The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974. The Scouts moved to Denver in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, they moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, and took their current name, which is derived from the legendary Jersey Devil creature. For their first 25 seasons in New Jersey, the Devils were based at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford and played their home games at Brendan Byrne Arena (later renamed Continental Airlines Arena). Before the 2007–08 season, the team moved to Prudential Center in Newark. The Devils are owned and managed by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), with founders Josh Harris and David Blitzer acquiring the team in 2013.
The franchise was poor to mediocre in the eight years before moving to New Jersey, a pattern that continued during the first five years in New Jersey as they failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs and never finished higher than fifth in their division, which had six teams at the time. Their fortunes began to turn around following the hiring of the president and general manager Lou Lamoriello in 1987. Under Lamoriello’s stewardship, the Devils made the playoffs all but three times between 1988 and 2012, including 13 berths in a row from 1997 to 2010, and finished with a winning record every season from 1992–93 to 2009–10. They have won the Atlantic Division regular season title nine times, most recently in 2009–10, before transferring to the newly created Metropolitan Division as part of the NHL’s realignment in 2013. The Devils have reached the Stanley Cup Finals five times, winning in 1994–95, 1999–2000 and 2002–03, and losing in 2000–01 and 2011–12. The Devils were known for their defense-first approach throughout their years of Cup contention, and were one of the teams credited with popularizing the neutral zone trap in the mid-1990s.
The Devils have a rivalry with their cross-Hudson River neighbor, the New York Rangers, as well as a rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers. The Devils are one of three NHL teams in the New York metropolitan area; the others are the Rangers and the New York Islanders. The Devils are one of four major professional sports teams that play their home games in New Jersey; the others are the National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets, and the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. Since the relocation of the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn in 2012, the Devils have been the only major league team in any sport to bill themselves as representing the state of New Jersey.
In 1972, the NHL announced plans to add two expansion teams, including one in Kansas City, Missouri, owned by a group headed by Edwin G. Thompson. The new team was officially named the Scouts in reference to Cyrus E. Dallin’s statue of the same name which stands in that city’s Penn Valley Park.[4] In the team’s inaugural season, 1974–75, the Scouts were forced to wait until the ninth game to play in Kansas City’s Kemper Arena, and did not post a win until beating the Washington Capitals, their expansion brethren, in their tenth contest.[5] With 41 points in their inaugural season, the Scouts finished last in the Smythe Division; only the Capitals had fewer points in the NHL.[6] Kansas City fell to 36 points the following season, and had a 27-game win-less streak, three short of the NHL record, which was set when the 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets went 30 games without a win.[7] The Scouts had difficulty drawing fans to home games, and National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) leader Alan Eagleson publicly expressed concerns about whether Scouts players would be paid.[5]
- Leagues
- NHL
- Seasons
- 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25
Results
(2X(AWAY WIN OR DRAW)) 1 - 4NHL New Jersey vs NY Islanders |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 1 - 0NHL Philadelphia vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 2 - 5NHL New Jersey vs Toronto |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 2 - 3(OT)NHL New Jersey vs Nashville |
(OVER 6 GOALS) 3 - 4NHL Ottawa vs New Jersey |
(OVER 6 GOALS) 4 - 3NHL NY Rangers vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 0 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 OVER 32.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 20 - 25NHL New Jersey vs Ottawa |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 4 - 1NHL New Jersey vs Winnipeg |
(TEAM 2 OVER 31.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 32 - 38NHL Arizona vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 3) 2 - 6NHL Dallas vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 HANDICAP 0) 3 - 1NHL NY Rangers vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 4 - 1NHL New Jersey vs St. Louis |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 3 - 5NHL New Jersey vs Florida |
(TOTAL OVER 61.5 SHOTS ON TRAGET) 23 - 31German DEL LA Kings vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 WIN IN REGULAR TIME) 2 - 7NHL San Jose vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 OVER 30.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 40 - 18NHL New Jersey vs NY Rangers |
(TEAM 2 OVER 30.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 26 - 39NHL Washington vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 1 - 2NHL New Jersey vs LA Kings |
(TOTAL OVER 61.5 SHOTS ON TRAGET) 32 - 47NHL Nashville vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 OVER 28.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 40 - 30NHL New Jersey vs Calgary |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 3) 5 - 3NHL New Jersey vs Colorado |
(TEAM 2 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 6(OT) - 5NHL New Jersey vs Vegas |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 2.5) 1 - 4NHL Columbus vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 1 - 4NHL Florida vs New Jersey |
(2X(AWAY WIN OR DRAW)) 2 - 3(OT)NHL New Jersey vs Philadelphia |
(2X(AWAY WIN OR DRAW)) 2(OT) - 1NHL New Jersey vs Boston |
(OVER 6 GOALS) 1 - 2NHL Seattle Kraken vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 OVER 31.5 SHOTS ON TARGET) 33 - 32NHL Vancouver vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP +1) 7 - 2NHL New Jersey vs Buffalo |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 6 - 3NHL Winnipeg vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 3) 2 - 4NHL New Jersey vs Washington |
(OVER 5.5 GOALS) 6 - 3NHL Colorado vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 1 TOTAL OVER 2) 2 - 4NHL Chicago vs New Jersey |
(TEAM 2 HANDICAP 0) 4 - 1NHL St. Louis vs New Jersey |
(UNDER 7 GOALS) 3 - 5NHL Minnesota vs New Jersey |
(UNDER 6.5 GOALS) 3 - 4NHL New Jersey vs Florida |
(TEAM 1 WIN IN REGULAR TIME) 4 - 3NHL New Jersey vs Detroit |
(BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE OVER 1.5 GOALS) 3(OT) - 2NHL Carolina vs New Jersey |
(UNDER 6 GOALS) 1 - 6NHL New Jersey vs Carolina |
(HOME TEAM WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 8 - 4NHL New Jersey vs Carolina |
(HOME TEAM WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 6 - 1NHL Carolina vs New Jersey |
(HOME TEAM WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 4 - 0NHL New Jersey vs NY Rangers |
(BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE OVER 1.5 GOALS) 4 - 0NHL New Jersey vs NY Rangers |
(HOME TEAM WIN(INCLUDING OT)) 1 - 3NHL NY Rangers vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 1 - 5NHL New Jersey vs NY Rangers |
(Prediction-Team 1 total over 2.5 goals.) 4 - 5(OT)NHL Washington vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 5 - 4NHL Buffalo vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 4 - 2NHL Florida vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 3 - 0NHL New Jersey vs Carolina |
(Prediction - Away team win(including OT).) 2 - 3(OT)NHL Washington vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 5(OT)NHL Arizona vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 4(OT) - 3NHL Vegas vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 5 - 7NHL Colorado vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 4(OT) - 3NHL New Jersey vs LA Kings |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 2 - 5NHL New Jersey vs Montreal |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 2NHL New Jersey vs Winnipeg |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 2 - 5NHL Pittsburgh vs New Jersey |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 3(OT) - 2NHL Minnesota vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 3 - 1NHL New Jersey vs Seattle Kraken |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 5(OT) - 4NHL New Jersey vs Vancouver |
(Prediction -Home win(including OT).) 2 - 3(OT)NHL Dallas vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4(OT) - 3NHL Seattle Kraken vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 2 - 6NHL Anaheim vs New Jersey |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 3 - 5NHL Carolina vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 4 - 5(OT)NHL New Jersey vs Carolina |
(Prediction-under 6.5 goals.) 2 - 4NHL Pittsburgh vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 2 - 4NHL Florida vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 4 - 1NHL Carolina vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 2 - 4NHL New Jersey vs Florida |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 4(OT) - 3NHL NY Rangers vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 4 - 6NHL New Jersey vs NY Islanders |
(Prediction - over 6 goals.) 5 - 1NHL New Jersey vs Washington |
(Prediction - Away team wins(including OT).) 1 - 3NHL Buffalo vs New Jersey |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 1 - 2NHL New Jersey vs Toronto |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 5 - 2NHL New Jersey vs Edmonton |
(Prediction - Away team wins(including OT).) 1 - 5NHL Ottawa vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6.5 goals.) 4(OT) - 3NHL New Jersey vs Ottawa |
(Prediction -Home wins(including OT).) 3 - 2NHL New Jersey vs Calgary |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 3 - 4(OT)NHL Calgary vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 5.5 goals.) 3 - 4NHL Edmonton vs New Jersey |
(Prediction - over 6.5 goals.) 3 - 6NHL New Jersey vs Washington |
(Prediction -under 6.5 goals.) 1 - 4NHL NY Islanders vs New Jersey |