2009–10 New Jersey Devils season

2009–10 New Jersey Devils
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2009–10 record	48–27–7
Home record	27–10–4
Road record	21–17–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	191
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Jamie Langenbrunner
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Zach Parise
Arena	Prudential 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
Goals	Zach Parise (38)
Assists	Zach Parise (44)
Points	Zach Parise (82)
Penalties in minutes	Andrew Peters (93)
Plus/minus	Zach Parise (24)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (45)
Goals against average	Yann Danis (2.06)
<2008–09 2010–11>

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

Off-season

On June 9, 2009, Brent Sutter stepped down 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 New Jersey Devils named Jacques Lemaire as their new head coach.^[3] This will be Lemaire's 2nd stint with the club. He won the Stanley Cup as head coach of the Devils back in 1995.

Pre-season

Pre-season: 4–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record 1 September 16 New York Rangers 3–2 (SO) Prudential Center – 10,481 1–0–0 2 September 23 New York Islanders 4–2 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – 8,256 2–0–0 3 September 24 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 (OT) Wachovia Center – 17,650 2–0–1 4 September 26 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 Prudential Center – 11,167 3–0–1 5 September 29 New York Islanders 4–2 Prudential Center – 10,311 4–0–1   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

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]

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division^[7]

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
4	New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
5	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79

Conference standings

Eastern Conference^[8]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	SE	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
2	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
3	y – Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
5	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
7	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

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) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 1 October 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2–5 Prudential Center – 17,625 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 New York Rangers 2–3 Prudential Center – 17,625 0–2–0 0 3 October 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 (SO) St. Pete Times Forum – 17,454 1–2–0 2 4 October 10 Florida Panthers 3–2 BankAtlantic Center – 18,802 2–2–0 4 5 October 12 Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO) Verizon Center – 18,277 3–2–0 6 6 October 16 Atlanta Thrashers 2–4 Prudential Center – 14,187 3–3–0 6 7 October 17 Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 Prudential Center – 15,021 4–3–0 8 8 October 22 New York Rangers 4–2 Madison Square Garden – 18,200 5–3–0 10 9 October 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Mellon Arena – 17,132 6–3–0 12 10 October 28 Buffalo Sabres 1–4 Prudential Center – 14,182 6–4–0 12 11 October 29 Boston Bruins 2–1 TD Garden – 17,565 7–4–0 14 12 October 31 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 (SO) St. Pete Times Forum – 12,154 8–4–0 16
November: 9–2–1, 19 points (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 3–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 13 November 4 Washington Capitals 3–2 Prudential Center – 13,498 9–4–0 18 14 November 6 New York Islanders 2–1 Prudential Center – 14,109 10–4–0 20 15 November 7 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Scotiabank Place – 18,781 11–4–0 22 16 November 11 Anaheim Ducks 3–1 Prudential Center – 14,123 12–4–0 24 17 November 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Mellon Arena – 17,005 13–4–0 26 18 November 14 Washington Capitals 5–2 Prudential Center – 16,521 14–4–0 28 19 November 16 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Wachovia Center – 19,673 14–5–0 28 20 November 19 Nashville Predators 2–3 (SO) Sommet Center – 13,445 14–5–1 29 21 November 21 Dallas Stars 3–5 American Airlines Center – 17,514 14–6–1 29 22 November 25 Ottawa Senators 3–1 Prudential Center – 14,056 15–6–1 31 23 November 27 Boston Bruins 2–1 (SO) TD Garden – 17,565 16–6–1 33 24 November 28 New York Islanders 6–1 Prudential Center – 16,961 17–6–1 35
December: 11–4–0, 22 points (Home: 8–2–0; Road: 3–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 25 December 2 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 Prudential Center – 13,586 17–7–1 35 26 December 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 Prudential Center – 15,336 18–7–1 37 27 December 5 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 (SO) Prudential Center – 17,625 19–7–1 39 28 December 7 Buffalo Sabres 3–0 HSBC Arena – 18,690 20–7–1 41 29 December 9 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Prudential Center – 12,013 21–7–1 43 30 December 11 Florida Panthers 2–4 Prudential Center – 14,132 21–8–1 43 31 December 12 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Prudential Center – 15,724 22–8–1 45 32 December 16 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Prudential Center – 12,178 23–8–1 47 33 December 18 Ottawa Senators 4–2 Prudential Center – 13,728 24–8–1 49 34 December 19 Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 Philips Arena – 14,616 25–8–1 51 35 December 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 Mellon Arena – 17,132 26–8–1 53 36 December 26 Washington Capitals 1–4 Verizon Center – 18,277 26–9–1 53 37 December 28 Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 Prudential Center – 17,024 27–9–1 55 38 December 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 Prudential Center – 17,625 28–9–1 57 39 December 31 Chicago Blackhawks 1–5 United Center – 21,614 28–10–1 57
January: 7–7–1, 15 points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–4–1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 40 January 2 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Xcel Energy Center – 19,155 29–10–1 59 41 January 5 Dallas Stars 4–0 Prudential Center – 14,202 30–10–1 61 42 January 8/10[Note 1] Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4 Prudential Center – 15,129 30–11–1 61 43 January 9 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 (OT) Bell Centre – 21,273 31–11–1 63 44 January 12 New York Rangers 1–0 (SO) Madison Square Garden – 18,200 32–11–1 65 45 January 14 Phoenix Coyotes 3–4 Jobing.com Arena – 9,430 32–12–1 65 46 January 16 Colorado Avalanche 1–3 Pepsi Center – 17,816 32–13–1 65 47 January 18 New York Islanders 0–4 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – 16,250 32–14–1 65 48 January 20 Florida Panthers 2–0 Prudential Center – 13,931 33–14–1 67 49 January 22 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 Prudential Center – 17,625 33–15–1 67 50 January 23 New York Islanders 4–2 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – 16,250 34–15–1 69 51 January 26 Ottawa Senators 0–3 Scotiabank Place – 18,107 34–16–1 69 52 January 27 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 (SO) HSBC Arena – 18,690 34–16–2 70 53 January 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 (OT) Prudential Center – 15,536 35–16–2 72 54 January 31 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 Prudential Center – 17,625 35–17–2 72
February: 2–4–1, 5 points (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 55 February 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 Air Canada Centre – 19,326 35–18–2 72 56 February 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Prudential Center – 15,204 36–18–2 74 57 February 6 New York Rangers 1–3 Madison Square Garden – 18,200 36–19–2 74 58 February 8 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Wachovia Center – 19,678 36–20–2 74 59 February 10 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 (OT) Prudential Center – 5,580 36–20–3 75 60 February 12 Nashville Predators 5–2 Prudential Center – 17,625 37–20–3 77 61 February 13 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 RBC Center – 16,466 37–21–3 77
March: 7–5–3, 17 points (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 2–4–1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 62 March 2 San Jose Sharks 4–3 HP Pavilion – 17,562 38–21–3 79 63 March 5 Calgary Flames 3–5 Pengrowth Saddledome – 19,289 38–22–3 79 64 March 7 Edmonton Oilers 0–2 Rexall Place – 16,839 38–23–3 79 65 March 10 New York Rangers 6–3 Prudential Center – 17,625 39–23–3 81 66 March 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Prudential Center – 17,625 40–23–3 83 67 March 13 New York Islanders 2–4 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – 15,583 40–24–3 83 68 March 15 Boston Bruins 3–2 Prudential Center – 15,801 41–24–3 85 69 March 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Prudential Center – 17,625 42–24–3 87 70 March 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 (SO) Air Canada Centre – 19,183 42–24–4 88 71 March 20 St. Louis Blues 0–1 Prudential Center – 17,625 42–25–4 88 72 March 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 Prudential Center – 14,202 43–25–4 90 73 March 25 New York Rangers 3–4 (SO) Prudential Center – 17,625 43–25–5 91 74 March 27 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Bell Centre – 21,273 44–25–5 93 75 March 28 Philadelphia Flyers 1–5 Wachovia Center – 19,769 44–26–5 93 76 March 30 Boston Bruins 0–1 (OT) Prudential Center – 16,636 44–26–6 94
April: 4–1–1, 9 points (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 2–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 77 April 2 Chicago Blackhawks 1–2 (SO) Prudential Center – 17,625 44–26–7 95 78 April 3 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 RBC Center – 16,073 45–26–7 97 79 April 6 Atlanta Thrashers 3–0 Philips Arena – 12,038 46–26–7 99 80 April 8 Florida Panthers 2–3 BankAtlantic Center – 15,273 46–27–7 99 81 April 10 New York Islanders 7–1 Prudential Center – 17,625 47–27–7 101 82 April 11 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 Prudential Center – 17,625 48–27–7 103
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;^[9][10] it was resumed two nights later, with about 3,000 of the original crowd of 15,129 in attendance.^[11][12] 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 Steve Stamkos scoring two goals in the contest: One on Friday and one on Sunday.^[13]

Playoffs

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

2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3–5 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Series tied 1–1 3 April 18 New Jersey Devils 2–3 Philadelphia Flyers OT Brodeur 19,957 Flyers lead 2–1 4 April 20 New Jersey Devils 1–4 Philadelphia Flyers Brodeur 19,709 Flyers lead 3–1 5 April 22 Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Flyers win 4–1      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

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Parise, ZachZach Parise 81 38 44 82 24 32 Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 82 25 42 67 22 24 Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner 81 19 42 61 6 44 Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 58 19 29 48 18 40 Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston 80 20 17 37 2 22 Greene, AndyAndy Greene 78 6 31 37 9 14 Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus 51 10 17 27 4 28 Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk^† 27 10 17 27 9 8 Bergfors, NiclasNiclas Bergfors^‡ 54 13 14 27 −7 10 Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson 46 11 13 24 3 85 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer 71 10 12 22 3 45 Mottau, MikeMike Mottau 79 2 16 18 4 41 Macammond, DeanDean McAmmond 62 8 9 17 −1 40 Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador 79 4 10 14 8 57 White, ColinColin White 81 2 10 12 8 46 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 22 2 9 11 10 2 Pelley, RodRod Pelley 63 2 8 10 −4 40 Zharkov, VladimirVladimir Zharkov 40 0 10 10 2 8 Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo 52 4 5 9 −10 6 Fraser, MarkMark Fraser 61 3 3 6 3 36 Pikkarainen, IlkkaIlkka Pikkarainen 31 1 3 4 −3 10 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya^‡ 40 2 2 4 2 18 Murphy, CoryCory Murphy 12 2 1 3 −2 2 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula^† 19 0 3 3 7 4 Salmela, AnssiAnssi Salmela^† 9 1 2 3 −5 0 Letourneau-Leblond, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond 27 0 2 2 −4 48 Halischuk, MatthewMatthew Halischuk 20 1 1 2 −4 2 Eckford, TylerTyler Eckford 3 0 1 1 0 4 Sestito, TimTim Sestito 9 0 1 1 −2 2 Davis, PatrickPatrick Davis 8 1 0 1 −2 0 Palmieri, NickNick Palmieri 6 0 1 1 0 0 Peters, AndrewAndrew Peters 29 0 0 0 −5 93 Davison, RobRob Davison 1 0 0 0 0 0 Walter, BenBen Walter 2 0 0 0 0 2 Corrente, MatthewMatthew Corrente 12 0 0 0 0 24

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk 5 2 4 6 0 6 Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 5 0 4 4 −2 2 Parise, ZachZach Parise 5 1 3 4 0 0 Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston 5 2 1 3 −1 0 Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 5 1 1 2 1 2 Greene, AndyAndy Greene 5 1 1 2 0 6 Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner 5 0 1 1 −1 4 Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus 5 1 0 1 0 8 White, ColinColin White 5 1 0 1 −1 8 Mottau, MikeMike Mottau 5 0 1 1 0 0 Macammond, DeanDean McAmmond 5 0 0 0 −1 4 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer 5 0 0 0 −1 6 Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador 5 0 0 0 1 6 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson 5 0 0 0 −1 22 Letourneau-Leblond, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond 5 0 0 0 0 10 Fraser, MarkMark Fraser 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Pelley, RodRod Pelley 3 0 0 0 0 2 Corrente, MatthewMatthew Corrente 2 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 76 4499 45 25 6 168 2.24 2004 .916 9 0 3 6 Danis, YannYann Danis 12 467 3 2 1 16 2.06 207 .923 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 5 299 1 4 15 3.01 126 .881 0

^†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
Player	Award	Awarded
Martin Brodeur	William M. Jennings Trophy	End of regular season
Martin Brodeur [14]	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 30, 2009
Jamie Langenbrunner[15]	NHL First Star of the Week	January 4, 2010
Ilya Kovalchuk[16]	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 29, 2010

Records

Player	Record (amount)	Achieved
Martin Brodeur	Most 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
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ilkka Pikkarainen	1st NHL game	October 5, 2009
Colin White	600th NHL game	October 17, 2009
Mike Mottau	100th NHL PIM	October 22, 2009
John Oduya	150th NHL PIM
Jay Pandolfo	150th NHL PIM	October 24, 2009
Mark Fraser	1st NHL goal 1st NHL point
	1st NHL assist	October 31, 2009
Travis Zajac	150th NHL point	November 4, 2009
Ilkka Pikkarainen	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	November 6, 2009
Martin Brodeur	1,000th NHL career start	November 7, 2009
Jamie Langenbrunner	900th NHL game	November 11, 2009
Matt Halischuk	1st NHL goal	November 14, 2009
Tim Sestito	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point
Bryce Salvador	550th NHL game	November 16, 2009
Travis Zajac	100th NHL assist	November 19, 2009
Tyler Eckford	1st NHL game
	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	November 21, 2009
Matthew Corrente	1st NHL game
Andy Greene	150th NHL game	November 25, 2009
Mike Mottau	200th NHL game
Jamie Langenbrunner	350th NHL assist	November 28, 2009
Vladimir Zharkov	1st NHL game
	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	December 4, 2009
Zach Parise	150th NHL assist	December 9, 2009
Patrik Elias	300th NHL goal	December 12, 2009
Ilkka Pikkarainen	1st NHL goal	December 16, 2009
John Oduya	250th NHL game
Dean McAmmond	950th NHL game	December 21, 2009
Martin Brodeur	600th NHL win	April 6, 2010

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 2009[17]	To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick (#23 overall) in 2009 3rd-round pick (#84 overall) in 2009	To New Jersey Devils 1st-round pick (#20 overall) in 2009
June 30, 2009[18]	To New York Islanders Tony Romano	To New Jersey Devils Ben Walter conditional pick in 2012
February 4, 2010[19]	To Atlanta Thrashers Johnny Oduya Niclas Bergfors Patrice Cormier 1st-round pick in 2010 second-round pick in 2010	To New Jersey Devils Ilya Kovalchuk Anssi Salmela second-round pick in 2010
March 3, 2010[20]	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-round draft pick in 2010	To New Jersey Devils Martin Skoula

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Ilkka Pikkarainen[21]	HIFK	undisclosed
Yann Danis[22]	New York Islanders	1 year, $550,000
Cory Murphy[23]	Tampa Bay Lightning	undisclosed
Rob Niedermayer[24]	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1 million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Brian Gionta[25]	Montreal Canadiens	5 years, $25 million
John Madden[26]	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $2.75 million
Michael Rupp[27]	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $1.65 million
Scott Clemmensen[28]	Florida Panthers	3 years, $3.6 million

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Jay Leach[29]	Montreal Canadiens	November 6, 2009

Lost via retirement

Player

Brendan Shanahan[30]

Kevin Weekes

Bobby Holik

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond[31]	undisclosed
Johnny Oduya[32]	3 years, $10.5 million
Andy Greene[33]	2 years, $1.475 million
Travis Zajac[34]	4 years, $15.55 million
Brendan Shanahan[35]	1 year, $1 million
Mattias Tedenby[36]	undisclosed
Jacob Josefson[36]	undisclosed
Eric Gelinas[37]	undisclosed
Dan Kelly[37]	undisclosed

Draft picks

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
1	20 (from Calgary)	Jacob Josefson	C	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
2	54	Eric Gelinas	D	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	73 (from Minnesota)	Alexander Urbom	D	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
4	114	Seth Helgeson	D	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
5	144	Derek Rodwell	LW	Canada	Okotoks Oilers (AJHL)
6	174	Ashton Bernard	LW	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7	204	Curtis Gedig	D	Canada	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)

Final roster

Updated April 13, 2010.^[38]

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#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
30		Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	L	44	1990	Montreal, Quebec
23		Clarkson, DavidDavid Clarkson	RW	R	32	2005	Toronto, Ontario
32		Corrente, MattMatt Corrente	D	R	28	2006	Mississauga, Ontario
35		Danis, YannYann Danis	G	L	35	2009	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
26		Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias (A)	LW	L	40	1994	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
2		Fraser, MarkMark Fraser	D	L	30	2005	Ottawa, Ontario
6		Greene, AndyAndy Greene	D	L	34	2006	Trenton, Michigan
17		Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk	LW	R	33	2010	Kalinin, Soviet Union
15		Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner (C)	RW	R	41	2001	Cloquet, Minnesota
22		Letourneau-Leblond, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	LW	L	31	2004	Lévis, Quebec
7		Martin, PaulPaul Martin	D	L	35	2000	Minneapolis, Minnesota
11		McAmmond, DeanDean McAmmond	C	L	43	2009	Grande Cache, Alberta
27		Mottau, MikeMike Mottau	D	L	38	2006	Quincy, Massachusetts
21		Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer	C	L	41	2009	Cassiar, British Columbia
20		Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo	LW	L	41	1993	Winchester, Massachusetts
9		Parise, ZachZach Parise (A)	LW	L	32	2003	Minneapolis, Minnesota
10		Pelley, RodRod Pelley	C	L	32	2007	Kitimat, British Columbia
25		Peters, AndrewAndrew Peters	LW	L	36	2009	St. Catharines, Ontario
12		Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	LW	L	43	2008	Flint, Michigan
24		Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	L	40	2008	Brandon, Manitoba
29		Salmela, AnssiAnssi Salmela	D	L	32	2010	Nokia, Finland
28		Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	D	L	37	2010	Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
5		White, ColinColin White	D	L	38	1996	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
19		Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac	C	R	31	2004	Winnipeg, Manitoba
18		Zharkov, VladimirVladimir Zharkov	RW	L	28	2006	Elektrostal, Soviet Union
8		Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	L	38	2007	Elektrėnai, Soviet Union

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

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.

References

1. 2009 New Jersey Devils Regular Season Attendance
2. Sutter steps down from behind the bench
3. JACQUES IS BACK: Lemaire returns as Devils head coach
4. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010.html
5. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/2010_games.html
6. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010_games.html
7. "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.
8. "2009–2010 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League.
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12. "Postponed game to resume Sunday, Jan. 10". National Hockey League. New Jersey Devils. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
13. Chere, Rich (January 10, 2010). "NJ Devils lose, 4-2, to Tampa Bay Lightning in resumption of suspended game". The Star-Ledger. New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
14. Sidney Crosby named first star of the week, Brodeur and Hagman second and third
15. Langenbrunner, Smith, Eriksson top week's '3 Stars'
16. Brian Elliott, Jimmy Howard, Ilya Kovalchuk named NHL's three stars
17. New Jersey Devils trade up to pick Swedish center Jacob Josefson 20th in NHL entry draft
18. Devils acquire center Ben Walter
19. Kovalchuk traded to Devils
20. Devils acquire D Martin Skoula
21. Devils sign F Ilkka Pikkarainen
22. Devils sign goaltender Yann Danis
23. Devils sign D Cory Murphy
24. Devils sign C Rob Niedermayer
25. Habs sign Brian Gionta to a 5-year deal
26. Blackhawks Sign Two-Time Stanley Cup Champion John Madden
27. Penguins Add Versatile Rupp to the Mix
28. Panthers Ink Clemmensen To 3-Year Deal
29. Jay Leach claimed off waivers
30. SHANAHAN ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT
31. Devils re-sign forward Letourneau-Leblond
32. Devils re-sign Johnny Oduya
33. Devils re-sign D Andy Greene
34. Devils re-sign C Travis Zajac
35. Devils re-sign F Brendan Shanahan
36. Devils sign top picks Tedenby, Josefson
37. Devils sign prospect Eric Gelinas, add D Dan Kelly
38. "New Jersey Devils - Team - Roster". New Jersey Devils. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

External links

• 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season at ESPN
• 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season at Hockey Reference