2014–15 New Jersey Devils season
National Hockey League season.
The 2014–15 New Jersey Devils season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 33rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season .[ 2] The Devils missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
Standings
Suspensions/fines
Player
Explanation
Length
Salary
Date issued
Scott Gomez
Elbowing Montreal Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin during NHL game No. 1163 in New Jersey on Friday, April 3, 2015, at 14:38 of the second period.
—
$1,478.49
April 4, 2015[ 3]
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Pre-season game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Recap
1
September 22
New Jersey
5–4
NY Rangers
Kinkaid
18,006
1–0–0
Recap
2
September 25
New Jersey
0–4
Philadelphia
Schneider
18,850
1–1–0
Recap
3[a]
September 26
New Jersey
2–3
NY Islanders
SO
Kinkaid
11,823
1–1–1
Recap
4
September 28
Philadelphia
1–3
New Jersey
Clemmensen
10,404
2–1–1
Recap
5
October 2
NY Islanders
1–2
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
10,032
3–1–1
Recap
6
October 4
NY Rangers
0–3
New Jersey
Schneider
13,421
4–1–1
Recap
Notes:
a Game was played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York .
Regular season
Game log
October: 5–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
1
October 9
New Jersey
6–4
Philadelphia
Schneider
19,801
1–0–0
2
Recap
2
October 11
New Jersey
5–1
Florida
Schneider
11,419
2–0–0
4
Recap
3
October 14
New Jersey
2–1
Tampa Bay
Schneider
18,064
3–0–0
6
Recap
4
October 16
New Jersey
2–6
Washington
Schneider
18,506
3–1–0
6
Recap
5
October 18
San Jose
4–2
New Jersey
Schneider
16,592
3–2–0
6
Recap
6
October 21
NY Rangers
4–3
New Jersey
OT
Schneider
14,484
3–2–1
7
Recap
7
October 24
Dallas
3–2
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
14,657
3–2–2
8
Recap
8
October 25
New Jersey
3–2
Ottawa
OT
Schneider
19,266
4–2–2
10
Recap
9
October 28
New Jersey
3–8
Pittsburgh
Schneider
18,650
4–3–2
10
Recap
10
October 30
Winnipeg
1–2
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
12,897
5–3–2
12
Recap
November: 4–8–2 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–6–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
11
November 1
Columbus
2–3
New Jersey
Schneider
13,542
6–3–2
14
Recap
12
November 4
St. Louis
1–0
New Jersey
Schneider
15,102
6–4–2
14
Recap
13
November 6
New Jersey
3–4
St. Louis
Kinkaid
16,523
6–5–2
14
Recap
14
November 7
New Jersey
2–4
Detroit
Schneider
20,027
6–6–2
14
Recap
15
November 10
New Jersey
2–4
Boston
Schneider
17,565
6–7–2
14
Recap
16
November 11
Minnesota
1–3
New Jersey
Schneider
14,256
7–7–2
16
Recap
17
November 14
New Jersey
1–0
Washington
Schneider
18,506
8–7–2
18
Recap
18
November 15
Colorado
3–2
New Jersey
Schneider
15,626
8–8–2
18
Recap
19
November 18
New Jersey
1–3
Winnipeg
Schneider
15,016
8–9–2
18
Recap
20
November 21
New Jersey
2–0
Edmonton
Schneider
16,839
9–9–2
20
Recap
21
November 22
New Jersey
4–5
Calgary
SO
Clemmensen
18,874
9–9–3
21
Recap
22
November 25
New Jersey
0–2
Vancouver
Schneider
18,606
9–10–3
21
Recap
23
November 28
Detroit
5–4
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
16,592
9–10–4
22
Recap
24
November 29
New Jersey
1–3
NY Islanders
Schneider
16,170
9–11–4
22
Recap
December: 4–8–3 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 2–5–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
25
December 2
New Jersey
0–1
Pittsburgh
Schneider
18,572
9–12–4
22
Recap
26
December 4
New Jersey
5–3
Toronto
Schneider
18,877
10–12–4
24
Recap
27
December 6
Washington
4–1
New Jersey
Schneider
15,230
10–13–4
24
Recap
28
December 8
New Jersey
2–1
Carolina
Schneider
9,815
11–13–4
26
Recap
29
December 9
Chicago
3–2
New Jersey
SO
Kinkaid
16,210
11–13–5
27
Recap
30
December 11
New Jersey
1–4
Philadelphia
Schneider
19,572
11–14–5
27
Recap
31
December 13
New Jersey
3–4
Dallas
Schneider
16,110
11–15–5
27
Recap
32
December 15
New Jersey
2–3
NY Islanders
SO
Kinkaid
13,408
11–15–6
28
Recap
33
December 17
Ottawa
2–0
New Jersey
Schneider
15,379
11–16–6
28
Recap
34
December 19
Tampa Bay
3–2
New Jersey
SO
Kinkaid
14,916
12–16–6
30
Recap
35
December 20
Washington
4–0
New Jersey
Schneider
14,776
12–17–6
30
Recap
36
December 23
Carolina
2–1
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
16,101
12–17–7
31
Recap
37
December 27
New Jersey
1–3
NY Rangers
Schneider
18,006
12–18–7
31
Recap
38
December 29
Pittsburgh
1–3
New Jersey
Schneider
16,592
13–18–7
33
Recap
39
December 31
New Jersey
1–3
Detroit
Schneider
20,027
13–19–7
33
Recap
January: 6–3–2 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
40
January 2
Montreal
4–2
New Jersey
Kinkaid
16,174
13–20–7
33
Recap
41
January 3
Philadelphia
2–5
New Jersey
Schneider
15,066
14–20–7
35
Recap
42
January 6
Buffalo
1–4
New Jersey
Schneider
15,162
15–20–7
37
Recap
43
January 8
New Jersey
0–3
Boston
Schneider
17,565
15–21–7
37
Recap
44
January 9
NY Islanders
3–2
New Jersey
OT
Kinkaid
16,592
15–21–8
38
Recap
45
January 14
New Jersey
5–3
Los Angeles
Schneider
18,230
16–21–8
40
Recap
46
January 16
New Jersey
1–5
Anaheim
Schneider
17,174
16–22–8
40
Recap
47
January 19
New Jersey
5–2
San Jose
Schneider
17,562
17–22–8
42
Recap
48
January 28
Toronto
1–2
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
15,882
18–22–8
44
Recap
49
January 30
Pittsburgh
2–1
New Jersey
OT
Schneider
16,592
18–22–9
45
Recap
50
January 31
Florida
1–3
New Jersey
Kinkaid
16,278
19–22–9
47
Recap
February: 7–5–1 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
51
February 3
Ottawa
1–2
New Jersey
Schneider
11,461
20–22–9
49
Recap
52
February 6
Toronto
1–4
New Jersey
Schneider
15,594
21–22–9
51
Recap
53
February 7
New Jersey
2–6
Montreal
Kinkaid
21,287
21–23–9
51
Recap
54
February 9
Edmonton
2–1
New Jersey
Schneider
11,519
21–24–9
51
Recap
55
February 13
New Jersey
1–3
Chicago
Schneider
22,186
21–25–9
51
Recap
56
February 14
New Jersey
1–3
Nashville
Schneider
17,333
21–26–9
51
Recap
57
February 17
Buffalo
1–2
New Jersey
SO
Schneider
13,517
22–26–9
53
Recap
58
February 20
Vancouver
2–4
New Jersey
Schneider
14,822
23–26–9
55
Recap
59
February 21
Carolina
1–3
New Jersey
Kinkaid
15,610
24–26–9
57
Recap
60
February 23
Arizona
0–3
New Jersey
Schneider
12,159
25–26–9
59
Recap
61
February 25
Calgary
3–1
New Jersey
Schneider
13,662
25–27–9
59
Recap
62
February 27
Boston
3–2
New Jersey
OT
Schneider
16,592
25–27–10
60
Recap
63
February 28
New Jersey
2–0
Columbus
Schneider
17,814
26–27–10
62
Recap
March: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–3)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
64
March 3
Nashville
1–3
New Jersey
Schneider
13,012
27–27–10
64
Recap
65
March 6
Columbus
3–2
New Jersey
Schneider
16,213
27–28–10
64
Recap
66
March 8
Philadelphia
2–5
New Jersey
Kinkaid
16,592
28–28–10
66
Recap
67
March 10
New Jersey
2–6
Minnesota
Schneider
19,034
28–29–10
66
Recap
68
March 12
New Jersey
1–2
Colorado
SO
Schneider
14,607
28–29–11
67
Recap
69
March 14
New Jersey
4–1
Arizona
Schneider
12,425
29–29–11
69
Recap
70
March 17
Pittsburgh
0–2
New Jersey
Schneider
15,848
30–29–11
71
Recap
71
March 20
New Jersey
3–1
Buffalo
Kinkaid
19,070
31–29–11
73
Recap
72
March 21
NY Islanders
3–0
New Jersey
Schneider
16,592
31–30–11
73
Recap
73
March 23
Los Angeles
3–1
New Jersey
Schneider
15,721
31–31–11
73
Recap
74
March 26
New Jersey
2–3
Washington
OT
Schneider
18,506
31–31–12
74
Recap
75
March 28
New Jersey
1–3
Carolina
Kinkaid
12,578
31–32–12
74
Recap
76
March 29
Anaheim
2–1
New Jersey
Schneider
15,987
31–33–12
74
Recap
77
March 31
New Jersey
2–3
Columbus
OT
Schneider
14,524
31–33–13
75
Recap
April: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
78
April 3
Montreal
2–3
New Jersey
SO
Kinkaid
16,592
32–33–13
77
Recap
79
April 4
New Jersey
1–6
NY Rangers
Kinkaid
18,006
32–34–13
77
Recap
80
April 7
NY Rangers
4–2
New Jersey
Schneider
16,592
32–35–13
77
Recap
81
April 9
New Jersey
3–4
Tampa Bay
OT
Kinkaid
19,204
32–35–14
78
Recap
82
April 11
New Jersey
2–3
Florida
Schneider
12,236
32–36–14
78
Recap
Legend :
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Player statistics
Final stats [ 4]
Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[ 4]
Player
GP
GS
TOI
W
L
OT
GA
GAA
SA
SV%
SO
G
A
PIM
Cory Schneider
69
68
3924
26
31
9
148
2.26
1982
0.925
5
0
2
0
Keith Kinkaid
19
13
925
6
5
4
40
2.59
469
0.915
0
0
0
0
Scott Clemmensen
3
1
102
0
0
1
8
4.71
54
0.852
0
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.
Notable achievements
Awards
Milestones
Regular season
Player
Milestone
Reached
D. Severson
1st career NHL game
October 9, 2014
D. Severson
1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point
October 11, 2014
M. Sislo
1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point
November 6, 2014
S. Helgeson
1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point
November 11, 2014
S. Clemmensen
10,000 career NHL minutes
November 22, 2014
A. Greene
500th career NHL game
November 28, 2014
M. Zidlicky
300th career NHL assist
December 4, 2014
J. Jagr
1,500th career NHL game
December 8, 2014
S. Bernier
200th career NHL point
December 13, 2014
K. Kinkaid
1st career NHL win
December 19, 2014
S. Gomez
1,000th career NHL game
December 27, 2014
C. Schneider
10,000 career NHL minutes
December 29, 2014
D. Zubrus
1,200th career NHL game
December 31, 2014
J. Whitney
1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point
December 31, 2014
P. Elias
600th career NHL assist 1,000th career NHL point
January 6, 2015
M. Cammalleri
700th career NHL game
January 8, 2015
M. Ryder
800th career NHL game
January 16, 2015
T. Sestito
100th career NHL game
January 16, 2015
P. Elias
400th career NHL goal
February 6, 2015
Transactions
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.
Trades
Free agents acquired
Date
Player
Former team
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars )
Ref
July 1, 2014
Mike Cammalleri
Calgary Flames
5 years, $25 million
[ 8]
July 1, 2014
Martin Havlat
San Jose Sharks
1 year, $1.5 million
[ 9]
July 1, 2014
Scott Clemmensen
Florida Panthers
1 year, $600,000
[ 10]
October 7, 2014
Jordin Tootoo
Detroit Red Wings
1 year, $550,000
[ 11]
December 1, 2014
Scott Gomez
Florida Panthers
1 year, $550,000
[ 12]
May 29, 2015
Sergey Kalinin
Avangard Omsk
entry-level contract
[ 13]
June 15, 2015
Vojtech Mozik
HC Plzeň
entry-level contract
[ 14]
Free agents lost
Date
Player
New team
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2014
Mark Fayne
Edmonton Oilers
4 years, $14 million
[ 15]
July 7, 2014
Anton Volchenkov
Nashville Predators
1 year, $1 million
[ 16]
August 14, 2014
Mattias Tedenby
HV71
2 years
[ 17]
October 6, 2014
Ryan Carter
Minnesota Wild
1 year, $725,000
[ 18]
December 2, 2014
Martin Brodeur
St. Louis Blues
1 year, $700,000
[ 19]
Claimed via waivers
Player
Previous team
Date
Lost via waivers
Players released
Player signings
Date
Player
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2014
Corbin McPherson
1 years, $550,000
[ 21]
July 2, 2014
Steve Bernier
1 year, $600,000
[ 22]
July 2, 2014
Stephen Gionta
2 years, $1.7 million
[ 22]
July 9, 2014
Cory Schneider
7 years, $42 million
[ 23]
July 30, 2014
Andy Greene
5 years, $25 million
[ 24]
September 15, 2014
Eric Gelinas
1 year, $900,000
[ 25]
April 14, 2015
Keith Kinkaid
2 years, contract extension
[ 26]
May 9, 2015
Jordin Tootoo
1 year, $825,000
[ 27]
May 27, 2015
Ryan Kujawinski
entry-level contract
[ 28]
May 27, 2015
Blake Pietila
entry-level contract
[ 28]
June 22, 2015
Scott Wedgewood
2 years, $1.175 million
[ 29]
Lost via retirement
Draft picks
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft , held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia .[ 30] The team finished the previous season ranked 20th in the league, but were relegated to select 30th overall for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010.[ 31]
Draft notes[ 32]
New Jersey will pick 30th overall in the first round.[ 33] [ 34] The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 (they elected to keep their first-round picks in 2011, 2012 and 2013)[ 35] as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk . The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011 .[ 36] The NHL partially rescinded the penalty keeping all of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million.[ 34] [ 37]
New Jersey's fourth-round pick will go to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on February 13, 2013, that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to New Jersey in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2013 and this pick.[ 38]
a The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick will go to New Jersey as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick.[ 39]
New Jersey's seventh-round pick will go to Arizona as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Steve Sullivan to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.[ 40]
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^ "2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets" . NHL. January 10, 2015.
^ Devils acquire second, third-round picks from Florida for Jagr
^ Devils acquire conditional 3rd-round pick from Detroit for D Marek Zidlicky
^ Devils sign Mike Cammalleri
^ Devils ink forward Martin Havlat
^ Clemmensen signs with Devils
^ Devils sign Jordin Tootoo
^ Devils bring back veteran center Gomez
^ Devils ink Kalinin to entry-level contract
^ Devils sign defenseman Vojtech Mozik
^ BLOG: Mark Fayne signs with Oilers
^ Nashville Predators Sign Anton Volchenkov to a One-Year Contract
^ "Tedenby: "Vi har grymma supportrar""
^ Wild Inks Carter To One-Year Deal
^ Blues Sign Brodeur to One-Year Deal
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^ "Devils Address Offensive Needs Through Free Agency | The NHL Files" . Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014 .
^ a b Devils re-sign forwards Gionta, Bernier
^ Devils re-sign Cory Schneider
^ Devils Re-Sign Defenseman Andy Greene to Long-Term Contract
^ Devils re-sign D Eric Gelinas
^ Devils re-sign Kinkaid to two-year contract
^ Devils re-sign Jordin Tootoo
^ a b Devils sign prospects Ryan Kujawinski, Blake Pietila
^ Devils re-sign G Scott Wedgewood
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^ "Devils get Steve Sullivan from Coyotes" . National Hockey League . April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013 .
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