2009–10 New Jersey Devils season

The 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season is the team's 28th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) since the franchise relocated to New Jersey.

2009–10 New Jersey Devils
Atlantic Division champions
Division1st Atlantic
Conference2nd Eastern
2009–10 record48–27–7
Home record27–10–4
Road record21–17–3
Goals for222
Goals against191
Team information
General managerLou Lamoriello
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainJamie Langenbrunner
Alternate captainsPatrik Elias
Zach Parise
ArenaPrudential Center
Average attendance(as of home game #41)
Arena capacity: 17,625
Average draw: 15,536
Percentage: 88.15%
Total: 636,795[1]
Team leaders
GoalsZach Parise (38)
AssistsZach Parise (44)
PointsZach Parise (82)
Penalty minutesAndrew Peters (93)
Plus/minusZach Parise (+24)
WinsMartin Brodeur (45)
Goals against averageYann Danis (2.06)

Off-season

On June 9, 2009, Brent Sutter resigned as head coach of the Devils to become the head coach of the Calgary Flames.[2]

At the Entry Draft, the Devils traded with the Calgary Flames to move up in the draft and chose Jacob Josefson with the 20th overall pick.

On July 13, 2009, the Devils named Jacques Lemaire as their new head coach.[3] This was Lemaire's 2nd stint with the club. He won the Stanley Cup as head coach of the Devils back in 1995.

Preseason
Pre-season: 4–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–1)

Regular season

The Devils allowed only 186 goals (excluding five shootout goals) during the regular season, the fewest of all 30 teams. They were also the most disciplined team in the NHL, with just 240 power-play opportunities against.[4][5][6]

  • December 21, 2009 - In a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, Martin Brodeur broke Terry Sawchuk's record for the most regular-season shutouts with his 104th career shutout. [7] Then, he shut out the Penguins again on December 30, 2009, earning him his 105th shutout, giving him the all-time professional record for most shutouts. [8][9]

Divisional standings
Atlantic Division[11]
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 y – New Jersey Devils8248277222191103
2 Pittsburgh Penguins8247287257237101
3 Philadelphia Flyers824135623622588
4 New York Rangers8238331122221887
5 New York Islanders8234371122226479

Conference standings
Eastern Conference[12]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Washington CapitalsSE82541513318233121
2 y – New Jersey DevilsAT8248277222191103
3 y – Buffalo SabresNE82452710235207100
4 Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8247287257237101
5 Ottawa SenatorsNE824432622523894
6 Boston BruinsNE8239301320620091
7 Philadelphia FlyersAT824135623622588
8 Montreal CanadiensNE8239331021722388
8.5
9 New York RangersAT8238331122221887
10 Atlanta ThrashersSE8235341323425683
11 Carolina HurricanesSE8235371023025680
12 Tampa Bay LightningSE8234361221726080
13 New York IslandersAT8234371122226479
14 Florida PanthersSE8232371320824477
15 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8230381421426774

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Schedule and results
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)
November: 9–2–1, 19 points (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 3–2–1)
December: 11–4–0, 22 points (Home: 8–2–0; Road: 3–1–0)
January: 7–7–1, 15 points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–4–1)
February: 2–4–1, 5 points (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–3–0)
March: 7–5–3, 17 points (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 2–4–1)
April: 4–1–1, 9 points (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 2–1–0)
2009–10 schedule

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

  1. Game 42 began on January 8, however, it was completed on January 10 due to a partial blackout of the sports lighting at the Prudential Center. See #Lighting incident for more information.

Lighting incident

On January 8, 2010, a lighting problem occurred in the arena during a game between the Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay was leading 3–0 with 9:12 left in the second period when half of the sports lights went out due to an interruption in power on the grid feeding electricity to the arena, followed by a failure of a computer-operated lighting system that allowed the sports lighting system to function with the circuit breakers. PSE&G and Prudential Center electricians worked on the situation for 1 hour and 52 minutes but could not reboot the system. The game was suspended due to the lighting problem;[13][14] it was resumed two nights later, with about 3,000 of the original crowd of 15,129 in attendance.[15][16] The Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning and the NHL agreed to waive a rule prohibiting players from participating in an NHL-sanctioned event on three consecutive nights as per the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Tampa Bay won, 4–2, with Lightning center Steven Stamkos scoring two goals in the contest: one on Friday and one on Sunday.[17]

Playoffs
Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

With their win on March 27, 2010, against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, the Devils clinched a playoff berth and participated in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 13th consecutive season and for the 20th time in 22 seasons.

2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

  Win   Loss   Win playoff series   Eliminated from playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltenders
Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Martin Brodeur764499452561682.242004.9169036
Yann Danis12467321162.06207.9230000
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Martin Brodeur529914153.01126.8810

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Devils. Stats reflect time with Devils only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Devils only.

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Awards
Regular season
PlayerAwardAwarded
Martin BrodeurWilliam M. Jennings TrophyEnd of regular season
Martin Brodeur [18]NHL Second Star of the WeekNovember 30, 2009
Jamie Langenbrunner[19]NHL First Star of the WeekJanuary 4, 2010
Ilya Kovalchuk[20]NHL Third Star of the WeekMarch 29, 2010

Nominations
Regular Season
PlayerAwardPlace
Martin BrodeurVezina TrophyFinalist

Records
Player Record (amount) Achieved
Martin BrodeurMost career minutes played by a goaltender in the NHL (60,963)November 27, 2009
Most games played by an NHL goaltender (1,030)December 18, 2009
Most shutouts by an NHL goaltender (104)December 21, 2009

Milestones
Regular season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Ilkka Pikkarainen1st NHL gameOctober 5, 2009
Colin White600th NHL gameOctober 17, 2009
Mike Mottau100th NHL PIMOctober 22, 2009
John Oduya150th NHL PIM
Jay Pandolfo150th NHL PIMOctober 24, 2009
Mark Fraser1st NHL goal
1st NHL point
1st NHL assistOctober 31, 2009
Travis Zajac150th NHL pointNovember 4, 2009
Ilkka Pikkarainen1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		November 6, 2009
Martin Brodeur1,000th NHL career startNovember 7, 2009
Jamie Langenbrunner900th NHL gameNovember 11, 2009
Matt Halischuk1st NHL goalNovember 14, 2009
Tim Sestito1st NHL assist
1st NHL point
Bryce Salvador550th NHL gameNovember 16, 2009
Travis Zajac100th NHL assistNovember 19, 2009
Tyler Eckford1st NHL game
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		November 21, 2009
Matthew Corrente1st NHL game
Andy Greene150th NHL gameNovember 25, 2009
Mike Mottau200th NHL game
Jamie Langenbrunner350th NHL assistNovember 28, 2009
Vladimir Zharkov1st NHL game
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		December 4, 2009
Zach Parise150th NHL assistDecember 9, 2009
Patrik Elias300th NHL goalDecember 12, 2009
Ilkka Pikkarainen1st NHL goalDecember 16, 2009
John Oduya250th NHL game
Dean McAmmond950th NHL gameDecember 21, 2009
Martin Brodeur600th NHL winApril 6, 2010

Transactions

Trades
June 26, 2009[21] To Calgary Flames
1st-round pick (23rd overall) in 2009
3rd-round pick (84th overall) in 2009		 To New Jersey Devils
1st-round pick (20th overall) in 2009
June 30, 2009[22] To New York Islanders
Tony Romano		 To New Jersey Devils
Ben Walter
Conditional pick in 2012[lower-alpha 1]
February 4, 2010[23] To Atlanta Thrashers
Johnny Oduya
Niclas Bergfors
Patrice Cormier
1st-round pick in 2010
2nd-round pick in 2010		 To New Jersey Devils
Ilya Kovalchuk
Anssi Salmela
2nd-round pick in 2010
March 3, 2010[24] To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th-round pick in 2010		 To New Jersey Devils
Martin Skoula
  1. Condition not satisfied.

Free agents acquired
PlayerFormer teamContract terms
Ilkka Pikkarainen[25]HIFKundisclosed
Yann Danis[26]New York Islanders1 year, $550,000
Cory Murphy[27]Tampa Bay Lightningundisclosed
Rob Niedermayer[28]Anaheim Ducks1 year, $1 million

Free agents lost
PlayerNew teamContract terms
Brian Gionta[29]Montreal Canadiens5 years, $25 million
John Madden[30]Chicago Blackhawks1 year, $2.75 million
Mike Rupp[31]Pittsburgh Penguins2 years, $1.65 million
Scott Clemmensen[32]Florida Panthers3 years, $3.6 million

Lost via waivers
PlayerNew teamDate claimed off waivers
Jay Leach[33]Montreal CanadiensNovember 6, 2009

Lost via retirement
Player
Brendan Shanahan[34]
Kevin Weekes
Bobby Holik

Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond[35]undisclosed
Johnny Oduya[36]3 years, $10.5 million
Andy Greene[37]2 years, $1.475 million
Travis Zajac[38]4 years, $15.55 million
Brendan Shanahan[39]1 year, $1 million
Mattias Tedenby[40]undisclosed
Jacob Josefson[40]undisclosed
Eric Gelinas[41]undisclosed
Dan Kelly[41]undisclosed

Draft picks

New Jersey's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club team
120 (from Calgary)Jacob JosefsonC SwedenDjurgardens IF (Elitserien)
254Eric GelinasD CanadaLewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
373 (from Minnesota)Alexander UrbomD SwedenDjurgardens IF (Elitserien)
4114Seth HelgesonD United StatesSioux City Musketeers (USHL)
5144Derek RodwellLW CanadaOkotoks Oilers (AJHL)
6174Ashton BernardLW CanadaShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7204Curtis GedigD CanadaCowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)

Final roster

Updated April 13, 2010.[42]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Martin Brodeur G L 48 1990 Montreal, Quebec
23 David Clarkson RW R 36 2005 Toronto, Ontario
26 Patrik Elias (A) LW L 44 1994 Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
2 Mark Fraser D L 34 2005 Ottawa, Ontario
6 Andy Greene D L 38 2006 Trenton, Michigan
17 Ilya Kovalchuk LW R 37 2010 Kalinin, Soviet Union
15 Jamie Langenbrunner (C) RW R 45 2001 Cloquet, Minnesota
22 Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond LW L 35 2004 Lévis, Quebec
7 Paul Martin D L 39 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11 Dean McAmmond C L 47 2009 Grande Cache, Alberta
27 Mike Mottau D L 42 2006 Quincy, Massachusetts
21 Rob Niedermayer C L 46 2009 Cassiar, British Columbia
20 Jay Pandolfo LW L 46 1993 Winchester, Massachusetts
9 Zach Parise (A) LW L 36 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota
10 Rod Pelley C L 36 2007 Kitimat, British Columbia
25 Andrew Peters LW L 40 2009 St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Anssi Salmela D L 36 2010 Nokia, Finland
28 Martin Skoula D L 41 2010 Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
5 Colin White D L 43 1996 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
19 Travis Zajac C R 35 2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba
18 Vladimir Zharkov RW L 33 2006 Elektrostal, Soviet Union
8 Dainius Zubrus C L 42 2007 Elektrėnai, Soviet Union

See also

Farm teams

The Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League and the Trenton Devils of the ECHL remain the New Jersey Devils' minor league affiliates for the 2009–10 season.

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  24. Devils acquire D Martin Skoula
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