The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League 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 (4-3) 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

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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

  1. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. ^ "1991-92 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "1991-1992 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "1991-92 New Jersey Devils Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  6. ^ "1991-92 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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