1991–92 New Jersey Devils season

The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the team's tenth season in New Jersey. 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).^[1]

Season standings

Patrick Division^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - New York Rangers	80	50	25	5	321	246	105
2	Washington Capitals	80	45	27	8	330	257	98
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	39	32	9	343	308	87
4	New Jersey Devils	80	38	31	11	289	259	87
5	New York Islanders	80	34	35	11	291	299	79
6	Philadelphia Flyers	80	32	37	11	252	273	75

P - Clinched Presidents Trophy

Wales Conference^[3]
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

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

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
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	74	41	27	68	109	9	13	1	8
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	74	29	35	64	25	-1	5	1	6
Todd, KevinKevin Todd	C	80	21	42	63	69	8	2	0	2
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	66	24	38	62	42	6	10	1	3
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	68	17	42	59	124	24	7	1	2
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain	RW	71	19	27	46	74	27	1	1	1
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	78	7	35	42	66	5	3	1	1
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	76	12	28	40	70	14	3	2	1
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	76	19	17	36	32	8	0	3	2
McKay, RandyRandy McKay	RW	80	17	16	33	246	6	2	0	1
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	76	7	25	32	55	10	5	0	0
Zelepukin, ValeriValeri Zelepukin	LW	44	13	18	31	28	11	3	0	3
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	71	11	17	28	27	17	1	2	1
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	75	8	20	28	121	9	0	0	2
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	70	3	23	26	108	11	0	0	1
Maley, DavidDavid Maley	LW	37	7	11	18	58	0	1	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	41	6	12	18	32	9	0	1	0
Ciger, ZdenoZdeno Ciger	LW	20	6	5	11	10	-2	1	0	0
Semak, AlexanderAlexander Semak	C	25	5	6	11	0	5	0	0	1
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	44	7	3	10	16	0	0	1	1
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	80	1	7	8	170	7	0	0	0
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	LW	17	3	4	7	43	7	0	0	0
Skalde, JarrodJarrod Skalde	C	15	2	4	6	4	-1	0	0	2
Sundstrom, PatrikPatrik Sundstrom	C	17	1	3	4	8	-5	1	0	0
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	19	0	4	4	4	7	0	0	0
Morris, JonJon Morris	C	7	1	2	3	6	-6	1	0	0
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	7	1	2	3	6	-1	0	0	0
O'Connor, MylesMyles O'Connor	D	9	0	2	2	13	-2	0	0	0
Brady, NeilNeil Brady	C	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	5	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	0
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	G	54	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian, JeffJeff Christian	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dowd, JimJim Dowd	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erickson, ChadChad Erickson	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miller, JasonJason Miller	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stewart, AllanAllan Stewart	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	3186	54	22	22	10	169	3.18	1	1511	1342	.888
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	1363	26	13	7	1	69	3.04	2	637	568	.892
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	179	4	2	1	0	10	3.35	0	85	75	.882
Erickson, ChadChad 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
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	7	3	7	10	19	0	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	7	4	3	7	26	1	0	0
Ciger, ZdenoZdeno Ciger	LW	7	2	4	6	0	0	0	1
Todd, KevinKevin Todd	C	7	3	2	5	8	1	0	0
McKay, RandyRandy McKay	RW	7	1	3	4	10	1	0	0
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	6	3	0	3	4	0	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	7	2	1	3	29	2	0	1
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	7	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	7	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	7	0	3	3	16	0	0	0
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	6	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	0
Kasatonov, AlexeiAlexei Kasatonov	D	7	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain	RW	7	1	1	2	17	0	0	0
Zelepukin, ValeriValeri Zelepukin	LW	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Ojanen, JanneJanne Ojanen	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	7	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semak, AlexanderAlexander Semak	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

^[4]

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;

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)	^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
11	231	Kevin Riehl	Canada	C	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
12	253	Jason Hehr	Canada	D	Kelowna Spartans (BCJHL)

References

Devils on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1992.html
↑ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
↑ "1991-1992 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
↑ "1991-92 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
↑ The Devils acquired the 1991 first-round pick from Toronto for Tom Kurvers on October 16, 1989.
↑ The Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.
↑ The Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989.

1991–92 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Dispersal and Expansion Drafts Supplemental Draft Las Vegas outdoor game All-Star Game Strike 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

New Jersey Devils

Formerly the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies Founded in 1974 Based in Newark, New Jersey

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Joshua Harris and David S. Blitzer General manager Ray Shero Head coach John Hynes Team captain Andy Greene Current roster

Arenas	Continental Airlines Arena Prudential Center

Rivalries	New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates	AHL Albany Devils

General managers	MacMillan McNab Lamoriello Shero

Head coaches	MacMillan McVie Carpenter Schoenfeld Cunniff Brooks Lemaire Ftorek Robinson Constantine Burns Lamoriello Julien Lamoriello Sutter Lemaire MacLean Lemaire DeBoer Oates/Stevens Hynes

Media	MSG Plus MSG 2 MSG WFAN WBBR

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New Jersey Devils seasons

Pre-1982	Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies

1980s	1980–81 . 1981–82 . 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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Related programs

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Commentators

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Key figures

Color commentators	Herb Brooks Gerry Cheevers Bill Clement John Davidson Don Edwards John Kelly Craig Laughlin Dave Maloney Peter McNab Joe Micheletti Denis Potvin Jeff Rimer Pete Stemkowski Dale Tallon Ed Westfall

CBC playoff feeds	Steve Armitage Bob Cole Chris Cuthbert John Garrett Dick Irvin, Jr. Ron MacLean Harry Neale Jim Peplinski Scott Russell Don Wittman

Stanley Cup Finals

All-Star Game

1989
1991 (rebroadcast third period from NBC's coverage)

Related events	National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition

NHL Entry Draft

Seasons by team

Chicago Blackhawks	1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Hartford Whalers	1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

New Jersey Devils	1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

New York Islanders	1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Philadelphia Flyers	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

San Jose Sharks	1991–92

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