2009–10 New Jersey Devils season

The 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season is the team's 27th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey.

Pre-season

Pre-Season: 4–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 1 September 16 New York Rangers 3–2 (SO) Prudential Center – 10,481 1–0–0 2 September 23 New York Islanders 4–2 Nassau Coliseum – 8,256 2–0–0 3 September 24 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 (OT) Wachovia Center – 17,650 2–0–1 4 September 26 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0 Prudential Center – 11,167 3–0–1 5 September 29 New York Islanders 4–2 Prudential Center – 10,311 4–0–1   Win   Loss   Overtime/Shootout Loss

Regular season

GP – Games Played W – Wins L – Losses OTL – OT/Shootout Losses GF – Goals For GA – Goals Against PTS – Points
* – Division Leader x – Clinched Playoff spot y – Clinched Division z – Clinched Conference p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy e – Eliminated from Playoff Contention

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
y-New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
x-Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
e-New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
e-New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79

Conference standings

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	SE	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
2	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
3	y – Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
5	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
7	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
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9	New York Rangers	AT	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Game log

2009–10 Game Log: 48-27-7, 101 Points (Home: 27-10-3; Road: 21-17-3)
October: 8-4-0, 16 Points (Home: 1-4-0; Road: 7-0-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 1 October 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 Prudential Center - 17,625 0-1-0 0 2 October 5 New York Rangers 2-3 Prudential Center - 17,625 0-2-0 0 3 October 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 (SO) St. Pete Times Forum - 17,454 1-2-0 2 4 October 10 Florida Panthers 3-2 BankAtlantic Center - 18,802 2-2-0 4 5 October 12 Washington Capitals 3-2 (SO) Verizon Center - 18,277 3-2-0 6 6 October 16 Atlanta Thrashers 2-4 Prudential Center - 14,187 3-3-0 6 7 October 17 Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 Prudential Center - 15,021 4-3-0 8 8 October 22 New York Rangers 4-2 Madison Square Garden - 18,200 5-3-0 10 9 October 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 Mellon Arena - 17,132 6-3-0 12 10 October 28 Buffalo Sabres 1-4 Prudential Center - 14,182 6-4-0 12 11 October 29 Boston Bruins 2–1 TD Garden - 17,565 7-4-0 14 12 October 31 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 (SO) St. Pete Times Forum - 12,154 8-4-0 16
November: 9-2-1, 19 Points (Home: 6-0-0; Road: 3-2-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 13 November 4 Washington Capitals 3-2 Prudential Center - 13,498 9-4-0 18 14 November 6 New York Islanders 2-1 Prudential Center - 14,109 10-4-0 20 15 November 7 Ottawa Senators 3-2 Scotiabank Place - 18,781 11-4-0 22 16 November 11 Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Prudential Center - 14,123 12-4-0 24 17 November 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 Mellon Arena - 17,005 13-4-0 26 18 November 14 Washington Capitals 5-2 Prudential Center - 16,521 14-4-0 28 19 November 16 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 Wachovia Center - 19,673 14-5-0 28 20 November 19 Nashville Predators 2-3 (SO) Sommet Center - 13,445 14-5-1 29 21 November 21 Dallas Stars 3-5 American Airlines Center - 17,514 14-6-1 29 22 November 25 Ottawa Senators 3-1 Prudential Center - 14,056 15-6-1 31 23 November 27 Boston Bruins 2-1 (SO) TD Garden - 17,565 16-6-1 33 24 November 28 New York Islanders 6-1 Prudential Center - 16,961 17-6-1 35
December: 11-4-0, 22 Points (Home: 8-2-0; Road: 3-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 25 December 2 Vancouver Canucks 2-5 Prudential Center - 13,586 17-7-1 35 26 December 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Prudential Center - 15,336 18-7-1 37 27 December 5 Detroit Red Wings 4-3 (SO) Prudential Center - 17,625 19-7-1 39 28 December 7 Buffalo Sabres 3-0 HSBC Arena - 18,690 20-7-1 41 29 December 9 Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 Prudential Center - 12,013 21-7-1 43 30 December 11 Florida Panthers 2-4 Prudential Center - 14,132 21-8-1 43 31 December 12 Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 Prudential Center - 15,724 22-8-1 45 32 December 16 Montreal Canadiens 2-1 Prudential Center - 12,178 23-8-1 47 33 December 18 Ottawa Senators 4-2 Prudential Center - 13,728 24-8-1 49 34 December 19 Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 Philips Arena - 14,616 25-8-1 51 35 December 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 Mellon Arena - 17,132 26-8-1 53 36 December 26 Washington Capitals 1-4 Verizon Center - 18,277 26-9-1 53 37 December 28 Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 Prudential Center - 17,024 27-9-1 55 38 December 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-0 Prudential Center - 17,625 28-9-1 57 39 December 31 Chicago Blackhawks 1-5 United Center - 21,614 28-10-1 57
January: 7-7-1, 15 Points (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 4-4-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 40 January 2 Minnesota Wild 5-3 Xcel Energy Center - 19,155 29-10-1 59 41 January 5 Dallas Stars 4-0 Prudential Center - 14,202 30-10-1 61 42 January 8/10 Tampa Bay Lightning 2-4 Prudential Center - 15,129 30-11-1 61 43 January 9 Montreal Canadiens 2-1 (OT) Bell Centre - 21,273 31-11-1 63 44 January 12 New York Rangers 1-0 (SO) Madison Square Garden - 18,200 32-11-1 65 45 January 14 Phoenix Coyotes 3-4 Jobing.com Arena - 9,430 32-12-1 65 46 January 16 Colorado Avalanche 1-3 Pepsi Center - 17,816 32-13-1 65 47 January 18 New York Islanders 0-4 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 16,250 32-14-1 65 48 January 20 Florida Panthers 2-0 Prudential Center - 13,931 33-14-1 67 49 January 22 Montreal Canadiens 1-3 Prudential Center - 17,625 33-15-1 67 50 January 23 New York Islanders 4-2 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 16,250 34-15-1 69 51 January 26 Ottawa Senators 0-3 Scotiabank Place - 18,107 34-16-1 69 52 January 27 Buffalo Sabres 1-2 (SO) HSBC Arena - 18,690 34-16-2 70 53 January 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 (OT) Prudential Center - 15,536 35-16-2 72 54 January 31 Los Angeles Kings 2-3 Prudential Center - 17,625 35-17-2 72
February: 2-4-1, 5 Points (Home: 2-0-1; Road: 0-3-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 55 February 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0-3 Air Canada Centre - 19,326 35-18-2 72 56 February 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 Prudential Center - 15,204 36-18-2 74 57 February 6 New York Rangers 1-3 Madison Square Garden - 18,200 36-19-2 74 58 February 8 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 Wachovia Center - 19,678 36-20-2 74 59 February 10 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 (OT) Prudential Center - 5,580 36-20-3 75 60 February 12 Nashville Predators 5-2 Prudential Center - 17,625 37-20-3 77 61 February 13 Carolina Hurricanes 2-5 RBC Center - 16,466 37-21-3 77
March: 7-5-3, 17 Points (Home: 5-1-2; Road: 2-4-1) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 62 March 2 San Jose Sharks 4-3 HP Pavilion - 17,562 38-21-3 79 63 March 5 Calgary Flames 3-5 Pengrowth Saddledome - 19,289 38-22-3 79 64 March 7 Edmonton Oilers 0-2 Rexall Place - 16,839 38-23-3 79 65 March 10 New York Rangers 6-3 Prudential Center - 17,625 39-23-3 81 66 March 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Prudential Center - 17,625 40-23-3 83 67 March 13 New York Islanders 2-4 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - 15,583 40-24-3 83 68 March 15 Boston Bruins 3-2 Prudential Center - 15,801 41-24-3 85 69 March 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 Prudential Center - 17,625 42-24-3 87 70 March 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-2 (SO) Air Canada Centre - 19,183 42-24-4 88 71 March 20 St. Louis Blues 0-1 Prudential Center - 17,625 42-25-4 88 72 March 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 Prudential Center - 14,202 43-25-4 90 73 March 25 New York Rangers 3-4 (SO) Prudential Center - 17,625 43-25-5 91 74 March 27 Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Bell Centre - 21,273 44-25-5 93 75 March 28 Philadelphia Flyers 1-5 Wachovia Center - 19,769 44-26-5 93 76 March 30 Boston Bruins 0-1 (OT) Prudential Center - 16,636 44-26-6 94
April: 4-1-1, 9 Points (Home: 2-0-1; Road: 2-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 77 April 2 Chicago Blackhawks 1-2 (SO) Prudential Center - 17,625 44-26-7 95 78 April 3 Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 RBC Center - 16,073 45-26-7 97 79 April 6 Atlanta Thrashers 3-0 Philips Arena - 12,038 46-26-7 99 80 April 8 Florida Panthers 2-3 BankAtlantic Center - 15,273 46-27-7 99 81 April 10 New York Islanders 7-1 Prudential Center - 17,625 47-27-7 101 82 April 11 Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Prudential Center - 17,625 48-27-7 103
2009–10 Schedule   Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 Points)   Overtime/Shootout Loss (1 Point)

Playoffs

See the main article: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

With their win on March 27, 2010 against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, the Devils clinched a playoff berth and are participating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 13th consecutive season and for the 20th time in 22 seasons.

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Philadelphia Flyers # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 1 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Flyers lead 1-0 [1] Archived 2010-09-13 at the Wayback Machine 2 April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 5 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Series tied 1-1 [2] Archived 2010-09-13 at the Wayback Machine 3 April 18 New Jersey Devils 2 - 3 Philadelphia Flyers OT Brodeur 19,957 Flyers lead 2-1 4 April 20 New Jersey Devils 1 - 4 Philadelphia Flyers Brodeur 19,709 Flyers lead 3-1 5 April 22 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 0 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Flyers win 4-1      Win      Loss      Win Playoff Series      Eliminated from playoffs

References

Preceded by 2008–09 New Jersey Devils season

New Jersey Devils 2009–10 season

Succeeded by 2010–11 New Jersey Devils season