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. 

 Pre-season 

+ Pre-Season: 4–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–1) 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)

+ October: 8-4-0, 16 Points (Home: 1-4-0; Road: 7-0-0) 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

+ November: 9-2-1, 19 Points (Home: 6-0-0; Road: 3-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 13  November 4  Washington Capitals  3-2  Prudential Center - 13,498  9-4-0  18 14  November 6  New York Islanders  2-1  Prudential Center - 14,109   10-4-0  20 15  November 7  Ottawa Senators  3-2  Scotiabank Place - 18,781  11-4-0  22 16  November 11  Anaheim Ducks  3-1  Prudential Center - 14,123  12-4-0  24 17  November 12  Pittsburgh Penguins  4-1  Mellon Arena - 17,005  13-4-0  26 18  November 14  Washington Capitals  5-2  Prudential Center - 16,521  14-4-0  28 19  November 16  Philadelphia Flyers  2-3  Wachovia Center - 19,673  14-5-0  28 20  November 19  Nashville Predators  2-3 (SO)  Sommet Center - 13,445  14-5-1  29 21  November 21  Dallas Stars  3-5  American Airlines Center - 17,514  14-6-1  29 22  November 25  Ottawa Senators  3-1  Prudential Center - 14,056  15-6-1  31 23  November 27  Boston Bruins  2-1 (SO)  TD Garden - 17,565  16-6-1  33 24  November 28  New York Islanders  6-1  Prudential Center - 16,961  17-6-1  35

+ December: 11-4-0, 22 Points (Home: 8-2-0; Road: 3-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 25  December 2  Vancouver Canucks  2-5  Prudential Center - 13,586  17-7-1  35 26  December 4  Tampa Bay Lightning  3-2  Prudential Center - 15,336  18-7-1  37 27  December 5  Detroit Red Wings  4-3 (SO)  Prudential Center - 17,625  19-7-1  39 28  December 7  Buffalo Sabres  3-0  HSBC Arena - 18,690  20-7-1  41 29  December 9  Carolina Hurricanes  4-2  Prudential Center - 12,013  21-7-1  43 30  December 11  Florida Panthers  2-4  Prudential Center - 14,132   21-8-1  43 31  December 12  Philadelphia Flyers  4-1  Prudential Center - 15,724  22-8-1  45 32  December 16  Montreal Canadiens  2-1  Prudential Center - 12,178  23-8-1  47 33  December 18  Ottawa Senators  4-2  Prudential Center - 13,728 24-8-1  49 34  December 19  Atlanta Thrashers  5-4  Philips Arena - 14,616  25-8-1  51 35  December 21  Pittsburgh Penguins  4-0  Mellon Arena - 17,132  26-8-1  53 36  December 26  Washington Capitals  1-4  Verizon Center - 18,277  26-9-1  53 37  December 28  Atlanta Thrashers  3-2  Prudential Center - 17,024  27-9-1  55 38  December 30  Pittsburgh Penguins  2-0  Prudential Center - 17,625  28-9-1  57 39  December 31  Chicago Blackhawks  1-5  United Center - 21,614 28-10-1  57

+ January: 7-7-1, 15 Points (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 4-4-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 40  January 2  Minnesota Wild  5-3  Xcel Energy Center - 19,155  29-10-1  59 41  January 5  Dallas Stars  4-0  Prudential Center - 14,202  30-10-1  61 42  January 8/10  Tampa Bay Lightning  2-4  Prudential Center - 15,129  30-11-1  61 43  January 9  Montreal Canadiens  2-1 (OT) Bell Centre - 21,273  31-11-1  63 44  January 12  New York Rangers  1-0 (SO)  Madison Square Garden - 18,200  32-11-1  65 45  January 14  Phoenix Coyotes  3-4  Jobing.com Arena - 9,430  32-12-1  65 46  January 16  Colorado Avalanche  1-3  Pepsi Center - 17,816  32-13-1  65 47  January 18  New York Islanders  0-4  Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 16,250  32-14-1  65 48  January 20  Florida Panthers  2-0  Prudential Center - 13,931  33-14-1  67 49  January 22  Montreal Canadiens  1-3  Prudential Center - 17,625  33-15-1  67 50  January 23  New York Islanders  4-2  Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 16,250  34-15-1  69 51  January 26  Ottawa Senators  0-3  Scotiabank Place - 18,107  34-16-1  69 52  January 27  Buffalo Sabres  1-2 (SO)  HSBC Arena -  18,690  34-16-2  70 53  January 29  Toronto Maple Leafs  5-4 (OT)  Prudential Center - 15,536  35-16-2  72 54  January 31  Los Angeles Kings  2-3  Prudential Center - 17,625  35-17-2  72

+ February: 2-4-1, 5 Points (Home: 2-0-1; Road: 0-3-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 55  February 2  Toronto Maple Leafs  0-3  Air Canada Centre - 19,326  35-18-2  72 56  February 5  Toronto Maple Leafs  4-3  Prudential Center - 15,204  36-18-2  74 57  February 6  New York Rangers  1-3  Madison Square Garden - 18,200  36-19-2  74 58  February 8  Philadelphia Flyers  2-3  Wachovia Center - 19,678  36-20-2  74 59  February 10  Philadelphia Flyers  2-3 (OT)  Prudential Center - 5,580  36-20-3  75 60  February 12  Nashville Predators  5-2  Prudential Center - 17,625  37-20-3  77 61  February 13  Carolina Hurricanes  2-5  RBC Center - 16,466  37-21-3  77

+ March: 7-5-3, 17 Points (Home: 5-1-2; Road: 2-4-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 62  March 2  San Jose Sharks  4-3  HP Pavilion - 17,562  38-21-3  79 63  March 5  Calgary Flames  3-5  Pengrowth Saddledome - 19,289  38-22-3   79 64  March 7  Edmonton Oilers  0-2  Rexall Place - 16,839  38-23-3  79 65  March 10  New York Rangers  6-3  Prudential Center - 17,625  39-23-3  81 66  March 12  Pittsburgh Penguins  3-1  Prudential Center - 17,625  40-23-3  83 67  March 13  New York Islanders  2-4  Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 15,583  40-24-3  83 68  March 15  Boston Bruins  3-2  Prudential Center - 15,801  41-24-3  85 69  March 17  Pittsburgh Penguins  5-2  Prudential Center - 17,625  42-24-3  87 70  March 18  Toronto Maple Leafs  1-2 (SO)  Air Canada Centre - 19,183  42-24-4  88 71  March 20  St. Louis Blues  0-1  Prudential Center - 17,625  42-25-4  88 72  March 23  Columbus Blue Jackets  6-3  Prudential Center - 14,202  43-25-4  90 73  March 25  New York Rangers  3-4 (SO)  Prudential Center - 17,625  43-25-5  91 74  March 27  Montreal Canadiens  4-2  Bell Centre - 21,273  44-25-5  93 75  March 28  Philadelphia Flyers  1-5  Wachovia Center - 19,769  44-26-5  93 76  March 30  Boston Bruins  0-1 (OT)  Prudential Center - 16,636  44-26-6  94

+ April: 4-1-1, 9 Points (Home: 2-0-1; Road: 2-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 77  April 2  Chicago Blackhawks  1-2 (SO)  Prudential Center - 17,625  44-26-7  95 78  April 3  Carolina Hurricanes  4-0  RBC Center - 16,073  45-26-7  97 79  April 6  Atlanta Thrashers  3-0  Philips Arena - 12,038  46-26-7  99 80  April 8  Florida Panthers  2-3  BankAtlantic Center - 15,273  46-27-7  99 81  April 10  New York Islanders  7-1  Prudential Center - 17,625  47-27-7  101 82  April 11  Buffalo Sabres  2-1  Prudential Center - 17,625  48-27-7  103
2009–10 Schedule

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.

+Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers #  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 
 Win  Loss  Win Playoff Series  Eliminated from playoffs

References

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