1991–92 New Jersey Devils season

1991–92 New Jersey Devils
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	5th Wales
1991–92 record	38–31–11
Home record	24–12–4
Road record	14–19–7
Goals for	289
Goals against	259
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Tom McVie
Captain	Bruce Driver
Alternate captains	Scott Stevens Laurie Boschman
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Claude Lemieux (41)
Assists	Scott Stevens and Kevin Todd (42)
Points	Claude Lemieux (68)
Penalty minutes	Randy McKay (246)
Plus/minus	Claude Vilgrain (+27)
Wins	Chris Terreri (22)
Goals against average	Craig Billington (3.04)
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The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 10th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. ^[1] For the third consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs, this time losing in the division semi-finals to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Goaltender Martin Brodeur made his debut with the Devils. Though he would only play four games during this season, he who would go on to become the franchise goaltender of the Devils.

The Devils scored the fewest power-play goals (59) and had the fewest power-play opportunities in the NHL (338). ^[2]

Season standings

Patrick Division ^[3]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangers	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
Washington Capitals	80	45	27	8	330	257	98
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
New Jersey Devils	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
New York Islanders	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	32	37	11	252	273	75

Wales Conference ^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	PAT	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
2	Washington Capitals	PAT	80	45	27	8	330	257	98
3	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	41	28	11	267	207	93
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	PAT	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
5	New Jersey Devils	PAT	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
6	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	36	32	12	270	275	84
7	New York Islanders	PAT	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PAT	80	32	37	11	252	273	75
9	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	37	12	289	299	74
10	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	26	41	13	247	283	65
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	20	48	12	255	318	52

Divisions:ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick

p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy
bold– Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1991–92 regular season [5]
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 5, 1991 7–2 St. Louis Blues 1–0–0 2 W October 6, 1991 4–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2–0–0 3 W October 8, 1991 6–5 Quebec Nordiques 3–0–0 4 W October 12, 1991 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0–0 5 L October 13, 1991 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–1–0 6 L October 16, 1991 2–4 @ New York Rangers 4–2–0 7 L October 18, 1991 5–6 @ Washington Capitals 4–3–0 8 L October 19, 1991 1–5 Washington Capitals 4–4–0 9 W October 22, 1991 5–2 Los Angeles Kings 5–4–0 10 W October 24, 1991 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4–0 11 W October 26, 1991 9–0 San Jose Sharks 7–4–0 12 L October 29, 1991 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks 7–5–0 13 W October 30, 1991 5–2 @ Calgary Flames 8–5–0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 14 W November 1, 1991 3–1 @ Edmonton Oilers 9–5–0 15 L November 4, 1991 2–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens 9–6–0 16 W November 8, 1991 3–2 Montreal Canadiens 10–6–0 17 L November 9, 1991 0–4 @ Boston Bruins 10–7–0 18 W November 12, 1991 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers 11–7–0 19 L November 14, 1991 3–4 New York Islanders 11–8–0 20 L November 16, 1991 0–1 Winnipeg Jets 11–9–0 21 W November 20, 1991 6–5 OT Washington Capitals 12–9–0 22 W November 22, 1991 8–2 Hartford Whalers 13–9–0 23 T November 23, 1991 5–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers 13–9–1 24 L November 27, 1991 4–8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 13–10–1 25 W November 30, 1991 4–1 @ Los Angeles Kings 14–10–1
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 26 W December 5, 1991 6–3 Calgary Flames 15–10–1 27 T December 7, 1991 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings 15–10–2 28 T December 8, 1991 2–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers 15–10–3 29 L December 10, 1991 3–4 @ Minnesota North Stars 15–11–3 30 L December 13, 1991 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 15–12–3 31 T December 14, 1991 3–3 OT @ New York Islanders 15–12–4 32 W December 19, 1991 4–1 @ Hartford Whalers 16–12–4 33 T December 21, 1991 1–1 OT Chicago Blackhawks 16–12–5 34 L December 23, 1991 0–3 @ New York Rangers 16–13–5 35 T December 26, 1991 5–5 OT @ New York Islanders 16–13–6 36 W December 28, 1991 3–0 Buffalo Sabres 17–13–6 37 L December 29, 1991 3–4 Washington Capitals 17–14–6 38 W December 31, 1991 7–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 18–14–6
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 39 W January 2, 1992 4–0 Pittsburgh Penguins 19–14–6 40 W January 4, 1992 6–4 New York Rangers 20–14–6 41 W January 9, 1992 4–3 St. Louis Blues 21–14–6 42 L January 11, 1992 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 21–15–6 43 W January 12, 1992 5–2 Los Angeles Kings 22–15–6 44 T January 15, 1992 8–8 OT Buffalo Sabres 22–15–7 45 W January 24, 1992 5–2 @ Washington Capitals 23–15–7 46 L January 25, 1992 0–7 Detroit Red Wings 23–16–7 47 W January 29, 1992 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens 24–16–7 48 W January 31, 1992 6–3 @ Detroit Red Wings 25–16–7
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 49 L February 1, 1992 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 25–17–7 50 W February 4, 1992 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers 26–17–7 51 L February 6, 1992 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues 26–18–7 52 W February 8, 1992 6–4 @ Boston Bruins 27–18–7 53 W February 9, 1992 2–1 @ Quebec Nordiques 28–18–7 54 W February 13, 1992 5–3 Vancouver Canucks 29–18–7 55 W February 15, 1992 4–1 Hartford Whalers 30–18–7 56 W February 16, 1992 4–2 New York Rangers 31–18–7 57 W February 18, 1992 4–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers 32–18–7 58 T February 20, 1992 4–4 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks 32–18–8 59 L February 21, 1992 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets 32–19–8 60 L February 24, 1992 1–3 Minnesota North Stars 32–20–8 61 T February 25, 1992 5–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs 32–20–9 62 L February 28, 1992 2–3 OT New York Islanders 32–21–9 63 W February 29, 1992 3–1 @ New York Islanders 33–21–9
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 64 L March 2, 1992 1–7 New York Rangers 33–22–9 65 W March 4, 1992 5–4 @ New York Rangers 34–22–9 66 L March 6, 1992 4–5 @ Buffalo Sabres 34–23–9 67 L March 7, 1992 2–3 OT @ Washington Capitals 34–24–9 68 T March 11, 1992 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers 34–24–10 69 L March 12, 1992 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks 34–25–10 70 L March 14, 1992 2–3 @ San Jose Sharks 34–26–10 71 L March 19, 1992 3–5 Edmonton Oilers 34–27–10 72 T March 21, 1992 2–2 OT New York Islanders 34–27–11 73 L March 22, 1992 3–6 @ New York Rangers 34–28–11 74 W March 24, 1992 4–3 San Jose Sharks 35–28–11 75 W March 26, 1992 4–2 Boston Bruins 36–28–11 76 W March 28, 1992 5–2 Quebec Nordiques 37–28–11 77 L March 29, 1992 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers 37–29–11
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 78 L April 12, 1992 3–4 OT Washington Capitals 37–30–11 79 W April 13, 1992 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 38–30–11 80 L April 15, 1992 0–7 @ New York Islanders 38–31–11
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals

(P4) New Jersey Devils vs. (P1) New York Rangers

The series opened at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers won game 1 4–2, but the Devils tied up the series in game 2 with a 7-3 drubbing over New York. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. In game 3, the Devils were victorious by a score of 3–1. But in game 4, the Rangers blanked the Devils 3–0. Game 5 shifted back to New York, where the Rangers took a commanding 3–2 series lead by defeating the Devils 8–5. Game 6 was at the Meadowlands and the Devils won 5–3 tying up the series at 3 games apiece. Game 7 shifted back to Madison Square Garden where the Rangers won 8–4 over New Jersey and won the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Claude Lemieux	RW	74	41	27	68	109	9	13	1	8
Stephane Richer	RW	74	29	35	64	25	-1	5	1	6
Kevin Todd	C	80	21	42	63	69	8	2	0	2
Peter Stastny	C	66	24	38	62	42	6	10	1	3
Scott Stevens	D	68	17	42	59	124	24	7	1	2
Claude Vilgrain	RW	71	19	27	46	74	27	1	1	1
Bruce Driver	D	78	7	35	42	66	5	3	1	1
Alexei Kasatonov	D	76	12	28	40	70	14	3	2	1
Tom Chorske	LW	76	19	17	36	32	8	0	3	2
Randy McKay	RW	80	17	16	33	246	6	2	0	1
Eric Weinrich	D	76	7	25	32	55	10	5	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	44	13	18	31	28	11	3	0	3
Doug Brown	RW	71	11	17	28	27	17	1	2	1
Laurie Boschman	C	75	8	20	28	121	9	0	0	2
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	70	3	23	26	108	11	0	0	1
David Maley	LW	37	7	11	18	58	0	1	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	41	6	12	18	32	9	0	1	0
Zdeno Ciger	LW	20	6	5	11	10	-2	1	0	0
Alexander Semak	C	25	5	6	11	0	5	0	0	1
Pat Conacher	LW	44	7	3	10	16	0	0	1	1
Ken Daneyko	D	80	1	7	8	170	7	0	0	0
Troy Mallette	LW	17	3	4	7	43	7	0	0	0
Jarrod Skalde	C	15	2	4	6	4	-1	0	0	2
Patrik Sundstrom	C	17	1	3	4	8	-5	1	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	19	0	4	4	4	7	0	0	0
Jon Morris	C	7	1	2	3	6	-6	1	0	0
Walt Poddubny	LW	7	1	2	3	6	-1	0	0	0
Myles O'Connor	D	9	0	2	2	13	-2	0	0	0
Neil Brady	C	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	5	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	0
Scott Niedermayer	D	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	54	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0
Martin Brodeur	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Christian	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Erickson	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Miller	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Allan Stewart	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Terreri	3186	54	22	22	10	169	3.18	1	1511	1342	.888
Craig Billington	1363	26	13	7	1	69	3.04	2	637	568	.892
Martin Brodeur	179	4	2	1	0	10	3.35	0	85	75	.882
Chad Erickson	120	2	1	1	0	9	4.50	0	55	46	.836
Team:	4848	80	38	31	11	257	3.18	3	2288	2031	.888

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Peter Stastny	C	7	3	7	10	19	0	0	0
Claude Lemieux	RW	7	4	3	7	26	1	0	0
Zdeno Ciger	LW	7	2	4	6	0	0	0	1
Kevin Todd	C	7	3	2	5	8	1	0	0
Randy McKay	RW	7	1	3	4	10	1	0	0
Bruce Driver	D	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	6	3	0	3	4	0	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	7	2	1	3	29	2	0	1
Stephane Richer	RW	7	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Tom Chorske	LW	7	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Ken Daneyko	D	7	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	6	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Tommy Albelin	D	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Conacher	LW	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	0
Alexei Kasatonov	D	7	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Claude Vilgrain	RW	7	1	1	2	17	0	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Janne Ojanen	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Weinrich	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Laurie Boschman	C	7	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
Martin Brodeur	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexander Semak	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Terreri	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Terreri	386	7	3	3	23	3.58	0	203	180	.887
Martin Brodeur	32	1	0	1	3	5.63	0	15	12	.800
Team:	418	7	3	4	26	3.73	0	218	192	.881

^[6]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; 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
Kevin Todd	NHL All-Rookie Team – Forward	End of regular season

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1991 NHL entry draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	3	Scott Niedermayer	Canada	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	[a]
1	11	Brian Rolston	United States	LW	Detroit Compuware (NAHL)
2	33	Donevan Hextall	Canada	C	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
3	55	Fredrik Bremberg	Sweden	RW	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
4	77	Brad Willner	United States	D	Richfield H.S. (Minnesota)
5	99	No fifth-round pick				[b]
6	121	Curtis Regnier	Canada	LW	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
7	143	Dave Craievich	Canada	D	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	165	Paul Wolanski	Canada	D	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
9	187	Dan Reimann	United States	D	Anoka H.S. (Minnesota)
10	209	No tenth-round pick				[c]
11	231	Kevin Riehl	Canada	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
12	253	Jason Hehr	Canada	D	Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL)
S	17	Rob Kruhlak	Canada	G	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)

Notes

1. The Devils acquired the 1991 first-round pick from Toronto for Tom Kurvers on October 16, 1989.
2. The Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.
3. The Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989.

References

• Devils on Hockey Database

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