2024–25 New Jersey Devils season

2024–25 New Jersey Devils
2024–25 record	16–8–2
Home record	6–4–2
Road record	10–4–0
Goals for	89
Goals against	69
Team information
General Manager	Tom Fitzgerald
Coach	Sheldon Keefe
Captain	Nico Hischier
Alternate captains	Jack Hughes Ondrej Palat
Arena	Prudential Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Utica Comets (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nico Hischier (13)
Assists	Jesper Bratt (18)
Points	Jesper Bratt (28)
Penalty minutes	Brenden Dillon (35)
Plus/minus	Johnathan Kovacevic (+15)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (10)
Goals against average	Jake Allen (2.26)

The 2024–25 New Jersey Devils season is the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 43rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.

Offseason

The Devils made numerous personnel changes prior to the start of the season. Sheldon Keefe was hired as head coach, replacing interim head coach Travis Green. The 2024 NHL Entry Draft was held during the 28 June 2024, and the Devils made a total of 13 selections.

Following the draft, the Devils made a number of moves during the free agency period. The most noteworthy move came in an unexpected blockbuster deal that sent winger Akira Schmid to the Vegas Golden Knights, along with Alexander Holtz, in exchange for Paul Cotter, James Rzeznik, and an handful of draft picks.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	50	34	11	5	29	174	119	+55	73
2	Carolina Hurricanes	51	31	16	4	27	171	140	+31	66
3	New Jersey Devils	52	28	18	6	25	159	133	+26	62
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	50	24	19	7	18	169	168	+1	55
5	New York Rangers	50	24	22	4	22	149	152	−3	52
6	Philadelphia Flyers	51	23	22	6	14	154	173	−19	52
7	New York Islanders	49	22	20	7	17	135	143	−8	51
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	52	20	24	8	14	151	191	−40	48

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Boston Bruins	52	25	21	6	18	141	166	−25	56
2	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	49	26	20	3	21	172	140	+32	55
3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	50	24	19	7	18	169	168	+1	55
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	50	24	21	5	20	143	156	−13	53
5	AT	Montreal Canadiens	50	24	21	5	17	151	169	−18	53
6	ME	New York Rangers	50	24	22	4	22	149	152	−3	52
7	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	51	23	22	6	14	154	173	−19	52
8	ME	New York Islanders	49	22	20	7	17	135	143	−8	51
9	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	52	20	24	8	14	151	191	−40	48
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	50	19	26	5	15	156	171	−15	43

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 17, 2024.

2024 preseason game log: 1–6–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 0–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	NY Islanders	4–2	New Jersey		Daws	10,815	0–1–0
2	September 24	New Jersey	0–3	Montreal		Allen	20,539	0–2–0
3	September 25	Washington	5–3	New Jersey		Markstrom	7,092	0–3–0
4	September 27	New Jersey	1–5	NY Islanders		Allen	11,420	0–4–0
5	September 30	NY Rangers	1–3	New Jersey		Brodeur	13,444	1–4–0
6	October 1	New Jersey	4–5	NY Rangers		Brennan	17,110	1–5–0
7	October 3	New Jersey	4–5	Philadelphia		Poulter	12,751	1–6–0

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
October: 7–4–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 New Jersey 4–1 Buffalo Markstrom 16,913 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Buffalo 1–3 New Jersey Allen 16,722 2–0–0 4 3 October 10 Toronto 4–2 New Jersey Markstrom 16,764 2–1–0 4 4 October 12 New Jersey 5–3 Washington Markstrom 18,573 3–1–0 6 5 October 14 Utah 0–3 New Jersey Allen 16,514 4–1–0 8 6 October 15 New Jersey 2–4 Carolina Markstrom 18,700 4–2–0 8 7 October 17 New Jersey 3–1 Ottawa Markstrom 15,192 5–2–0 10 8 October 19 Washington 6–5 New Jersey OT Markstrom 16,514 5–2–1 11 9 October 22 Tampa Bay 8–5 New Jersey Allen 15,410 5–3–1 11 10 October 24 New Jersey 3–5 Detroit Markstrom 19,515 5–4–1 11 11 October 25 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey OT Allen 14,870 5–4–2 12 12 October 27 Anaheim 2–6 New Jersey Markstrom 14,344 6–4–2 14 13 October 30 New Jersey 6–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,717 7–4–2 16
November: 9–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 New Jersey 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,275 7–5–2 16 15 November 4 New Jersey 3–0 Edmonton Allen 18,347 8–5–2 18 16 November 7 Montreal 3–5 New Jersey Markstrom 16,514 9–5–2 20 17 November 9 New Jersey 4–3 NY Islanders OT Markstrom 17,255 10–5–2 22 18 November 10 San Jose 1–0 New Jersey Allen 16,514 10–6–2 22 19 November 12 New Jersey 4–1 Florida Markstrom 18,677 11–6–2 24 20 November 14 New Jersey 6–2 Florida Allen 18,573 12–6–2 26 21 November 16 New Jersey 0–4 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 12–7–2 26 22 November 21 Carolina 2–4 New Jersey Markstrom 16,086 13–7–2 28 23 November 23 New Jersey 3–2 Washington Allen 18,573 14–7–2 30 24 November 25 Nashville 2–5 New Jersey Markstrom 16,514 15–7–2 32 25 November 27 St. Louis 3–0 New Jersey Markstrom 16,043 15–8–2 32 26 November 29 New Jersey 5–4 Detroit Markstrom 19,515 16–8–2 34 27 November 30 Washington 6–5 New Jersey Allen 16,514 16–9–2 34
December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 2 New Jersey 13–9 NY Rangers Taylor 16-9-2 35 29 December 6 Seattle – New Jersey 30 December 8 Colorado – New Jersey 31 December 10 Toronto – New Jersey 32 December 12 Los Angeles – New Jersey 33 December 14 Chicago – New Jersey 34 December 17 New Jersey – St. Louis 35 December 19 New Jersey – Columbus 36 December 21 Pittsburgh – New Jersey 37 December 23 NY Rangers – New Jersey 38 December 27 Carolina – New Jersey 39 December 28 New Jersey – Carolina 40 December 31 New Jersey – Anaheim
January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 1 New Jersey – Los Angeles 42 January 4 New Jersey – San Jose 43 January 6 New Jersey – Seattle 44 January 9 New Jersey – NY Rangers 45 January 11 Tampa Bay – New Jersey 46 January 14 Florida – New Jersey 47 January 16 New Jersey – Toronto 48 January 18 Philadelphia – New Jersey 49 January 19 Ottawa – New Jersey 50 January 22 Boston – New Jersey 51 January 25 New Jersey – Montreal 52 January 27 New Jersey – Philadelphia 53 January 29 Philadelphia – New Jersey
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 New Jersey – Buffalo 55 February 4 New Jersey – Pittsburgh 56 February 6 Vegas – New Jersey 57 February 8 New Jersey – Montreal 58 February 22 Dallas – New Jersey 59 February 23 New Jersey – Nashville 60 February 26 New Jersey – Colorado
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 New Jersey – Utah 62 March 2 New Jersey – Vegas 63 March 4 New Jersey – Dallas 64 March 7 Winnipeg – New Jersey 65 March 9 New Jersey – Philadelphia 66 March 11 Columbus – New Jersey 67 March 13 Edmonton – New Jersey 68 March 15 New Jersey – Pittsburgh 69 March 17 New Jersey – Columbus 70 March 20 Calgary – New Jersey 71 March 22 Ottawa – New Jersey 72 March 24 Vancouver – New Jersey 73 March 26 New Jersey – Chicago 74 March 28 New Jersey – Winnipeg 75 March 29 New Jersey – Minnesota 76 March 31 Minnesota – New Jersey
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 5 NY Rangers – New Jersey 78 April 8 Boston – New Jersey 79 April 11 Pittsburgh – New Jersey 80 April 13 NY Islanders – New Jersey 81 April 15 New Jersey – Boston 82 April 16 Detroit – New Jersey
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Notes: a Game played at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic

Player statistics

As of November 25, 2024

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nathan Bastian	28	2	3	5	+1
Shane Bowers	28	0	0	0	0
Jesper Bratt	28	10	18	28	+4
Paul Cotter	28
Nolan Foote	28
Justin Dowling	28
Erik Haula	28
Nico Hischier	28
Jack Hughes	28
Curtis Lazar	28
Kurtis MacDermid	28
Timo Meier	28
Dawson Mercer	28
Stefan Noesen	28
Ondřej Palát	28
Thomas Tatar	28
James Rzeznik	28
Emma Antolin	28
David Neziol	28
Brenden Dillon	28
Dougie Hamilton	28
Santeri Hatakka	28
Luke Hughes	28
John Kovacevic	28
Brett Pesce	28
Jonas Siegenthaler	28

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	19
Jake Allen	8
California Taylor	1	1	119:13	1	0	0	0	4.39	61	.893	1	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.

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 30, 2024	To Vegas Golden Knights Akira Schmid Alexander Holtz	To New Jersey Devils Paul Cotter James Rzeznik 3rd-round pick in 2026 9th-round pick in 2026

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref

Draft picks

See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	10	Anton Silayev	D	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
2	49	Mikhail Yegorov	G	Russia	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
3	85	Kasper Pikkarainen	RW	Finland	HC TPS (U20 SM-sarja)
3	91	Herman Traff	LW	Sweden	HV71 (J20 Nationell)
5	139	Max Graham	C	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
5	146	Veeti Louhivaara	G	Finland	JYP (U20 SM-sarja)
6	171	Matyas Melovsky	C	Czech Republic	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

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