	16	0 	1 	1 	+1 	50
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
‡ 	32	29	1,791:49	17	9 	3	95	3.18	862	.890	0	0	1	0
 	21	20	1,144:03	9 	11	0	60	3.15	568	.894	0	0	1	0
† 	13	12	770:33 	6 	6 	1	40	3.11	401	.900	0	0	0	0
 	19	15	914:09 	5 	9 	1	48	3.15	457	.895	0	0	2	2
† 	6 	6 	262:47 	1 	4 	0	11	2.51	143	.923	1	0	0	0
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Nashville Predators7th-round pick in 2023 	To New Jersey Devils7th-round pick in 2024 	
 	To Dallas Stars5th-round pick in 2025 	To New Jersey DevilsColin Miller 	
 	To New York IslandersTyce Thompson 	To New Jersey DevilsArnaud Durandeau 	
 	To Calgary FlamesCole Brady 	To New Jersey DevilsChristopher Tanev 	
 	To Dallas StarsChristopher Tanev 	To New Jersey Devils4th-round pick in 2026 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheZakhar Bardakov7th-round pick in 2024	To New Jersey DevilsKurtis MacDermid 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensConditional 3rd-round pick in 2025 	To New Jersey DevilsJake Allen 	
 	To San Jose SharksVitek Vanecek7th-round pick in 2025 	To New Jersey DevilsKaapo Kahkonen 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsColin Miller 	To New Jersey Devils4th-round pick in 2026 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsTyler Toffoli 	To New Jersey Devils3rd-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2025	
 	To Montreal CanadiensArnaud Durandeau 	To New Jersey DevilsNathan Legare 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Kyle Criscuolo	from San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	
 	Justin Dowling	from Vancouver Canucks 	2-year 	
 	Mason Geertsen	to Vegas Golden Knights 	2-year 	
 	Ryan Graves 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	6-year 	
 	Erik Kallgren 	from Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Miles Wood 	to Colorado Avalanche 	6-year 	
 	Zachary Emond 	to Laval Rocket (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Brian Pinho 	to New York Islanders 	1-year 	
 	Jesper Boqvist	to Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
 	Chris Tierney 	from Montreal Canadiens 	1-year 	
 	Tomas Nosek 	from Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
 	Jeremy Groleau	to Färjestad BK (SHL) 	1-year 	
 	Cal Foote 	from Nashville Predators 	1-year 	
 	Jayce Hawryluk	to HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH) 	1-year 	
 	Tomas Tatar 	to Colorado Avalanche 	1-year 	
 	Keith Kinkaid 	from Colorado Avalanche 	1-year 	
 	Zack Hayes 	to Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 	1-year 	
 	Max Willman 	from Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year 	
 	Samuel Laberge	from Utica Comets (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Isaac Poulter 	from Utica Comets (AHL) 	2-year 	
 	Mikael Diotte 	from Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)	3-year 	
 	Dylan Wendt 	from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Nick DeSimone	from Calgary Flames	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Jonathan Bernier	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Timo Meier 	8-year 	
 	Shane Bowers 	1-year 	
 	Nathan Bastian	2-year 	
 	Michael McLeod	1-year 	
 	Kevin Bahl 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
2 	58 	Lenni Hameenaho	RW 	 	Porin Ässät (Liiga)
4 	122 	Cam Squires 	RW 	 	Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)
5 	154 	Chase Cheslock 	D 	 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6 	1641	Cole Brown 	LW 	 	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
6 	186 	Danil Karpovich	D 	 	JHC Avto (MHL)
# The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2023, that sent Mackenzie Blackwood to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
==Notes==
==References==
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