New Jersey Devils
2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 28th in the NHL · 7th in the Metropolitan · L10 1-2-0 · L2
2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21st in the NHL · 7th in the Metropolitan
vs Vancouver · 3:30 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Jake Allen 45%Game preview →New Jersey are 1-2-0 after 3 games of 2026-27, 7th in the Metropolitan. Last season they finished 21st in the league with 87 points.
7th in the Metropolitan after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 28th in the league · 1-2-0 · 2 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 6 goals for and 13 against in 3 games. Last season: 87 points against 83.3. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Vancouver Canucks58 pts · 32nd12 Octvs
Ottawa Senators99 pts · 9th13 Oct@
Detroit Red Wings92 pts · 16th15 Octvs
New York Rangers77 pts · 30th17 Oct@
Washington Capitals95 pts · 12th20 Octvs
Colorado Avalanche121 pts · 1stDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 50.7% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Utah3–533–31L3 Oct@
NY Islanders0–637–32L1 Octvs
Philadelphia3–2 OT44–25WScores Luke Evangelista leads with 3 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$56K of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against Utah on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 3 Oct: in Jesper Boqvist; out Stefan Noesen.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 26th power play and a 29th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 22.0%, penalty kill 79.3%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
New Jersey attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every New Jersey attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
233 att · 114 on goal · 6 G
By shot type
New Jersey Devils rank 9th for 22+ mph bursts and 5th for shot-attempt differential
How fast New Jersey Devils skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.51Jesper BrattvsPHI1 Oct · OT 00:51
- 22.26Timo MeiervsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 02:05
- 22.00Amadeus LombardivsPHI1 Oct · 1st 17:46
- 21.99Jesper BoqvistvsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 01:39
- 21.76Arseny Gritsyuk@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 05:10
- 21.50Cody GlassvsPHI1 Oct · 1st 17:45
- 21.22Jack Hughes@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 01:24
- 20.96Anthony Mantha@NYI3 Oct · 1st 14:43
Each New Jersey Devils skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 89.16Dougie HamiltonvsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 17:52
- 86.01Arseny GritsyukvsPHI1 Oct · 1st 04:32
- 83.28Declan Chisholm@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 17:05
- 83.08Timo MeiervsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 00:05
- 81.27Anthony ManthavsPHI1 Oct · 1st 06:02
- 80.55Dawson Mercer@NYI3 Oct · 1st 06:58
- 80.36Luke HughesvsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 11:57
- 79.31Nico HischiervsPHI1 Oct · 1st 08:31
Each New Jersey Devils skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Jake Allen has started 2 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Five on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.
Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.
Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.
Released Fs Nathan Brown, Caelan Joudrey and Nathan Lecompte.
Acquired F Luke Evangelista from Nashville in exchange for a 2028 first and second-round pick.
Signed F Colin White to a one-year, two-way contract.
Agreed to terms with D Topias Vilen on a one-year, two-way contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 53% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the New Jersey Devils, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 89-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 40%; the market sits 13 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
2 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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NY Rangers is the most-played rivalry: 289 meetings
New Jersey against every Metropolitan rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
New York Rangers289146-120-23.5051982-83Philadelphia Flyers275149-107-19.5421982-83
Pittsburgh Penguins272144-110-18.5291982-83New York Islanders252112-106-34.4441982-83Washington Capitals231102-114-15.4421982-83
Carolina Hurricanes14472-58-14.5001997-98
Columbus Blue Jackets5926-27-6.4412000-0117 playoff trips and 2 Stanley Cups in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 47 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct