2012–13 New Jersey Devils season

2012–13 New Jersey Devils
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2012–13 record	19–19–10
Home record	13–9–2
Road record	6–10–8
Goals for	112
Goals against	129
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Bryce Salvador
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Ilya Kovalchuk
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	17,298 (98.1%) (16 games)
Team leaders
Goals	David Clarkson (15)
Assists	Patrik Elias (22)
Points	Elias (36)
Penalties in minutes	David Clarkson (78)
Plus/minus	(+): Andy Greene (12) (−): Bryce Salvador Marek Zidlicky (−12)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (13)
Goals against average	Brodeur (2.22)
<2011–12	2013–14>

The 2012–13 New Jersey Devils season will be the 39th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 31st season since the franchise relocated to New Jersey to start the 1982–83 season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

The Devils were eliminated from the playoff race after a 4–1 loss to the New York Rangers on April 21, 2013.

Off-season

Going into the off season, the Devils were faced with a major dilemma of having over ten unrestricted free agents, including captain Zach Parise. The Devils were able to resign goaltenders Martin Brodeur and Johan Hedberg, defenseman Bryce Salvador and several others, but lost Parise to the Minnesota Wild.

Pre-season

On July 19, the New Jersey Devils announced their 2012 pre-season schedule. The team would have played seven pre-season games, including a game against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but all pre-season games were eventually cancelled due to the lockout.

Regular season

On June 21, the New Jersey Devils announced their schedule for the 2012–13 regular season. Their regular season would have begun on October 12 at the Washington Capitals, and their home-opener would have taken place the following night against the Boston Bruins. The original schedule would have ended with a game at the New York Islanders on April 13. A new schedule would need to be released if the lockout is resolved. On April 15, the Devils lost 2–0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, their 10th loss in a row (0–6–4), which was equal to the franchise loss record set in 1983–84.

For the second consecutive season, the Devils led the League in shorthanded goals scored, as they scored 11 shorthanded goals in the 48-game regular season.

Playoffs

After a 4–1 loss to the New York Rangers on April 21, the Devils were eliminated from the playoff race, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year against the eventual champions, the Los Angeles Kings. This was the first time a Stanley Cup finalist missed the playoffs the next season since 2007.

Standings

Atlantic Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	New York Rangers	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
3	New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
4	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
5	New Jersey Devils	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Regular season

2012–13 Regular Season Game Log
January: 3–0–3 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 1 January 19 New Jersey 2–1 New York Islanders W 16,170 1–0–0 2 2 January 22 Philadelphia 0–3 New Jersey W 17,625 2–0–0 4 3 January 25 Washington 2–3 New Jersey W OT 17,625 3–0–0 6 4 January 27 New Jersey 3–4 Montreal OTL OT 21,273 3–0–1 7 5 January 29 New Jersey 1–2 Boston OTL SO 17,565 3–0–2 8 6 January 31 New York Islanders 5–4 New Jersey OTL OT 17,625 3–0–3 9
February: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 7 February 2 New Jersey 1–5 Pittsburgh L 18,635 3–1–3 9 8 February 3 New Jersey 3–0 New York Islanders W 11,558 4–1–3 11 9 February 5 New York Rangers 1–3 New Jersey W 17,625 5–1–3 13 10 February 7 Tampa Bay 2–4 New Jersey W 14,802 6–1–3 15 11 February 9 Pittsburgh 1–3 New Jersey W 17,625 7–1–3 17 12 February 10 New Jersey 3–1 Pittsburgh W 18,658 8–1–3 19 13 February 12 Carolina 4–2 New Jersey L 17,625 8–2–3 19 14 February 15 Philadelphia 3–5 New Jersey W 17,625 9–2–3 21 15 February 16 New Jersey 1–5 New York Islanders L 15,488 9–3–3 21 16 February 18 Ottawa 2–1 New Jersey OTL SO 17,625 9–3–4 22 17 February 21 New Jersey 3–2 Washington W 18,506 10–3–4 24 18 February 23 New Jersey 1–5 Washington L 18,506 10–4–4 24 19 February 24 Winnipeg 4–2 New Jersey L 17,625 10–5–4 24 20 February 28 New Jersey 1–3 Winnipeg L 15,004 10–6–4 24
March: 5–5–5 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–5) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 21 March 2 New Jersey 3–4 Buffalo OTL SO 19,070 10–6–5 25 22 March 4 New Jersey 2–4 Toronto L 19,435 10–7–5 25 23 March 5 Tampa Bay 5–2 New Jersey L 15,229 10–8–5 25 24 March 7 Buffalo 2–3 New Jersey W SO 17,625 11–8–5 27 25 March 9 New Jersey 3–6 Carolina L 18,680 11–9–5 27 26 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 New Jersey W SO 17,625 12–9–5 29 27 March 13 Philadelphia 2–5 New Jersey W 17,625 13–9–5 31 28 March 15 New Jersey 1–2 Philadelphia OTL SO 19,971 13–9–6 32 29 March 16 Montreal 2–1 New Jersey L 17,625 13–10–6 32 30 March 19 New York Rangers 3–2 New Jersey L 17,625 13–11–6 32 31 March 21 New Jersey 4–1 Carolina W 16,941 14–11–6 34 32 March 23 Florida 1–2 New Jersey W 17,625 15–11–6 36 33 March 25 New Jersey 2–3 Ottawa OTL SO 18,902 15–11–7 37 34 March 29 New Jersey 4–5 Tampa Bay OTL SO 19,204 15–11–8 38 35 March 30 New Jersey 4–5 Florida OTL OT 18,138 15–11–9 39
April: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 1–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision OT Attendance Record Points 36 April 1 New York Islanders 3–1 New Jersey L 17,625 15–12–9 39 37 April 4 New Jersey 0–1 Boston L 17,565 15–13–9 39 38 April 6 Toronto 2–1 New Jersey L 17,625 15–14–9 39 39 April 7 New Jersey 2–3 Buffalo OTL SO 18,703 15–14–10 40 40 April 10 Boston 5–4 New Jersey L 17,625 15–15–10 40 41 April 12 Ottawa 2–0 New Jersey L 16,099 15–16–10 40 42 April 15 New Jersey 0–2 Toronto L 19,425 15–17–10 40 43 April 18 New Jersey 3–0 Philadelphia W 19,727 16–17–10 42 44 April 20 Florida 2–6 New Jersey W 16,018 17–17–10 44 45 April 21 New Jersey 1–4 New York Rangers L 17,200 17–18–10 44 46 April 23 Montreal 2–3 New Jersey W 15,219 18–18–10 46 47 April 25 Pittsburgh 2–3 New Jersey W 16122 19–18–10 48 48 April 27 New Jersey 0–4 New York Rangers L 17,200 19–19–10 48
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Patrik Elias	48	14	22	36	5	22
Ilya Kovalchuk	37	11	20	31	−6	18
David Clarkson	48	15	9	24	−6	78
Travis Zajac	48	7	13	20	−5	22
Marek Zidlicky	48	4	15	19	−12	38
Andy Greene	48	4	12	16	12	20
Adam Henrique	42	11	5	16	−3	16
Steve Bernier	47	8	7	15	−7	17
Ryan Carter	44	6	9	15	−2	31
Stephen Gionta	48	4	10	14	2	14
Andrei Loktionov	28	8	4	12	−2	4
Dainius Zubrus	22	2	7	9	−3	12
Alexei Ponikarovsky†	30	2	5	7	1	8
Mark Fayne	31	1	5	6	6	16
Adam Larsson	37	0	6	6	4	12
Steve Sullivan†	9	2	3	5	−4	4
Anton Volchenkov	37	1	4	5	−1	37
Peter Harrold	23	2	3	5	−8	6
Henrik Tallinder	25	1	3	4	0	10
Matt D'Agostini†	13	2	2	4	−1	6
Jacob Josefson	22	1	2	3	−10	2
Stefan Matteau	17	1	2	3	−1	6
Bryce Salvador	39	0	2	2	−12	22
Bobby Butler‡	14	1	1	2	−6	0
Tom Kostopoulos	15	1	0	1	0	18
Matt Anderson	2	0	1	1	1	0
Mattias Tedenby	4	0	1	1	0	2
Krys Barch	22	0	0	0	1	44
Cam Janssen	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Tim Sestito	6	0	0	0	1	2
Eric Gelinas	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Alexander Urbom	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Harri Pesonen	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Totals		109	173	282	−60	489

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin Brodeur	29	29	1757:21	13	9	7	65	2.22	654	.901	2	1	2	0
Johan Hedberg	19	19	1108:16	6	10	3	51	2.76	435	.883	1	0	1	4
Keith Kinkaid	1	0	25:45	0	0	0	1	2.31	13	.923	0	0	0	0
Jeff Frazee	1	0	18:36	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		48	2909:58	19	19	10	117	2.41	1105	.894	3	1	3	4

^†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

Notable achievements

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Patrik Elias	900th Career NHL Point	January 27, 2013
Matt Anderson	1st Career NHL Game	January 29, 2013
Harri Pesonen	1st Career NHL Game	March 16, 2013
Eric Gelinas	1st Career NHL Game	April 25, 2013

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date	Details
February 6, 2013	To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013	To New Jersey Devils Andrei Loktionov
February 13, 2013	To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014	To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky
March 22, 2013	To St. Louis Blues Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015	To New Jersey Devils Matt D'Agostini Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015
April 3, 2013	To Phoenix Coyotes 7th-round pick in 2014	To New Jersey Devils Steve Sullivan

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Krys Barch	Florida Panthers	2 years, $1.5 million
Bobby Butler	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $525,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Alexei Ponikarovsky	Winnipeg Jets	1 year, $1.8 million
Eric Boulton	New York Islanders	1 year, $540,000
Vladimir Zharkov	CSKA Moscow	2 years
Zach Parise	Minnesota Wild	13 years, $98 million
Matt Taormina	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $700,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Tom Kostopoulos	Pittsburgh Penguins	March 6, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Bobby Butler	Nashville Predators	March 4, 2013

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Steve Bernier	June 29, 2012	2 years, $1.5 million
Ryan Carter	June 29, 2012	2 years, $1.55 million
Stephen Gionta	June 29, 2012	2 years, $1.125 million
Peter Harrold	June 29, 2012	1 year, $525,000
Cam Janssen	June 29, 2012	1 year, $575,000
Martin Brodeur	July 2, 2012	2 years, $9 million
Johan Hedberg	July 2, 2012	2 years, $2.8 million
Bryce Salvador	July 3, 2012	3 years, $9.5 million
Stefan Matteau	August 14, 2012	3 years, $2.5275 million entry-level contract
Reece Scarlett	September 6, 2012	3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract
Damon Severson	September 6, 2012	3 years, $1.9275 million entry-level contract
Travis Zajac	January 16, 2013	8 years, $46 million contract extension
Reid Boucher	March 13, 2013	3 years, $2.0775 million entry-level contract
Mattias Tedenby	June 20, 2013	1 year, $600,000

Draft picks

See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

The New Jersey Devils picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	29	Stefan Matteau	C	United States	US National Team Development Program (USHL)
2	60	Damon Severson	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	90	Ben Johnson	C/LW	United States	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	96	Ben Thomson	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	135	Graham Black	C	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	150	Alexander Kerfoot	C	Canada	Coquitlam (BCHL)
6	180	Artur Gavrus	C	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

Draft notes

• The Devils' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a January 20, 2012 trade that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to the Devils in exchange for Joe Sova and this pick.
• ^a The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as a result of an October 4, 2011 trade that sent Dave Steckel to the Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as a result of a July 14, 2011 trade that sent Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• The Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a December 12, 2011 trade that sent Kurtis Foster and Timo Pielmeier to the Devils in exchange for Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser and this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season

References