1995–96 New Jersey Devils season

The 1995–96 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's 14th season in New Jersey. After winning the Stanley Cup in the previous season, and qualifying for the playoffs for six seasons, the team failed to make the playoffs, losing their last game of the season with a chance to qualify for the postseason. They became the first defending Stanley Cup champions to fail to make the playoffs since the 1969–70 Montreal Canadiens.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	Oct 7, 1995 	4–0 	Florida Panthers 	1–0–0
2 	W	Oct 12, 1995	4–1 	Winnipeg Jets 	2–0–0
3 	W	Oct 14, 1995	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	3–0–0
4 	W	Oct 15, 1995	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	4–0–0
5 	L	Oct 17, 1995	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers 	4–1–0
6 	W	Oct 19, 1995	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	5–1–0
8 	L	Oct 25, 1995	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks 	6–2–0
9 	L	Oct 28, 1995	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	6–3–0
10	L	Oct 31, 1995	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	6–4–0
11	T	Nov 2, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks 	6–4–1
12	W	Nov 4, 1995 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	7–4–1
13	L	Nov 5, 1995 	1–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	7–5–1
14	L	Nov 8, 1995 	1–2 	Calgary Flames 	7–6–1
15	W	Nov 11, 1995	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	8–6–1
16	W	Nov 12, 1995	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	9–6–1
17	W	Nov 14, 1995	1–0 	Hartford Whalers 	10–6–1
18	T	Nov 16, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	10–6–2
19	L	Nov 18, 1995	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres 	10–7–2
20	L	Nov 21, 1995	3–4 	@ Florida Panthers 	10–8–2
21	L	Nov 22, 1995	1–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	10–9–2
22	L	Nov 25, 1995	0–2 	@ Dallas Stars 	10–10–2
23	T	Nov 27, 1995	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers 	10–10–3
24	W	Nov 29, 1995	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche 	11–10–3
25	W	Dec 1, 1995 	5–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	12–10–3
26	L	Dec 2, 1995 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders 	12–11–3
27	L	Dec 6, 1995 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	12–12–3
28	L	Dec 7, 1995 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	12–13–3
29	W	Dec 9, 1995 	4–2 	New York Islanders 	13–13–3
30	L	Dec 11, 1995	1–2 	Florida Panthers 	13–14–3
31	L	Dec 15, 1995	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	13–15–3
32	L	Dec 16, 1995	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	13–16–3
33	W	Dec 19, 1995	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	14–16–3
34	T	Dec 21, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	14–16–4
35	L	Dec 23, 1995	1–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	14–17–4
36	W	Dec 27, 1995	5–3 	New York Islanders 	15–17–4
37	L	Dec 29, 1995	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	15–18–4
38	L	Dec 31, 1995	0–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	15–19–4
39	W	Jan 3, 1996 	1–0 	@ Colorado Avalanche 	16–19–4
40	W	Jan 6, 1996 	3–1 	Washington Capitals 	17–19–4
41	W	Jan 9, 1996 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues 	18–19–4
42	L	Jan 11, 1996	1–2 	San Jose Sharks 	18–20–4
43	L	Jan 13, 1996	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	18–21–4
44	W	Jan 14, 1996	7–2 	Dallas Stars 	19–21–4
45	L	Jan 16, 1996	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	19–22–4
46	W	Jan 23, 1996	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings 	20–22–4
47	W	Jan 25, 1996	3–1 	Washington Capitals 	21–22–4
48	T	Jan 27, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers 	21–22–5
49	W	Jan 30, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks 	22–22–5
50	T	Feb 1, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames 	22–22–6
51	W	Feb 3, 1996 	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators 	23–22–6
52	T	Feb 7, 1996 	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins 	23–22–7
53	W	Feb 10, 1996	3–0 	New York Rangers 	24–22–7
54	L	Feb 11, 1996	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	24–23–7
55	T	Feb 16, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres 	24–23–8
56	W	Feb 18, 1996	3–0 	Washington Capitals 	25–23–8
57	L	Feb 19, 1996	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	25–24–8
58	L	Feb 21, 1996	1–4 	Florida Panthers 	25–25–8
59	W	Feb 23, 1996	6–5 	Montreal Canadiens 	26–25–8
60	W	Feb 24, 1996	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals 	27–25–8
61	W	Mar 1, 1996 	6–2 	New York Islanders 	28–25–8
62	W	Mar 2, 1996 	4–1 	@ Ottawa Senators 	29–25–8
63	T	Mar 4, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers 	29–25–9
64	T	Mar 6, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	29–25–10
65	W	Mar 9, 1996 	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	30–25–10
66	W	Mar 10, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	31–25–10
67	T	Mar 13, 1996	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens 	31–25–11
68	W	Mar 15, 1996	5–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	32–25–11
69	L	Mar 17, 1996	0–3 	@ Florida Panthers 	32–26–11
70	L	Mar 20, 1996	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	32–27–11
71	L	Mar 22, 1996	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks 	32–28–11
72	W	Mar 23, 1996	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders 	33–28–11
73	W	Mar 26, 1996	6–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	34–28–11
74	T	Mar 28, 1996	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues 	34–28–12
75	L	Mar 30, 1996	1–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	34–29–12
76	L	Apr 2, 1996 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers 	34–30–12
77	L	Apr 4, 1996 	0–1 	Hartford Whalers 	34–31–12
78	W	Apr 6, 1996 	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	35–31–12
79	W	Apr 7, 1996 	4–2 	New York Rangers 	36–31–12
80	L	Apr 10, 1996	1–5 	Philadelphia Flyers 	36–32–12
81	W	Apr 11, 1996	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	37–32–12
82	L	Apr 13, 1996	2–5 	Ottawa Senators 	37–33–12
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	81	26	35	61 	98 	-2 	6 	0 	6
 	RW 	80	23	30	53 	116	7 	8 	0 	6
 	RW 	76	20	28	48 	91 	3 	3 	3 	3
 	RW 	63	18	24	42 	32 	7 	8 	0 	3
 	D 	79	8 	25	33 	46 	5 	6 	0 	0
 	RW 	73	20	12	32 	30 	-8 	3 	4 	3
 	C 	63	13	17	30 	58 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	82	5 	23	28 	100	7 	2 	1 	1
 	C/RW	58	13	11	24 	8 	9 	3 	1 	4
 	C 	55	7 	16	23 	14 	-3 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	64	2 	21	23 	18 	1 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	76	11	10	21 	145	7 	3 	0 	3
 	D 	22	1 	15	16 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	6 	9 	15 	107	-10	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	8 	5 	13 	10 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	28	4 	9 	13 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	1 	12	13 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	57	3 	8 	11 	146	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	52	5 	5 	10 	14 	-10	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	16	5 	4 	9 	8 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	50	4 	5 	9 	26 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	80	2 	4 	6 	115	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	5 	6 	79 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	0 	6 	6 	28 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	10	3 	1 	4 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	6 	2 	1 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	2 	1 	3 	8 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	64	2 	1 	3 	86 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	77	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	0 	1 	1 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	31 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4433	77	34	30	12	173	2.34	6 	1954	1781	.911
 	210 	4 	3 	0 	0 	9 	2.57	0 	92 	83 	.902
 	331 	10	0 	3 	0 	12 	2.18	0 	119 	107 	.899
Team: 	4974	82	37	33	12	194	2.34	6 	2165	1971	.910
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==
==Transactions==
==Draft picks==
Team's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the Edmonton Coliseum.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat	Pos	Team (League) 	Notes
1 	18 	Petr Sykora 	 	C 	Detroit Vipers (IHL) 	
2 	44 	Nathan Perrott 	 	RW 	Oshawa Generals (OHL) 	
3 	70 	Sergei Vyshedkevich	 	D 	HC Moscow Dynamo (Russian Super League)	
3 	78 	David Gosselin 	 	LW 	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) 	The Devils acquired the 1995 third-round pick from Detroit for Viacheslav Fetisov on April 3, 1995.
4 	79 	Alyn McCauley 	 	C 	Ottawa 67's (OHL) 	The Devils acquired the 1995 fourth-round pick from Ottawa for Jaroslav Modry on July 8, 1995. The official Devils transaction page incorrectly lists McCauley's pick as the fifth round. McCauley's profile at HockeyDB.com
4 	96 	Henrik Rehnberg 	 	D 	Farjestad Jrs. (Elitserien) 	
5 	122 	Chris Mason 	 	G 	Prince George Cougars (WHL) 	
6 	148 	Adam Young 	 	LW 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 	
7 	174 	Richard Rochefort 	 	C 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 	
8 	200 	Frederic Henry 	 	G 	Granby Bisons (QMJHL) 	
9 	226 	Colin O'Hara 	 	D 	Winnipeg Saints (MJHL) 	
==See also==
*1995–96 NHL season
==References==
Category:New Jersey Devils seasons
New Jersey Devils season, 1995–96
New Jersey Devils season, 1995–96