2020–21 New Jersey Devils season

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2020–21 New Jersey Devils
Division 7th East
2020–21 record 19–30–7
Home record 7–18–3
Road record 12–12–4
Goals for 145
Goals against 194
Team information
General Manager Tom Fitzgerald
Coach Lindy Ruff
Captain Vacant (Jan. 14 – Feb. 20)
Nico Hischier (Feb. 20 – May 10)
Alternate captains Nico Hischier (Jan. 14 – Feb. 20)
Kyle Palmieri (Jan. 14 – Apr. 7)
Damon Severson
P. K. Subban (Apr. 8 – May 10)
Travis Zajac (Jan. 14 – Apr. 7)
Miles Wood (Apr. 8 – May 10)
Arena Prudential Center
Minor league affiliations Binghamton Devils (AHL)
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Miles Wood
Pavel Zacha (17)
Assists Jesper Bratt (23)
Points Pavel Zacha (35)
Penalties in minutes Michael McLeod (42)
Plus/minus Jesper Bratt (+4)
Wins Mackenzie Blackwood (14)
Goals against average Eric Comrie (3.00)
<2019–20 2021–22>

The 2020–21 New Jersey Devils season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 39th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada, the Devils played a shortened 56-game regular season, which consisted of divisional play only, with the Devils being temporarily realigned from the Metropolitan Division to the East Division.[2]

Fan attendance in home games was prohibited until March 1, 2021, per an executive order from Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy.[3] The Devils reopened Prudential Center to spectators on March 2.[4]

On April 20, following a 7–6 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Devils were eliminated from playoff contention for the third consecutive season.[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
Source: National Hockey League[6]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[7]

2020–21 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)       Postponement

Player statistics

As of May 11, 2021[69]

Skaters

Regular season[70]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Pavel Zacha 50 17 18 35 –11 10
Jack Hughes 56 11 20 31 –3 16
Yegor Sharangovich 54 16 14 30 –4 4
Jesper Bratt 46 7 23 30 +4 8
Miles Wood 55 17 8 25 –6 29
Janne Kuokkanen 50 8 17 25 –1 14
Ty Smith 48 2 21 23 –9 22
Damon Severson 56 3 18 21 –8 29
P. K. Subban 44 5 14 19 –16 26
Travis Zajac‡ 33 7 11 18 0 6
Kyle Palmieri‡ 34 8 9 17 –2 18
Michael McLeod 52 9 6 15 –12 42
Ryan Murray 48 0 14 14 +3 8
Nico Hischier 21 6 5 11 −9 4
Andreas Johnsson 50 5 6 11 –1 12
Will Butcher 23 1 10 11 −3 2
Nathan Bastian 41 3 7 10 0 21
Nick Merkley 27 2 8 10 –5 7
Mikhail Maltsev 33 6 3 9 −4 4
Jesper Boqvist 28 4 3 7 −5 2
Sami Vatanen 30 2 4 6 +2 18
Nikita Gusev 20 2 3 5 –12 0
Matt Tennyson 21 1 2 3 0 2
Marian Studenic 8 1 1 2 –2 4
Nolan Foote 6 1 1 2 –1 0
Connor Carrick 11 1 1 2 –2 5
Dmitri Kulikov‡ 38 0 2 2 −4 26
Kevin Bahl 7 0 2 2 0 0
Tyce Thompson 7 0 1 1 –3 0
Jonas Siegenthaler† 8 0 0 0 –6 2
Colton White 2 0 0 0 –1 0
A. J. Greer† 1 0 0 0 0 7

Goaltenders

Regular season[71]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Mackenzie Blackwood 35 35 2,090:37 14 17 4 106 3.04 1,081 .902 1 0 0 0
Scott Wedgewood 16 15 888:02 3 8 3 46 3.11 458 .900 2 0 0 0
Eric Comrie 1 1 60:00 1 0 0 3 3.00 33 .909 0 0 0 0
Aaron Dell 7 5 319:10 1 5 0 22 4.14 154 .857 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.

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Arizona Coyotes
7th-round pick in 2020		 To New Jersey Devils
7th-round pick in 2021		 [72]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) To Columbus Blue Jackets
5th-round pick in 2021		 To New Jersey Devils
Ryan Murray		 [73]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Joey Anderson		 To New Jersey Devils
Andreas Johnsson		 [74]
April 7, 2021 (2021-04-07) To New York Islanders
Kyle Palmieri
Travis Zajac		 To New Jersey Devils
A. J. Greer
Mason Jobst
1st-round pick in 2021
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022		 [75]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Washington Capitals
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021		 To New Jersey Devils
Jonas Siegenthaler		 [76]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Edmonton Oilers
Dmitri Kulikov		 To New Jersey Devils
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022		 [77]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Brandon Baddock to Montreal Canadiens 1-year [78]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Corey Crawford from Chicago Blackhawks 2-year [79]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) John Hayden to Arizona Coyotes 1-year [80]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Dakota Mermis to Minnesota Wild 1-year [81]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Kevin Rooney to New York Rangers 2-year [82]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) Scott Wedgewood from Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [83]
October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22) Dmitry Kulikov from Winnipeg Jets 1-year [84]
October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26) Zane McIntyre to Dinamo Riga (KHL) 1-year [85]
January 7, 2021 (2021-01-07) Sami Vatanen from Carolina Hurricanes 1-year [86]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) Fredrik Claesson to San Jose Sharks 1-year [87]
February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01) Mirco Muller to Leksands IF (SHL) 1-year [88]
May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27) Gilles Senn to HC Davos (NL) 3-year [89]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12) Eric Comrie from Winnipeg Jets [90]
January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18) Aaron Dell from Toronto Maple Leafs [91]
February 18, 2021 (2021-02-18) Eric Comrie to Winnipeg Jets [92]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) Sami Vatanen to Dallas Stars [93]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) Josh Jacobs 1-year [98]
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) Brett Seney 1-year [98]
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) Ben Street 1-year [98]
October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) Nick Merkley 1-year [99]
October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29) Colton White 1-year [100]
December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23) Mackenzie Blackwood 3-year [101]
December 24, 2020 (2020-12-24) Dawson Mercer 3-year [102]
January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10) Jesper Bratt 2-year [103]
March 6, 2021 (2021-03-06) Graeme Clarke 3-year [104]
March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19) Michael Vukojevic 3-year [105]
March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) Tyce Thompson 2-year [106]
March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25) Aarne Talvitie 2-year [107]
April 19, 2021 (2021-04-19) Alexander Holtz 3-year [108]
May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05) Nicolas Daws 3-year [109]
May 17, 2021 (2021-05-17) Akira Schmid 3-year [110]
June 15, 2021 (2021-06-15) Nathan Bastian 2-year [111]
July 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) Scott Wedgewood 1-year [112]

Draft picks

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See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on October 6 and 7, 2020, in a remote format, with teams convening via videoconferencing, and Commissioner Gary Bettman announcing selections from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.[113] It was originally scheduled to be held on June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec,[114][115] but was postponed on March 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conclusion of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.[116]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 7 Alexander Holtz RW  Sweden Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
1 181 Dawson Mercer C  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
1 202 Shakir Mukhamadullin D  Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
3 843 Nicolas Daws G  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
4 99 Jaromir Pytlik C  Czech Republic Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 1204 Ethan Edwards D  Canada Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
5 130 Artem Shlaine C  Russia Shattuck-St. Mary's High School (Minnesota)
6 161 Benjamin Baumgartner C  Austria HC Davos (NL)

Notes:

  1. The Arizona Coyotes' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on December 16, 2019, that sent Taylor Hall and Blake Speers to Arizona in exchange for Nick Merkley, Kevin Bahl, Nate Schnarr, a conditional third-round pick in 2021 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[117]
  2. The Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 16, 2020, that sent Blake Coleman to Tampa Bay in exchange for Nolan Foote and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[118]
  3. The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020, that sent Sami Vatanen to Carolina in exchange for Fredrik Claesson, Janne Kuokkanen and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[119]
  4. The Boston Bruins' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Marcus Johansson to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[120]

Notes

  1. ↑ Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

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