2014–15 New Jersey Devils season

The 2014–15 New Jersey Devils season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 33rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado following the 1981–82 NHL season. The Devils missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
=== Suspensions/fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length	Salary 	Date issued
Scott Gomez	Elbowing Montreal Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin during NHL game No. 1163 in New Jersey on Friday, April 3, 2015, at 14:38 of the second period.	— 	$1,478.49	April 4, 2015
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 22 	New Jersey 	5–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Kinkaid 	18,006 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 25 	New Jersey 	0–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Schneider 	18,850 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 26 	New Jersey 	2–3 	NY Islanders 	SO 	Kinkaid 	11,823 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 28 	Philadelphia 	1–3 	New Jersey 	 	Clemmensen 	10,404 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	October 2 	NY Islanders 	1–2 	New Jersey 	SO 	Schneider 	10,032 	3–1–1 	Recap
6 	October 4 	NY Rangers 	0–3 	New Jersey 	 	Schneider 	13,421 	4–1–1 	Recap
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.	
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Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
===Regular season===
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October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 9 	New Jersey 	6–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Schneider 	19,801 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 11 	New Jersey 	5–1 	Florida 	 	Schneider 	11,419 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 14 	New Jersey 	2–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Schneider 	18,064 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 16 	New Jersey 	2–6 	Washington 	 	Schneider 	18,506 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 18 	San Jose 	4–2 	New Jersey 	 	Schneider 	16,592 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 21 	NY Rangers 	4–3 	New Jersey 	OT 	Schneider 	14,484 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap
7 	October 24 	Dallas 	3–2 	New Jersey 	SO 	Schneider 	14,657 	3–2–2 	8 	Recap
8 	October 25 	New Jersey 	3–2 	Ottawa 	OT 	Schneider 	19,266 	4–2–2 	10 	Recap
9 	October 28 	New Jersey 	3–8 	Pittsburgh 	 	Schneider 	18,650 	4–3–2 	10 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Winnipeg 	1–2 	New Jersey 	SO 	Schneider 	12,897 	5–3–2 	12 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	75	16	27	43	−6 	34
 	68	27	15	42	2 	28
 	69	13	21	34	−20	12
 	58	7 	27	34	−10	23
 	67	16	16	32	2 	28
‡ 	57	11	18	29	−10	42
 	74	11	14	25	−3 	29
 	64	3 	21	24	2 	34
‡ 	63	4 	19	23	−7 	42
 	82	3 	19	22	1 	20
 	47	6 	13	19	−1 	30
 	61	6 	13	19	−2 	42
 	51	5 	12	17	−13	22
 	68	10	5 	15	1 	72
 	40	5 	9 	14	−11	10
 	66	2 	12	14	−14	24
 	77	7 	6 	13	−3 	28
 	61	5 	8 	13	4 	12
 	62	6 	5 	11	0 	24
 	74	4 	6 	10	−9 	42
‡ 	17	2 	5 	7 	−1 	8
 	43	3 	2 	5 	−10	4
 	13	1 	3 	4 	−1 	4
 	34	0 	4 	4 	2 	55
 	15	0 	2 	2 	−5 	20
 	15	0 	2 	2 	−1 	33
 	22	0 	2 	2 	4 	18
 	10	0 	1 	1 	−2 	2
 	4 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	0
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−4 	0
 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	69	68	3924	26	31	9	148	2.26	1982	0.925	5	0	2	0
 	19	13	925 	6 	5 	4	40 	2.59	469 	0.915	0	0	0	0
 	3 	1 	102 	0 	0 	1	8 	4.71	54 	0.852	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.
== Notable achievements ==
=== Awards ===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
=== Milestones ===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game 	October 9, 2014
D. Severson	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	October 11, 2014
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	November 6, 2014
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	November 11, 2014
 	10,000 career NHL minutes 	November 22, 2014
 	500th career NHL game 	November 28, 2014
 	300th career NHL assist 	December 4, 2014
 	1,500th career NHL game 	December 8, 2014
 	200th career NHL point 	December 13, 2014
 	1st career NHL win 	December 19, 2014
 	1,000th career NHL game 	December 27, 2014
 	10,000 career NHL minutes 	December 29, 2014
 	1,200th career NHL game 	December 31, 2014
 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	December 31, 2014
 	600th career NHL assist1,000th career NHL point 	January 6, 2015
 	700th career NHL game 	January 8, 2015
 	800th career NHL game 	January 16, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	January 16, 2015
P. Elias 	400th career NHL goal 	February 6, 2015
== Transactions ==
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
February 26, 2015Devils acquire second, third-round picks from Florida for Jagr 	To Florida PanthersJaromir Jagr 	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2015Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015Devils acquire conditional 3rd-round pick from Detroit for D Marek Zidlicky	To Detroit Red WingsMarek Zidlicky	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Mike Cammalleri 	Calgary Flames 	5 years, $25 million 	Devils sign Mike Cammalleri
July 1, 2014 	Martin Havlat 	San Jose Sharks 	1 year, $1.5 million 	Devils ink forward Martin Havlat
July 1, 2014 	Scott Clemmensen	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $600,000 	Clemmensen signs with Devils
October 7, 2014 	Jordin Tootoo 	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $550,000 	Devils sign Jordin Tootoo
December 1, 2014	Scott Gomez 	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $550,000 	Devils bring back veteran center Gomez
May 29, 2015 	Sergey Kalinin 	Avangard Omsk 	entry-level contract 	Devils ink Kalinin to entry-level contract
June 15, 2015 	Vojtech Mozik 	HC Plzen 	entry-level contract 	Devils sign defenseman Vojtech Mozik
=== Free agents lost ===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Mark Fayne 	Edmonton Oilers 	4 years, $14 million 	BLOG: Mark Fayne signs with Oilers
July 7, 2014 	Anton Volchenkov	Nashville Predators	1 year, $1 million 	Nashville Predators Sign Anton Volchenkov to a One-Year Contract
August 14, 2014 	Mattias Tedenby 	HV71 	2 years 	"Tedenby: "Vi har grymma supportrar""
October 6, 2014 	Ryan Carter 	Minnesota Wild 	1 year, $725,000 	Wild Inks Carter To One-Year Deal
December 2, 2014	Martin Brodeur 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $700,000 	Blues Sign Brodeur to One-Year Deal
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date
=== Players released ===
Date 	Player 	Via 	Ref
June 30, 2014	Anton Volchenkov	Compliance buyout	
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Corbin McPherson	1 years, $550,000 	
July 2, 2014 	Steve Bernier 	1 year, $600,000 	Devils re-sign forwards Gionta, Bernier
July 2, 2014 	Stephen Gionta 	2 years, $1.7 million 	
July 9, 2014 	Cory Schneider 	7 years, $42 million 	Devils re-sign Cory Schneider
July 30, 2014 	Andy Greene 	5 years, $25 million 	Devils Re-Sign Defenseman Andy Greene to Long-Term Contract
September 15, 2014	Eric Gelinas 	1 year, $900,000 	Devils re-sign D Eric Gelinas
April 14, 2015 	Keith Kinkaid 	2 years, contract extension 	Devils re-sign Kinkaid to two-year contract
May 9, 2015 	Jordin Tootoo 	1 year, $825,000 	Devils re-sign Jordin Tootoo
May 27, 2015 	Ryan Kujawinski 	entry-level contract 	Devils sign prospects Ryan Kujawinski, Blake Pietila
May 27, 2015 	Blake Pietila 	entry-level contract 	
June 22, 2015 	Scott Wedgewood 	2 years, $1.175 million 	Devils re-sign G Scott Wedgewood
===Lost via retirement===
Player	Date
==Draft picks==
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.http://www.litterboxcats.com/2014/4/15/5618872/panther-win-panthers-win-the-draft-lottery-that-is The team finished the previous season ranked 20th in the league, but were relegated to select 30th overall for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	30 	John Quenneville	C 	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 	41 	Joshua Jacobs 	D 	 	Indiana Ice (USHL)
3 	71 	Connor Chatham 	RW 	 	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
5 	131	Ryan Rehill 	D 	 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6 	152	Joey Dudek 	C 	 	Kimball Union Academy (High-NH)
6 	161	Brandon Baddock 	LW 	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
;Draft notes
* New Jersey will pick 30th overall in the first round. The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 (they elected to keep their first-round picks in 2011, 2012 and 2013) as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk. The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011. The NHL partially rescinded the penalty keeping all of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million.
* New Jersey's fourth-round pick will go to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on February 13, 2013, that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to New Jersey in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick will go to New Jersey as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick.
* New Jersey's seventh-round pick will go to Arizona as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Steve Sullivan to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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