2015–16 New Jersey Devils season

2015–16 New Jersey Devils
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	12th Eastern
2015–16 record	38–36–8
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	19–19–3
Goals for	184
Goals against	208
Team information
General Manager	Ray Shero
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Andy Greene
Alternate captains	Michael Cammalleri Patrik Elias Adam Henrique Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Minor league affiliations	Albany Devils (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Henrique Kyle Palmieri (30)
Assists	Travis Zajac (28)
Points	Kyle Palmieri (57)
Penalties in minutes	Jordin Tootoo (102)
Plus/minus	(+): Michael Cammalleri       Adam Larsson (+15) (–): Jordin Tootoo (–26)
Wins	Cory Schneider (27)
Goals against average	Scott Wedgewood (1.24)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 New Jersey Devils season was the 42nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 33rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] The team's regular season began on October 9, 2015, against the Winnipeg Jets.^[2]

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101
4	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
5	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
7	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 20	New Jersey	0–2	Boston		Kinkaid	––	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 21	New Jersey	3–6	NY Rangers		Schneider	18,006	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 23	New Jersey	1–2	NY Islanders		Schneider	7,046	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–4	New Jersey		Kinkaid	8,871	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 26	NY Rangers	4–3	New Jersey		Schneider	12,137	1–4–0	Recap
6	September 30	New Jersey	4–2	Philadelphia		Kinkaid	17,732	2–4–0	Recap
7	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	9,235	3–4–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
October: 6–4–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Winnipeg 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 14,579 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 10 New Jersey 3–5 Washington Kinkaid 18,506 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 13 Nashville 3–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 11,117 0–3–0 0 Recap 4 October 16 San Jose 2–1 New Jersey SO Schneider 12,464 0–3–1 1 Recap 5 October 18 New Jersey 2–1 NY Rangers OT Schneider 18,006 1–3–1 3 Recap 6 October 20 Arizona 2–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 12,171 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 22 New Jersey 5–4 Ottawa SO Schneider 16,578 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 24 New Jersey 4–3 Buffalo Schneider 18,040 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 27 Columbus 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 12,847 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 29 New Jersey 4–1 Philadelphia Schneider 19,241 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 31 NY Islanders 2–3 New Jersey SO Schneider 11,605 6–4–1 13 Recap
November: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 3 New Jersey 1–2 NY Islanders Schneider 12,122 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Chicago 2–4 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 November 8 Vancouver 3–4 New Jersey OT Kinkaid 14,896 8–5–1 17 Recap 15 November 10 St. Louis 2–0 New Jersey Schneider 13,310 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 12 New Jersey 3–2 Chicago Schneider 21,568 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 November 14 Pittsburgh 0–4 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 10–6–1 21 Recap 18 November 17 New Jersey 2–3 Calgary Schneider 19,289 10–7–1 21 Recap 19 November 20 New Jersey 1–5 Edmonton Kinkaid 16,839 10–8–1 21 Recap 20 November 22 New Jersey 3–2 Vancouver Schneider 18,268 11–8–1 23 Recap 21 November 25 Columbus 2–1 New Jersey Schneider 13,567 11–9–1 23 Recap 22 November 27 Montreal 3–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,514 11–9–2 24 Recap 23 November 28 New Jersey 3–2 Montreal OT Schneider 21,288 12–9–2 26 Recap
December: 7–5–3 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Colorado 2–1 New Jersey Schneider 14,019 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 December 3 New Jersey 5–1 Carolina Kinkaid 9,254 13–10–2 28 Recap 26 December 4 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 14,825 13–10–3 29 Recap 27 December 6 Florida 2–4 New Jersey Schneider 13,643 14–10–3 31 Recap 28 December 8 New Jersey 2–3 Toronto SO Schneider 19,043 14–10–4 32 Recap 29 December 11 Detroit 2–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,514 15–10–4 34 Recap 30 December 13 New Jersey 0–4 NY Islanders Schneider 13,259 15–11–4 34 Recap 31 December 15 New Jersey 2–0 Buffalo Schneider 18,297 16–11–4 36 Recap 32 December 17 Florida 5–1 New Jersey Schneider 12,512 16–12–4 36 Recap 33 December 19 Anaheim 2–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 16–13–4 36 Recap 34 December 20 New Jersey 1–2 Boston SO Schneider 17,565 16–13–5 37 Recap 35 December 22 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit Schneider 20,027 17–13–5 39 Recap 36 December 26 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Schneider 11,654 17–14–5 39 Recap 37 December 29 Carolina 2–3 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 18–14–5 41 Recap 38 December 30 New Jersey 3–0 Ottawa Schneider 19,825 19–14–5 43 Recap
January: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Dallas 2–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,514 20–14–5 45 Recap 40 January 4 Detroit 1–0 New Jersey Schneider 15,547 20–15–5 45 Recap 41 January 6 New Jersey 1–2 Montreal Schneider 21,288 20–16–5 45 Recap 42 January 8 Boston 4–1 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 20–17–5 45 Recap 43 January 10 New Jersey 2–1 Minnesota Schneider 19,028 21–17–5 47 Recap 44 January 12 New Jersey 2–5 St. Louis Kinkaid 17,951 21–18–5 47 Recap 45 January 14 New Jersey 0–3 Colorado Schneider 15,636 21–19–5 47 Recap 46 January 16 New Jersey 2–0 Arizona Schneider 11,745 22–19–5 49 Recap 47 January 19 Calgary 2–4 New Jersey Schneider 14,319 23–19–5 51 Recap 48 January 21 Ottawa 3–6 New Jersey Schneider 14,772 24–19–5 53 Recap 49 January 23 New Jersey 3–1 Winnipeg Schneider 15,294 25–19–5 55 Recap 50 January 26 New Jersey 0–2 Pittsburgh Schneider 18,442 25–20–5 55 Recap
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 NY Rangers 2–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 26–20–5 57 Recap 52 February 4 New Jersey 2–3 Toronto SO Kinkaid 18,947 26–20–6 58 Recap 53 February 6 Washington 3–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,514 26–20–7 59 Recap 54 February 8 New Jersey 1–2 NY Rangers Schneider 18,006 26–21–7 59 Recap 55 February 9 Edmonton 1–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 27–21–7 61 Recap 56 February 13 New Jersey 2–1 Philadelphia OT Schneider 19,775 28–21–7 63 Recap 57 February 14 Los Angeles 0–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 29–21–7 65 Recap 58 February 16 Philadelphia 6–3 New Jersey Schneider 15,482 29–22–7 65 Recap 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–0 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 29–23–7 65 Recap 60 February 20 New Jersey 3–4 Washington Schneider 18,506 29–24–7 65 Recap 61 February 23 NY Rangers 2–5 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 30–24–7 67 Recap 62 February 25 New Jersey 1–6 Columbus Schneider 12,590 30–25–7 67 Recap 63 February 26 Tampa Bay 4–0 New Jersey Schneider 15,968 30–26–7 67 Recap
March: 7–6–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Carolina 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 14,251 30–27–7 67 Recap 65 March 3 New Jersey 5–4 Nashville OT Kinkaid 17,113 31–27–7 69 Recap 66 March 4 New Jersey 2–4 Dallas Schneider 18,117 31–28–7 69 Recap 67 March 6 Pittsburgh 6–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,856 31–29–7 69 Recap 68 March 10 New Jersey 3–0 San Jose Kinkaid 16,234 32–29–7 71 Recap 69 March 12 New Jersey 2–1 Los Angeles OT Kinkaid 18,412 33–29–7 73 Recap 70 March 14 New Jersey 1–7 Anaheim Kinkaid 15,423 33–30–7 73 Recap 71 March 17 Minnesota 4–7 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,114 34–30–7 75 Recap 72 March 19 New Jersey 3–6 Columbus Danis 14,447 34–31–7 75 Recap 73 March 20 Columbus 1–2 New Jersey Wedgewood 15,146 35–31–7 77 Recap 74 March 24 New Jersey 3–0 Pittsburgh Wedgewood 18,610 36–31–7 79 Recap 75 March 25 Washington 1–0 New Jersey OT Wedgewood 16,514 36–31–8 80 Recap 76 March 27 New Jersey 2–3 Carolina Wedgewood 12,792 36–32–8 80 Recap 77 March 29 Boston 1–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,486 37–32–8 82 Recap 78 March 31 New Jersey 2–3 Florida Kinkaid 15,803 37–33–8 82 Recap
April: 1–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 New Jersey 1–3 Tampa Bay Schneider 19,092 37–34–8 82 Recap 80 April 5 Buffalo 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 14,773 37–35–8 82 Recap 81 April 7 Tampa Bay 4–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,536 37–36–8 82 Recap 82 April 9 Toronto 1–5 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 38–36–8 84 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats^[3]

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Palmieri, KyleKyle Palmieri 82 30 27 57 3 39 Henrique, AdamAdam Henrique 80 30 20 50 10 23 Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac 74 14 28 42 3 25 Stempniak, LeeLee Stempniak ^‡ 63 16 25 41 3 34 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri 42 14 24 38 15 18 Severson, DamonDamon Severson 72 1 20 21 −8 32 Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko 67 6 13 19 −22 16 Moore, JohnJohn Moore 73 4 15 19 −12 28 Boucher, ReidReid Boucher 39 8 11 19 −13 6 Larsson, AdamAdam Larsson 82 3 15 18 15 77 Blandisi, JosephJoseph Blandisi 41 5 12 17 −14 34 Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy 50 3 13 16 -14 14 Kalinin, SergeySergey Kalinin 78 8 7 15 −9 33 Josefson, JacobJacob Josefson 58 4 10 14 −21 20 Greene, AndyAndy Greene 82 4 9 13 7 26 Smith-Pelly, DevanteDevante Smith-Pelly^† 18 8 5 13 −1 8 Gionta, StephenStephen Gionta 82 1 10 11 −13 43 Farnham, BobbyBobby Farnham 50 8 2 10 −2 92 Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 66 4 5 9 −26 102 Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias 16 2 6 8 5 10 Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas^‡ 34 1 5 6 -8 16 Merrill, JonJon Merrill 47 1 4 5 −15 28 Tlusty, JiriJiri Tlusty 30 2 2 4 −1 6 Sislo, MikeMike Sislo 18 3 1 4 −2 4 Pietila, BlakeBlake Pietila 7 1 1 2 0 2 O'Neill, BrianBrian O'Neill 22 0 2 2 −3 8 Zacha, PavelPavel Zacha 1 0 2 2 4 0 Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 33 0 1 1 −7 8 Warsofsky, DavidDavid Warsofsky 10 0 1 1 −3 2 Helgeson, SethSeth Helgeson 19 0 1 1 −5 17 Matteau, StefanStefan Matteau^‡ 20 1 0 1 −9 13 Gragnani, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Gragnani 4 0 0 0 −2 2 O'Brien, JimJim O'Brien 4 0 0 0 −4 2 SisloPaul Thompson 3 0 0 0 0 2 Wood, MilesMiles Wood 1 0 0 0 0 0 Santini, StevenSteven Santini 1 0 0 0 2 2 Mozik, VojtechVojtech Mozik 7 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular season^[3]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Schneider, CoryCory Schneider	58	58	3,412	27	25	6	122	2.15	1597	0.924	4	0	0	0
Kinkaid, KeithKeith Kinkaid	23	20	1240	9	9	1	58	2.81	605	0.904	2	0	0	2
Wedgewood, ScottScott Wedgewood	4	4	241	2	1	1	5	1.24	116	0.957	1	0	0	0
Danis, YannYann Danis	2	0	51	0	1	0	4	4.71	18	0.778	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated March 10, 2016.^[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
64		Blandisi, JosephJoseph Blandisi	C	L	21	2015	Markham, Ontario
12		Boucher, ReidReid Boucher	LW	L	22	2012	East Lansing, Michigan
13		Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri (A)	LW	L	33	2014	Richmond Hill, Ontario
29		Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe	LW	L	33	2013	Mount Pearl, Newfoundland
40		Danis, YannYann Danis	G	L	34	2015	Lafontaine, Quebec
26		Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias (A)	LW/C	L	40	1994	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
23		Farnham, BobbyBobby Farnham	LW	L	27	2015	North Andover, Massachusetts
11		Gionta, StephenStephen Gionta	C	R	32	2010	Rochester, New York
6		Greene, AndyAndy Greene (C)	D	L	33	2006	Trenton, Michigan
39		Helgeson, SethSeth Helgeson	D	L	25	2009	Faribault, Minnesota
14		Henrique, AdamAdam Henrique (A)	LW/C	L	26	2008	Brantford, Ontario
16		Josefson, JacobJacob Josefson	LW/C	L	25	2009	Stockholm, Sweden
51		Kalinin, SergeiSergei Kalinin	C/RW	L	24	2015	Omsk, Soviet Union
48		Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy	C/RW	R	29	2015	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1		Kinkaid, KeithKeith Kinkaid	G	L	26	2010	Farmingville, New York
5		Larsson, AdamAdam Larsson	D	R	23	2011	Skellefteå, Sweden
7		Merrill, JonJon Merrill	D	L	24	2010	Brighton, Michigan
2		Moore, JohnJohn Moore	D	L	25	2015	Chicago, Illinois
21		Palmieri, KyleKyle Palmieri	RW	R	25	2015	Smithtown, New York
15		Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu	LW	L	33	2014	Vantaa, Finland
8		Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko	D	L	28	2015	Edmonton, Alberta
35		Schneider, CoryCory Schneider	G	L	30	2013	Marblehead, Massachusetts
28		Severson, DamonDamon Severson	D	R	21	2012	Brandon, Manitoba
46		Sislo, MikeMike Sislo	RW	R	28	2013	Superior, Wisconsin
25		Smith-Pelly, DevanteDevante Smith-Pelly	RW	R	23	2016	Scarborough, Ontario
9		Tlusty, JiriJiri Tlusty	LW	L	28	2015	Slaný, Czechoslovakia
22		Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	RW	R	33	2014	Churchill, Manitoba
47		Warsofsky, DavidDavid Warsofsky	D	L	25	2016	Marshfield, Massachusetts
19		Zajac, TravisTravis Zajac (A)	C	R	30	2004	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Jordin Tootoo	Dangerous trip on Nashville Predators defenseman Seth Jones during NHL Game No. 37 in Newark on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at 7:55 of the third period.	—	$2,217.74	October 15, 2015[5]
Stephen Gionta	Spearing Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki during NHL Game No. 94 in Ottawa on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 18:18 of the second period.	—	$2,284.95	October 23, 2015[6]
Bobby Farnham	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 553 in Ottawa on Wednesday, December 30, 2015.	—	$2,000.00	January 7, 2016[7]
Bobby Farnham	Interference against St. Louis Blues forward Dmitrij Jaskin during NHL Game No. 636 in St. Louis on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 11:50 of the third period.	4 games	$12,365.60	January 13, 2016[8]
Jordin Tootoo	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 583 in Detroit on Monday, January 4, 2016, at 9:39 of the third period.	—	$2,000.00	January 14, 2016[9]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Cammalleri, M.M. Cammalleri NHL Third Star of the Week[10] December 7, 2015 Schneider, C.C. Schneider NHL All-Star game selection[11] January 6, 2016 Stempniak, L.L. Stempniak NHL Second Star of the Week[12] January 25, 2016

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Kalinin, S.S. Kalinin 1st career NHL game October 9, 2015 O'Neill, B.B. O'Neill 1st career NHL game October 10, 2015 Schneider, C.C. Schneider 100th career NHL win October 22, 2015 Larsson, A.A. Larsson 200th career NHL game October 24, 2015 S. Kalinin 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 24, 2015 Farnham, B.B. Farnham 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 31, 2015 Gionta, S.S. Gionta 200th career NHL game November 3, 2015 S. Kalinin 1st career NHL goal November 8, 2015 Palmieri, K.K. Palmieri 100th career NHL point November 8, 2015 Josefson, J.J. Josefson 200th career NHL game November 22, 2015 Kennedy, T.T. Kennedy 200th career NHL point December 3, 2015

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 27, 2015 To Anaheim Ducks FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 To New Jersey Devils Kyle Palmieri [13] June 27, 2015 To Ottawa Senators 2nd-round pick in 2015 To New Jersey Devils DAL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 4th-round pick in 2016 [14] October 6, 2015 To Los Angeles Kings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 To New Jersey Devils Brian O'Neill [15] February 29, 2016 To Boston Bruins Lee Stempniak To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017 [16] To Colorado Avalanche Eric Gelinas To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2017 To Montreal Canadiens Stefan Matteau To New Jersey Devils Devante Smith-Pelly Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 John Moore Arizona Coyotes 3 years, $5 million [17] July 1, 2015 Paul Thompson Albany Devils 2 years, $1.15 million [18] July 1, 2015 Jim O'Brien Hershey Bears 1 year, $575,000 [19] July 3, 2015 Marc-Andre Gragnani SC Bern 1 year, $575,000 [20] July 3, 2015 Yann Danis Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $575,000 [21] September 8, 2015 Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 [22] September 10, 2015 David Schlemko Calgary Flames 1 year, $625,000 [23] September 17, 2015 Jiri Tlusty Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $800,000 [24] October 3, 2015 Lee Stempniak Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $850,000 [25] October 5, 2015 Ken Appleby Oshawa Generals 3 years, entry-level contract [26] March 8, 2016 Nick Lappin Brown University 2 years, entry-level contract [27] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2015 Peter Harrold St. Louis Blues 1 year, $800,000 [28] July 2, 2015 Joe Whitney New York Islanders 1 year, $750,000 [29] September 17, 2015 Steve Bernier New York Islanders 1 year, $750,000 [30] September 28, 2015 Mark Fraser Ottawa Senators 1 year, $800,000 [31] October 7, 2015 Scott Gomez St. Louis Blues 1 year, $575,000 [32] November 6, 2015 Martin Havlat St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [33] November 24, 2015 Dainius Zubrus San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 [34] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Bobby Farnham Pittsburgh Penguins October 26, 2015 [35] David Warsofsky Pittsburgh Penguins February 29, 2016 [36] Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Players released Date Player Via Ref July 30, 2015 Dainius Zubrus Buyout [37] Lost via retirement Date Player Ref June 30, 2015 Scott Clemmensen [38] September 2, 2015 Bryce Salvador [39] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Blake Coleman 2 years, entry-level contract [40] July 13, 2015 John Quenneville 3 years, entry-level contract [41] July 14, 2015 Eric Gelinas 2 years, $3.15 million [42] July 17, 2015 Stefan Matteau 2 years, $1.225 million [43] July 18, 2015 Seth Helgeson 2 years, $1.175 million [44] July 27, 2015 Adam Larsson 6 years, $25 million [45] August 11, 2015 Pavel Zacha 3 years, $2.78 million entry-level contract [46] December 30, 2015 Mackenzie Blackwood 3 years, entry-level contract [47] April 8, 2016 Steven Santini 3 years, entry-level contract [48] April 8, 2016 Miles Wood 3 years, entry-level contract [49] April 8, 2016 Joshua Jacobs 3 years, entry-level contract [50] Draft picks Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. 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