2007-08 New Jersey Devils

The 2007-08 New Jersey Devils season is the franchise's 33rd season, and its 25th season as the New Jersey Devils. It is the first time they have played home games anywhere other than Continental Airlines Arena; this year marks the start of home games being played at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It began in October. On July 13, Brent Sutter was announced as head coach. 
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-23
*The free agency period began on July 1.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 4-6-1; Home: 1-1-0; Road: 3-5-1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 4 	New Jersey	1 - 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Brodeur 	19,454 	0-1-0 	0
2 	October 6 	New Jersey	4 - 1	Florida 	 	Weekes 	19,250 	1-1-0 	2
3 	October 8 	New Jersey	2 - 4	Ottawa 	 	Brodeur 	18,260 	1-2-0 	2
4 	October 11	New Jersey	0 - 3	Florida 	 	Brodeur 	10,847 	1-3-0 	2
5 	October 13	New Jersey	6 - 5	Atlanta 	 	Brodeur 	15,606 	2-3-0 	4
6 	October 17	New Jersey	5 - 4	Pittsburgh 	 	Brodeur 	16,990 	3-3-0 	6
7 	October 18	New Jersey	0 - 4	Philadelphia	 	Brodeur 	19,113 	3-4-0 	6
8 	October 20	New Jersey	3 - 4	NY Islanders	OT	Weekes 	14,092 	3-4-1 	7
9 	October 25	New Jersey	0 - 2	NY Rangers 	 	Brodeur 	18,200 	3-5-1 	7
10	October 27	Ottawa 	4 - 1	New Jersey 	 	Brodeur 	17,625 	3-6-1 	7
11	October 31	Tampa Bay 	1 - 6	New Jersey 	 	Brodeur 	13,218 	4-6-1 	9
====November====
Record: 1-0-0; Home: 1-0-0; Road: 0-0-0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 2 	Toronto 	2 - 3	New Jersey 	 	Brodeur 	14,523 	5-6-1 	11
13	November 3 	New Jersey 	 	NY Rangers 	 	 	 	 	
14	November 5 	Pittsburgh 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
15	November 8 	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
16	November 10	New Jersey 	 	NY Islanders	 	 	 	 	
17	November 12	New Jersey 	 	Pittsburgh 	 	 	 	 	
18	November 14	NY Rangers 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
19	November 16	NY Islanders	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
20	November 17	New Jersey 	 	Philadelphia	 	 	 	 	
21	November 21	New Jersey 	 	Pittsburgh 	 	 	 	 	
22	November 23	New Jersey 	 	Atlanta 	 	 	 	 	
23	November 24	New Jersey 	 	Tampa Bay 	 	 	 	 	
24	November 28	Dallas 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
25	November 30	Montreal 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
====December====
Record: ; Home: ; Road: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 2 	Atlanta 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
27	December 5 	Boston 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
28	December 7 	Washington 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
29	December 9 	New Jersey 	 	NY Rangers 	 	 	 	 	
30	December 10	New Jersey 	 	Washington 	 	 	 	 	
31	December 13	New Jersey 	 	Boston 	 	 	 	 	
32	December 15	Phoenix 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
33	December 16	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
34	December 18	New Jersey 	 	Vancouver 	 	 	 	 	
35	December 21	New Jersey 	 	Edmonton 	 	 	 	 	
36	December 23	New Jersey 	 	Calgary 	 	 	 	 	
37	December 28	Buffalo 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
38	December 29	New Jersey 	 	NY Islanders	 	 	 	 	
====January====
Record: ; Home: ; Road: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2 	Florida 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
40	January 4 	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
41	January 5 	New Jersey 	 	Boston 	 	 	 	 	
42	January 8 	Buffalo 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
43	January 10	New Jersey 	 	Hurricanes	 	 	 	 	
44	January 12	New Jersey 	 	Buffalo 	 	 	 	 	
45	January 16	NY Islanders	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
46	January 18	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
47	January 20	Florida 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
48	January 22	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
49	January 24	Montreal 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
50	January 29	Pittsburgh 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
====February====
Record: ; Home: ; Road: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
51	February 1 	NY Rangers 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
52	February 2 	Los Angeles 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
53	February 4 	Pittsburgh 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
54	February 6 	New Jersey 	 	Buffalo 	 	 	 	 	
55	February 8 	Anaheim 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
56	February 9 	Hurricanes 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
57	February 13	Ottawa 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
58	February 15	Atlanta 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
59	February 16	New Jersey 	 	Ottawa 	 	 	 	 	
60	February 18	Hurricanes 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
61	February 20	San Jose 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
62	February 23	NY Islanders	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
63	February 24	New Jersey 	 	Washington	 	 	 	 	
64	February 26	New Jersey 	 	Hurricanes	 	 	 	 	
65	February 29	Washington 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
====March====
Record: ; Home: ; Road: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
66	March 1 	New Jersey 	 	Montreal 	 	 	 	 	
67	March 4 	New Jersey 	 	Toronto 	 	 	 	 	
68	March 7 	Tampa Bay 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
69	March 8 	New Jersey 	 	Toronto 	 	 	 	 	
70	March 11	New Jersey 	 	Montreal 	 	 	 	 	
71	March 13	New Jersey 	 	Minnesota 	 	 	 	 	
72	March 15	New Jersey 	 	Colorado 	 	 	 	 	
73	March 19	NY Rangers 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
74	March 21	NY Islanders	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
75	March 22	New Jersey 	 	Pittsburgh	 	 	 	 	
76	March 25	Pittsburgh 	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
77	March 27	New Jersey 	 	NY Rangers	 	 	 	 	
78	March 28	Philadelphia	 	New Jersey	 	 	 	 	
====April====
Record: ; Home: ; Road: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	New Jersey	 	NY Islanders	 	 	 	 	
80	April 2	Boston 	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
81	April 4	New Jersey	 	Philadelphia	 	 	 	 	
82	April 6	NY Rangers	 	New Jersey 	 	 	 	 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Zach Parise 	12	4	8	12 	-3 	2
John Madden 	12	6	5	11 	2 	6
Jay Pandolfo 	12	6	3	9 	5 	8
Travis Zajac 	12	3	4	7 	-4 	6
Patrik Elias 	12	2	5	7 	-5 	2
Paul Martin 	12	0	7	7 	2 	8
Arron Asham 	12	3	3	6 	1 	17
Brian Gionta 	12	3	3	6 	-5 	14
Dainius Zubrus	12	0	6	6 	-4 	2
David Clarkson	12	1	3	4 	2 	41
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Martin Brodeur	10	596	4	6	0 	29	0 	.889	2.92
Kevin Weekes 	2 	125	1	0	1 	5 	0 	.928	2.40
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas Bergfors	1st NHL Game 	October 4, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Mottau 	1st NHL Goal 	October 6, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michael Rupp 	200th NHL Game 	October 6, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Gionta 	200th NHL Point 	October 13, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Zach Parise 	100th NHL Point 	October 17, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rod Pelley 	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point	October 20, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Martin Brodeur 	900th NHL Game 	October 31, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Olli Malmivaara 	1st NHL Game 	October 31, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dainius Zubrus 	700th NHL Game 	October 31, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.
===Trades===
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms
Dainius Zubrus 	Buffalo Sabres 	6 year, $20.4 million
Karel Rachunek 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $1.4 million
Kevin Weekes 	New York Rangers 	2 years, $1.375 million
Vitaly Vishnevski	Nashville Predators	3 years, $5.4 million
Noah Clarke 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $475,000
Arron Asham 	New York Islanders 	1 year, $700,000
==Draft picks==
New Jersey's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	57 	Mike Hoeffel 	Wing 	 	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
3 	79 	Nick Palmieri 	Wing 	 	Erie Otters (OHL)
3 	87 	Corbin McPherson	Defenceman	 	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
4 	117	Matt Halischuk 	Right Wing	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6 	177	Vili Sopanen 	Win 	 	Pelicans Lahti
7 	207	Ryan Molle 	Defenceman	 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
==Roster==
==See also==
*2007-08 NHL season
==References==
Category:New Jersey Devils seasons
Category:2007 in ice hockey
Category:2008 in ice hockey