2024–25 New Jersey Devils season

2024–25 New Jersey Devils
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	22–11–3
Home record	10–6–3
Road record	12–5–0
Goals for	119
Goals against	91
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 (15)
Assists	Jesper Bratt Jack Hughes (24)
Points	Jesper Bratt (37)
Penalty minutes	Brenden Dillon (37)
Plus/minus	Johnathan Kovacevic (+13)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (13)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (2.51)

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.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	36	22	11	3	21	119	91	+28	47
2	Washington Capitals	32	22	8	2	19	121	84	+37	46
3	Carolina Hurricanes	32	20	11	1	18	113	90	+23	41
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	35	15	15	5	9	105	130	−25	35
5	Philadelphia Flyers	34	15	15	4	7	105	123	−18	34
6	New York Rangers	32	16	15	1	16	95	94	+1	33
7	New York Islanders	34	13	14	7	10	92	106	−14	33
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	34	13	15	6	11	112	123	−11	32

Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2024. Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	30	18	10	2	15	120	86	+34	38
2	AT	Ottawa Senators	33	18	13	2	13	104	95	+9	38
3	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	35	15	15	5	9	105	130	−25	35
4	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	34	15	15	4	7	105	123	−18	34
5	ME	New York Rangers	32	16	15	1	16	95	94	+1	33
6	ME	New York Islanders	34	13	14	7	10	92	106	−14	33
7	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	34	13	15	6	11	112	123	−11	32
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	33	14	16	3	11	97	118	−21	31
9	AT	Detroit Red Wings	33	13	16	4	10	88	107	−19	30
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	34	11	19	4	8	97	119	−22	26

Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2024. Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

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[a] October 4 New Jersey 4–1 Buffalo Markstrom 16,913 1–0–0 2 2[a] 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: 6–2–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 2 New Jersey 5–1 NY Rangers Markstrom 18,006 17–9–2 36 29 December 6 Seattle 2–3 New Jersey Markstrom 15,582 18–9–2 38 30 December 8 Colorado 4–0 New Jersey Allen 15,044 18–10–2 38 31 December 10 Toronto 2–1 New Jersey OT Markstrom 16,091 18–10–3 39 32 December 12 Los Angeles 1–3 New Jersey Markstrom 15,051 19–10–3 41 33 December 14 Chicago 1–4 New Jersey Markstrom 16,514 20–10–3 43 34 December 17 New Jersey 4–1 St. Louis Markstrom 18,096 21–10–3 45 35 December 19 New Jersey 2–4 Columbus Allen 15,793 21–11–3 45 36 December 21 Pittsburgh 0–3 New Jersey Markstrom 16,514 22–11–3 47 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 December 7, 2024

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jesper Bratt	28	12	23	35	5	12
Jack Hughes	28	11	22	33	8	2
Nico Hischier	28	15	12	27	10	2
Stefan Noesen	28	13	9	22	–2	13
Dougie Hamilton	28	5	16	21	0	16
Timo Meier	27	8	11	19	8	29
Dawson Mercer	28	6	8	14	8	10
Paul Cotter	28	7	5	12	–2	26
Erik Haula	28	5	6	11	–3	23
Johnathan Kovacevic	28	1	9	10	14	27
Tomas Tatar	26	3	6	9	–1	6
Ondrej Palat	27	3	5	8	–2	4
Luke Hughes	19	0	8	8	0	4
Jonas Siegenthaler	28	1	6	7	5	14
Brenden Dillon	28	1	5	6	5	37
Nathan Bastian	12	2	3	5	1	21
Seamus Casey	8	3	1	4	2	0
Justin Dowling	16	2	1	3	–2	2
Curtis Lazar	12	1	1	2	–1	4
Brett Pesce	19	0	1	1	–2	2
Simon Nemec	9	0	1	1	–2	4
Kurtis MacDermid	12	0	0	0	–3	17
Shane Bowers	4	0	0	0	–1	0
Nolan Foote	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Daniil Misyul	1	0	0	0	–1	0
Nathan Legare	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hardman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	20	20	1,195:56	13	6	1	50	2.51	536	.907	1	0	0	0
Jake Allen	9	9	533:53	5	3	1	24	2.70	247	.907	2	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.

Suspensions & Fines

Date	Player	Explaination	Length	Salary	Ref.
November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	Timo Meier	Cross-checking Zachary L'Heureux	1 Game	$45,833

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)	To Utah Hockey Club John Marino COL 5th-round pick in 2024	To New Jersey Devils WSH 2nd-round pick in 2024 EDM 2nd-round pick in 2025
June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)	To Vegas Golden Knights Alexander Holtz Akira Schmid	To New Jersey Devils Paul Cotter 3rd-round pick in 2025

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)