2009–10 New Jersey Devils season

The 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season is the team's 27th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. 
==Off-season==
On June 9, 2009, Brent Sutter stepped down as head coach of the Devils to become the head coach of the Calgary Flames.
At the Entry Draft, the Devils traded with the Calgary Flames to move up in the draft and chose Jacob Josefson with the 20th over-all pick.
On July 13, 2009, the New Jersey Devils named Jacques Lemaire as their new head coach. This will be Lemaire's 2nd stint with the club. He won the Stanley Cup as head coach of the Devils back in 1995.
== Pre-season ==
Pre-Season: 4–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–1)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Location/Attendance 	Record
1 	September 16	New York Rangers 	3–2 (SO)	Prudential Center – 10,481	1–0–0
2 	September 23	New York Islanders 	4–2 	Nassau Coliseum – 8,256 	2–0–0
3 	September 24	Philadelphia Flyers	1–2 (OT)	Wachovia Center – 17,650 	2–0–1
4 	September 26	Philadelphia Flyers	1–0 	Prudential Center – 11,167	3–0–1
5 	September 29	New York Islanders 	4–2 	Prudential Center – 10,311	4–0–1
== Regular season ==
=== Divisional standings ===
=== Conference standings ===
=== Game log ===
2009-10 Game Log: 48-27-7, 101 Points (Home: 27-10-3; Road: 21-17-3)	2009-10 Game Log: 48-27-7, 101 Points (Home: 27-10-3; Road: 21-17-3)	 	 	 	 	
October: 8-4-0, 16 Points (Home: 1-4-0; Road: 7-0-0)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Location/Attendance 	Record	Points
1 	October 3 	Philadelphia Flyers	2-5 	Prudential Center - 17,625 	0-1-0 	0
2 	October 5 	New York Rangers 	2-3 	Prudential Center - 17,625 	0-2-0 	0
3 	October 8 	Tampa Bay Lightning	4-3 (SO)	St. Pete Times Forum - 17,454 	1-2-0 	2
4 	October 10 	Florida Panthers 	3-2 	BankAtlantic Center - 18,802 	2-2-0 	4
5 	October 12 	Washington Capitals	3-2 (SO)	Verizon Center - 18,277 	3-2-0 	6
6 	October 16 	Atlanta Thrashers 	2-4 	Prudential Center - 14,187 	3-3-0 	6
7 	October 17 	Carolina Hurricanes	2-0 	Prudential Center - 15,021 	4-3-0 	8
8 	October 22 	New York Rangers 	4-2 	Madison Square Garden - 18,200	5-3-0 	10
9 	October 24 	Pittsburgh Penguins	4-1 	Mellon Arena - 17,132 	6-3-0 	12
10 	October 28 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-4 	Prudential Center - 14,182 	6-4-0 	12
11 	October 29 	Boston Bruins 	2–1 	TD Garden - 17,565 	7-4-0 	14
12 	October 31 	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–1 (SO)	St. Pete Times Forum - 12,154 	8-4-0 	16
=== Lighting incident ===
On January 8, 2010, a lighting problem occurred in the arena during a game between the Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay was leading 3-0 with 9:12 left in the second period when half of the sports lights went out due to an interruption in power on the grid feeding electricity to the arena, followed by a failure of a computer-operated lighting system that allowed the sports lighting system to function with the circuit breakers. Public Service Electric and Gas Company and Prudential Center electricians worked on the situation for 1 hour and 52 minutes but could not reboot the system. The game was suspended due to the lighting problem; it was resumed two nights later, with about 3,000 of the original crowd of 15,129 in attendance. The Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the NHL agreed to waive a rule prohibiting players from participating in an NHL-Sanctioned event on three consecutive nights as per the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Tampa Bay won, 4-2, with Lightning center Steve Stamkos scoring two goals in the contest: One on Friday and one on Sunday.
==Playoffs==
With their win on March 27, 2010 against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, the Devils clinched a playoff berth and are participating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 13th consecutive season and for the 20th time in 22 seasons.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 14 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2 - 1 	New Jersey Devils 	 	Brodeur 	17,625 	Flyers lead 1-0 	
2 	April 16 	Philadelphia Flyers 	3 - 5 	New Jersey Devils 	 	Brodeur 	17,625 	Series tied 1-1 	
3 	April 18 	New Jersey Devils 	2 - 3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	OT 	Brodeur 	19,957 	Flyers lead 2-1 	
4 	April 20 	New Jersey Devils 	1 - 4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	Brodeur 	19,709 	Flyers lead 3-1 	
5 	April 22 	Philadelphia Flyers 	3 - 0 	New Jersey Devils 	 	Brodeur 	17,625 	Flyers win 4-1 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	81	38	44	82 	24 	32
 	82	25	42	67 	22 	24
 	81	19	42	61 	6 	44
 	58	19	29	48 	18 	40
 	80	20	17	37 	2 	22
 	78	6 	31	37 	9 	14
 	51	10	17	27 	4 	28
 	27	10	17	27 	9 	8
 	54	13	14	27 	-7 	10
 	46	11	13	24 	3 	85
 	71	10	12	22 	3 	45
 	79	2 	16	18 	4 	41
 	62	8 	9 	17 	-1 	40
 	79	4 	10	14 	8 	57
 	81	2 	10	12 	8 	46
 	22	2 	9 	11 	10 	2
 	63	2 	8 	10 	−4 	40
 	40	0 	10	10 	2 	8
 	52	4 	5 	9 	−10	6
 	61	3 	3 	6 	3 	36
 	31	1 	3 	4 	−3 	10
 	40	2 	2 	4 	2 	18
 	12	2 	1 	3 	-2 	2
 	19	0 	3 	3 	7 	4
 	9 	1 	2 	3 	-5 	0
 	27	0 	2 	2 	−4 	48
 	20	1 	1 	2 	-4 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	4
 	9 	0 	1 	1 	-2 	2
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	-2 	0
 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	29	0 	0 	0 	−5 	93
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	24
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	5 	2	4	6 	0 	6
 	5 	0	4	4 	-2 	2
 	5 	1	3	4 	0 	0
 	5 	2	1	3 	-1 	0
 	5 	1	1	2 	1 	2
 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	6
 	5 	0	1	1 	-1 	4
 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	8
 	5 	1	0	1 	-1 	8
 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	-1 	4
 	5 	0	0	0 	-1 	6
 	5 	0	0	0 	1 	6
 	4 	0	0	0 	-1 	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	-2 	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	-1 	22
 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	10
 	1 	0	0	0 	-1 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	2
=== Goaltenders ===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	76	4499	45	25	6 	168	2.24	2004	.916	9 	0	3	6
 	6 	467 	3 	2 	1 	16 	2.06	207 	.923	0 	0	0	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv%	SO	 	
 	5 	299	1	4	15	3.01	126	.881	0 	0 	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Devils. Stats reflect time with Devils only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Devils only.
== Awards and records ==
=== Awards ===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Martin Brodeur 	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 30, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Langenbrunner	NHL First Star of the Week 	January 4, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya Kovalchuk 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	March 29, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Records ===
Player 	Record (Amount) 	Achieved
Martin Brodeur	Most career minutes played by a goaltender in the NHL (60,963)	November 27, 2009
Martin Brodeur	Most games played by an NHL goaltender (1,030) 	December 18, 2009
Martin Brodeur	Most shutouts by an NHL goaltender (104) 	December 21, 2009
=== Milestones ===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilkka Pikkarainen 	1st NHL game 	October 5, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Colin White 	600th NHL game 	October 17, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Mottau 	100th NHL PIM 	October 22, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
John Oduya 	150th NHL PIM 	October 22, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jay Pandolfo 	150th NHL PIM 	October 24, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Fraser 	1st NHL goal1st NHL point 	October 24, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Fraser 	1st NHL assist 	October 31, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Travis Zajac 	150th NHL point 	November 4, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilkka Pikkarainen 	1st NHL assist1st NHL point	November 6, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Martin Brodeur 	1,000th NHL career start 	November 7, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Langenbrunner	900th NHL game 	November 11, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Halischuk 	1st NHL goal 	November 14, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tim Sestito 	1st NHL assist1st NHL point	November 14, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bryce Salvador 	550th NHL game 	November 16, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Travis Zajac 	100th NHL assist 	November 19, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tyler Eckford 	1st NHL game 	November 19, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tyler Eckford 	1st NHL assist1st NHL point	November 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matthew Corrente 	1st NHL game 	November 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Andy Greene 	150th NHL game 	November 25, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Mottau 	200th NHL game 	November 25, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Langenbrunner	350th NHL assist 	November 28, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vladimir Zharkov 	1st NHL game 	November 28, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vladimir Zharkov 	1st NHL assist1st NHL point	December 4, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Zach Parise 	150th NHL assist 	December 9, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Patrik Elias 	300th NHL goal 	December 12, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilkka Pikkarainen 	1st NHL goal 	December 16, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
John Oduya 	250th NHL game 	December 16, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dean McAmmond 	950th NHL game 	December 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Martin Brodeur 	600th NHL win 	April 6, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Transactions ==
=== Trades ===
June 26, 2009 	To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick (#23 overall) in 20093rd-round pick (#84 overall) in 2009 	To New Jersey Devils 1st-round pick (#20 overall) in 2009
June 30, 2009 	To New York Islanders Tony Romano 	To New Jersey Devils Ben Walter conditional pick in 2012
February 4, 2010	To Atlanta Thrashers Johnny OduyaNiclas BergforsPatrice Cormier1st-round pick in 2010second-round pick in 2010	To New Jersey Devils Ilya KovalchukAnssi Salmelasecond-round pick in 2010
March 3, 2010 	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-round draft pick in 2010 	To New Jersey Devils Martin Skoula
===Free agents acquired===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Ilkka PikkarainenDevils sign F Ilkka Pikkarainen	HIFK Helsinki 	undisclosed
Yann DanisDevils sign goaltender Yann Danis 	New York Islanders 	1 year, $550,000
Cory MurphyDevils sign D Cory Murphy 	Tampa Bay Lightning	undisclosed
Rob NiedermayerDevils sign C Rob Niedermayer 	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $1 million
===Free agents lost===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Brian GiontaHabs sign Brian Gionta to a 5-year deal 	Montreal Canadiens 	5 years, $25 million
John MaddenBlackhawks Sign Two-Time Stanley Cup Champion John Madden	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year, $2.75 million
Michael RuppPenguins Add Versatile Rupp to the Mix 	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $1.65 million
Scott ClemmensenPanthers Ink Clemmensen To 3-Year Deal 	Florida Panthers 	3 years, $3.6 million
=== Lost via Waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Jay LeachJay Leach claimed off waivers	Montreal Canadiens	November 6, 2009
=== Lost via Retirement ===
Player
Brendan ShanahanSHANAHAN ANNOUCNES HIS RETIREMENT
===Player Signings===
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| Player || Contract terms
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| Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeblondDevils re-sign forward Letourneau-Leblond || undisclosed
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| Johnny OduyaDevils re-sign Johnny Oduya || 3 years, $10.5 million
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| Andy GreeneDevils re-sign D Andy Greene || 2 years, $1.475 million
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| Travis ZajacDevils re-sign C Travis Zajac || 4 years, $15.55 million
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| Brendan ShanahanDevils re-sign F Brendan Shanahan || 1 year, $1 million
== Draft picks ==
New Jersey's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec. 
Round	Pick 	Player 	Position	Nationality	Club Team
1 	20 (from Calgary) 	Jacob Josefson 	C 	 	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
2 	54 	Eric Gelinas 	D 	 	Lewiston Maineiacs (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
3 	73 (from Minnesota)	Alexander Urbom	D 	 	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
4 	114 	Seth Helgeson 	D 	 	Sioux City Musketeers (United States Hockey League)
5 	144 	Derek Rodwell 	LW 	 	Okotoks Oilers (Alberta Junior Hockey League)
6 	174 	Ashton Bernard 	LW 	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7 	204 	Curtis Gedig 	D 	 	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
== Roster ==
== See also ==
* 2009–10 NHL season
== Farm teams ==
The Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League and the Trenton Devils of the ECHL remain the New Jersey Devils' minor league affiliates for the 2009–10 season.
== References ==
== External Links ==
*2009–10 New Jersey Devils season at ESPN
*2009–10 New Jersey Devils season at Hockey Reference
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