The 2023–24 New Jersey Devils season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 42nd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.

The Devils participated in the 2024 NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where they hosted Philadelphia Flyers on February 17, 2024, winning the game 6–3.

On March 4, the Devils, who had a 30–27–4 record and were out of playoff contention, fired head coach Lindy Ruff, and replaced him with Travis Green.

On April 9, the Devils were eliminated from playoff contention following a 5–2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 22, 2023. 2023 preseason game log: 7–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 New Jersey 4–2 Montreal Schmid 20,129 1–0–0 2 September 25 Philadelphia 0–6 New Jersey Vaněček 8,532 2–0–0 3 September 28 New Jersey 3–2 NY Rangers Källgren 16,310 3–0–0 4 September 30 New Jersey 3–2 Philadelphia OT Vaněček 12,855 4–0–0 5 October 2 NY Islanders 5–6 New Jersey Schmid 8,811 5–0–0 6 October 4 NY Rangers 2–5 New Jersey Vaněček 14,028 6–0–0 7 October 6 New Jersey 3–0 NY Islanders Schmid 10,978 7–0–0 Notes: Indicates split-squad.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023. 2023–24 game logOctober: 5–2–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Detroit 3–4 New Jersey Vanecek 16,514 1–0–0 2 2 October 13 Arizona 4–3 New Jersey SO Schmid 16,514 1–0–1 3 3 October 16 Florida 4–3 New Jersey Vaněček 15,023 1–1–1 3 4 October 20 New Jersey 5–4 NY Islanders OT Schmid 17,255 2–1–1 5 5 October 24 New Jersey 5–2 Montreal Vaněček 21,105 3–1–1 7 6 October 25 Washington 6–4 New Jersey Vaněček 16,117 3–2–1 7 7 October 27 Buffalo 4–5 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 4–2–1 9 8 October 29 Minnesota 3–4 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 5–2–1 11 November: 6–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 New Jersey 5–3 Minnesota Vanecek 18,399 6–2–1 13 10 November 3 New Jersey 1–4 St. Louis Schmid 18,096 6–3–1 13 11 November 5 New Jersey 4–2 Chicago Vaněček 18,388 7–3–1 15 12 November 7 New Jersey 3–6 Colorado Vaněček 18,087 7–4–1 15 13 November 10 Washington 4–2 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 7–5–1 15 14 November 14 New Jersey 3–6 Winnipeg Schmid 11,717 7–6–1 15 15 November 16 New Jersey 5–2 Pittsburgh Vaněček 18,321 8–6–1 17 16 November 18 NY Rangers 5–3 New Jersey Vaněček 17,086 8–7–1 17 17 November 22 New Jersey 0–4 Detroit Vaněček 19,515 8–8–1 17 18 November 24 Columbus 2–1 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 8–9–1 17 19 November 25 Buffalo 2–7 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 9–9–1 19 20 November 28 NY Islanders 4–5 New Jersey Schmid 16,091 10–9–1 21 21 November 30 New Jersey 4–3 Philadelphia OT Schmid 17,748 11–9–1 23 December: 8–5–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 San Jose 6–3 New Jersey Schmid 16,528 11–10–1 23 23 December 5 New Jersey 6–5 Vancouver Vanecek 18,983 12–10–1 25 24 December 7 New Jersey 2–1 Seattle Schmid 17,151 13–10–1 27 25 December 9 New Jersey 4–2 Calgary Vaněček 17,597 14–10–1 29 26 December 10 New Jersey 1–4 Edmonton Schmid 18,347 14–11–1 29 27 December 13 Boston 1–2 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 15–11–1 31 28 December 16 New Jersey 6–3 Columbus Schmid 18,172 16–11–1 33 29 December 17 Anaheim 5–1 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 16–12–1 33 30 December 19 Philadelphia 3–2 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 16–12–2 34 31 December 21 Edmonton 6–3 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 16–13–2 34 32 December 23 Detroit 2–3 New Jersey Vaněček 16,514 17–13–2 36 33 December 27 Columbus 3–4 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 18–13–2 38 34 December 29 New Jersey 6–2 Ottawa Daws 20,022 19–13–2 40 35 December 30 New Jersey 2–5 Boston Vaněček 17,850 19–14–2 40 January: 5–6–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 3 New Jersey 6–3 Washington Daws 17,156 20–14–2 42 37 January 5 Chicago 2–4 New Jersey Vanecek 16,514 21–14–2 44 38 January 6 Vancouver 6–4 New Jersey Daws 16,157 21–15–2 44 39 January 11 New Jersey 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Vaněček 19,092 21–15–3 45 40 January 13 New Jersey 4–1 Florida Daws 19,526 22–15–3 47 41 January 15 New Jersey 0–3 Boston Daws 17,850 22–16–3 47 42 January 17 Montreal 3–2 New Jersey Daws 16,022 22–17–3 47 43 January 19 New Jersey 4–1 Columbus Vaněček 18,630 23–17–3 49 44 January 20 Dallas 6–2 New Jersey Daws 16,514 23–18–3 49 45 January 22 Vegas 5–6 New Jersey OT Vaněček 16,514 24–18–3 51 46 January 25 New Jersey 2–3 Carolina Daws 18,792 24–19–3 51 47 January 27 New Jersey 3–6 Tampa Bay Vaněček 19,092 24–20–3 51 February: 6–5–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 6 Colorado 3–5 New Jersey Vanecek 16,326 25–20–3 53 49 February 8 Calgary 5–3 New Jersey Vaněček 16,374 25–21–3 53 50 February 10 New Jersey 0–1 Carolina OT Vaněček 18,997 25–21–4 54 51 February 12 Seattle 1–3 New Jersey Daws 14,511 26–21–4 56 52 February 13 New Jersey 4–2 Nashville Daws 17,159 27–21–4 58 53 February 15 Los Angeles 2–1 New Jersey Daws 16,105 27–22–4 58 54 February 17 Philadelphia 3–6 New Jersey Daws 70,328(outdoors) 28–22–4 60 55 February 20 New Jersey 2–6 Washington Daws 17,232 28–23–4 60 56 February 22 NY Rangers 5–1 New Jersey Daws 16,650 28–24–4 60 57 February 24 Montreal 3–4 New Jersey Daws 16,514 29–24–4 62 58 February 25 Tampa Bay 4–1 New Jersey Schmid 16,514 29–25–4 62 59 February 27 New Jersey 7–2 San Jose Daws 10,982 30–25–4 64 March: 6–9–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 New Jersey 3–4 Anaheim Daws 16,078 30–26–4 64 61 March 3 New Jersey 1–5 Los Angeles Daws 18,145 30–27–4 64 62 March 5 Florida 5–3 New Jersey Schmid 16,042 30–28–4 64 63 March 7 St. Louis 1–4 New Jersey Daws 16,259 31–28–4 66 64 March 9 Carolina 4–2 New Jersey Daws 16,514 31–29–4 66 65 March 11 New Jersey 1–3 NY Rangers Kähkönen 18,006 31–30–4 66 66 March 14 New Jersey 6–2 Dallas Allen 18,532 32–30–4 68 67 March 16 New Jersey 1–4 Arizona Kähkönen 4,600 32–31–4 68 68 March 17 New Jersey 1–3 Vegas Allen 18,234 32–32–4 68 69 March 19 Pittsburgh 2–5 New Jersey Allen 15,605 33–32–4 70 70 March 21 Winnipeg 1–4 New Jersey Allen 15,570 34–32–4 72 71 March 23 Ottawa 5–2 New Jersey Allen 16,514 34–33–4 72 72 March 24 New Jersey 4–0 NY Islanders Kähkönen 17,255 35–33–4 74 73 March 26 New Jersey 6–3 Toronto Allen 18,360 36–33–4 76 74 March 29 New Jersey 2–5 Buffalo Allen 15,721 36–34–4 76 April: 2–5–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 2 Pittsburgh 6–3 New Jersey Allen 16,514 36–35–4 76 76 April 3 New Jersey 3–4 NY Rangers Kahkonen 18,006 36–36–4 76 77 April 6 New Jersey 4–3 Ottawa Allen 19,146 37–36–4 78 78 April 7 Nashville 3–2 New Jersey SO Allen 15,409 37–36–5 79 79 April 9 Toronto 5–2 New Jersey Allen 16,018 37–37–5 79 80 April 11 New Jersey 6–5 Toronto Allen 18,618 38–37–5 81 81 April 13 New Jersey 0–1 Philadelphia Kähkönen 19,649 38–38–5 81 82 April 15 NY Islanders 4–1 New Jersey Allen 16,514 38–39–5 81 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 15, 2024

Skaters Regular season Player 82 27 56 83 12 62 27 47 74 12 71 27 40 67 12 69 28 24 52 45 82 9 38 47 28‡ 61 26 18 44 12 76 16 19 35 54 82 20 13 33 29 71 11 20 31 37 82 16 12 28 14 71 7 18 25 +10 44 75 4 21 25 41 45 10 9 19 +6 10 60 3 16 19 33 20 5 11 16 20 63 5 10 15 61 54 5 7 12 32 52 4 8 12 +3 21 82 1 10 11 +1 82 57 1 8 9 20‡ 41 4 4 8 +10 24 36 2 4 6 6 18 3 1 4 +1 2† 11 1 1 2 +7 2 12 0 2 2 +5 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 +3 16† 16 0 1 1 +1 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player ‡ 32 29 1,791:49 17 9 3 95 3.18 862 .890 0 0 1 0 21 20 1,144:03 9 11 0 60 3.15 568 .894 0 0 1 0† 13 12 770:33 6 6 1 40 3.11 401 .900 0 0 0 0 19 15 914:09 5 9 1 48 3.15 457 .895 0 0 2 2† 6 6 262:47 1 4 0 11 2.51 143 .923 1 0 0 0

Transactions The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Nashville Predators7th-round pick in 2023To New Jersey Devils7th-round pick in 2024 To Dallas Stars5th-round pick in 2025To New Jersey DevilsColin Miller To New York IslandersTyce ThompsonTo New Jersey DevilsArnaud Durandeau To Calgary FlamesCole BradyTo New Jersey DevilsChristopher Tanev To Dallas StarsChristopher TanevTo New Jersey Devils4th-round pick in 2026 To Colorado AvalancheZakhar Bardakov7th-round pick in 2024To New Jersey DevilsKurtis MacDermid To Montreal CanadiensConditional 3rd-round pick in 2025To New Jersey DevilsJake Allen To San Jose SharksVítek Vaněček7th-round pick in 2025To New Jersey DevilsKaapo Kähkönen To Winnipeg JetsColin MillerTo New Jersey Devils4th-round pick in 2026 To Winnipeg JetsTyler ToffoliTo New Jersey Devils3rd-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2025 To Montreal CanadiensArnaud DurandeauTo New Jersey DevilsNathan Légaré To Calgary FlamesKevin Bahl1st-round pick in 2025To New Jersey DevilsJacob Markström To Minnesota WildGraeme ClarkeTo New Jersey DevilsAdam Beckman

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Kyle Criscuolo from San Jose Sharks 1-year Justin Dowling from Vancouver Canucks 2-year Mason Geertsen to Vegas Golden Knights 2-year Ryan Graves to Pittsburgh Penguins 6-year Erik Källgren from Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Miles Wood to Colorado Avalanche 6-year Zachary Émond to Laval Rocket (AHL) 1-year Brian Pinho to New York Islanders 1-year Jesper Boqvist to Boston Bruins 1-year Chris Tierney from Montreal Canadiens 1-year Tomáš Nosek from Boston Bruins 1-year Jérémy Groleau to Färjestad BK (SHL) 1-year Cal Foote from Nashville Predators 1-year Jayce Hawryluk to HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH) 1-year Tomáš Tatar to Colorado Avalanche 1-year Keith Kinkaid from Colorado Avalanche 1-year Zack Hayes to Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 1-year Max Willman from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Samuel Laberge from Utica Comets (AHL) 1-year Isaac Poulter from Utica Comets (AHL) 2-year Mikael Diotte from Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) 3-year Dylan Wendt from Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 2-year Ryan Schmelzer from Utica Comets (AHL) 2-year Erik Källgren to Brynäs IF (SHL) 3-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Nick DeSimone from Calgary Flames

Retirement Date Player Ref Jonathan Bernier

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Timo Meier 8-year Shane Bowers 1-year Nathan Bastian 2-year Michael McLeod 1-year Kevin Bahl 2-year Shane Bowers 2-year Seamus Casey 3-year Jakub Málek 2-year Nathan Légaré 1-year Max Willman 1-year Brian Halonen 2-year Samuel Laberge 1-year Kurtis MacDermid 3-year Nick DeSimone 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2023 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team258 Lenni Hämeenaho RW Porin Ässät (Liiga)4122 Cam Squires RW Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)5154 Chase Cheslock D Omaha Lancers (USHL)61641 Cole Brown LW Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)6186 Danil Karpovich D JHC Avto (MHL) The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2023, that sent Mackenzie Blackwood to San Jose in exchange for this pick.

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