2011–12 New Jersey Devils season

2011–12 New Jersey Devils
Eastern Conference Champions
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2011–12 record	48–28–6
Home record	24–13–4
Road record	24–15–2
Goals for	228
Goals against	209
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Zach Parise
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Ilya Kovalchuk
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	15,396 (87.4%) Total: 631,258 (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (37)
Assists	Patrik Elias (52)
Points	Ilya Kovalchuk (83)
Penalties in minutes	David Clarkson (138)
Plus/minus	Bryce Salvador (+18)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (31)
Goals against average	Johan Hedberg (2.23)
<2010–11	2012–13>

The New Jersey Devils 2011–12 season was the 38th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 30th season since the franchise relocated to New Jersey to start the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils hoped to return to the playoffs after having their long playoff streak snapped the previous year. While finishing fourth in the strong Atlantic division, they did rank sixth in the Eastern Conference, thus securing a playoff berth, and first round match-up against the Southeast division-winning Florida Panthers.

Offseason

The focus of the Devils during the 2011 off-season was on finding a new coach and player signings. The main focus of the team was resigning Zach Parise and signing fourth-overall 2011 pick Adam Larsson to an entry-level contract, although team CEO and General Manager Lou Lamoriello did find the time to sign goaltender Johan Hedberg, as well as defenseman Andy Greene. Additionally, the team chose to suspend operations of the Trenton Devils, which was a minor league ECHL club that the team had used for player development, citing declining fan interest in the team and a desire to bring the organization more in line with other NHL organizations in terms of minor league affiliations.

The Devils announced the hiring of Peter DeBoer as the new head coach of the team on July 19, 2011.

Pre-season

On June 30, 2011, the New Jersey Devils announced that they would play six games during the pre-season. There were three home games at the Prudential Center against the New York Rangers, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers. They also played two road games, one against the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum and one against the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. One neutral site game against the Rangers took place at the Times Union Center, located in Albany, New York.

Regular season

The Devils had a very effective penalty kill during the regular season, allowing the fewest shorthanded goals in the League (27) and having the highest penalty-kill percentage (89.58%). They also scored the most shorthanded goals in the NHL (15) and allowed the most shorthanded goals in the League (13).

Playoffs

The Devils clinched their 20th playoff berth in 22 seasons with a 5–0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on March 31, 2012. They finished the regular season with 102 points, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They beat the Florida Panthers in seven games, with a game-winning goal in double overtime from rookie Adam Henrique. They went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, followed by the New York Rangers in six games through another overtime goal from Henrique, winning their first Eastern Conference Championship since their 2003 run. The playoff run for the Devils concluded with a loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals, 4–2.

Standings

Atlantic Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – New York Rangers	82	51	24	7	47	226	187	109
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	25	6	42	282	221	108
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	26	9	43	264	232	103
4	New Jersey Devils	82	48	28	6	36	228	209	102
5	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	27	203	255	79

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – New York Rangers	AT	82	51	24	7	47	226	187	109
2	y – Boston Bruins	NE	82	49	29	4	40	269	202	102
3	y – Florida Panthers	SE	82	38	26	18	32	203	227	94
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	51	25	6	42	282	221	108
5	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	47	26	9	43	264	232	103
6	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	28	6	36	228	209	102
7	Washington Capitals	SE	82	42	32	8	38	222	230	92
8	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	31	10	35	249	240	92
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9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	39	32	11	32	218	230	89
10	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	38	36	8	35	235	281	84
11	Winnipeg Jets	SE	82	37	35	10	33	225	246	84
12	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	33	33	16	32	213	243	82
13	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	35	37	10	31	231	264	80
14	New York Islanders	AT	82	34	37	11	27	203	255	79
15	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	31	35	16	26	212	226	78

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

bold - qualified for playoffs, y – Clinched division, z – Clinched conference (and division)

Schedule and results

Preseason

Preseason: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record 1 September 21 NY Rangers 2 – 1 (OT) Times Union Center (Albany, New York) 1–0–0 2 September 23 NY Rangers 3–4 Prudential Center 1–1–0 3 September 24 NY Islanders 2–6 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1–2–0 4 September 29 Philadelphia 1–2 Wells Fargo Center 1–3–0 5 September 30 NY Islanders 1–0 Prudential Center 2–3–0 6 October 1 Philadelphia 2–1 Prudential Center 3–3–0       Win       Loss       Overtime/Shootout Loss

Regular season

2011–12 Regular season game log: 48–28–6 (Home: 24–13–4 ; Road: 24–15–2)
October (Games: 9; Home: 4; Road: 5) (Record: 4–4–1; Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–3–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 1 October 8 7:00pm Philadelphia 0–3 Prudential Center 17,625 0–1–0 0 2 October 10 1:00pm Carolina 4–2 Prudential Center 12,096 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 7:00pm Los Angeles 2–1 SO Prudential Center 12,256 2–1–0 4 4 October 15 8:00pm @ Nashville 3–2 SO Bridgestone Arena 17,113 3–1–0 6 5 October 21 7:00pm San Jose 3–4 SO Prudential Center 14,319 3–1–1 7 6 October 22 7:00pm @ Pittsburgh 1–4 Consol Energy Center 18,535 3–2–1 7 7 October 25 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 3–0 Staples Center 18,118 4–2–1 9 8 October 27 10:00pm @ Phoenix 3–5 Jobing.com Arena 7,434 4–3–1 9 9 October 29 8:00pm @ Dallas 1–3 American Airlines Center 11,740 4–4–1 9
November (Games: 14; Home: 6; Road: 8) (Record: 8–6–0; Home: 3–3–0; Road: 5–3–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 10 November 2 7:30pm Toronto 3–5 Prudential Center 13,033 4–5–1 9 11 November 3 7:00pm @ Philadelphia 4–3 SO Wells Fargo Center 19,667 5–5–1 11 12 November 5 7:00pm Winnipeg 3–2 OT Prudential Center 14,952 6–5–1 13 13 November 8 7:30pm Carolina 3–2 Prudential Center 13,056 7–5–1 15 14 November 11 7:00pm Washington 1–3 Prudential Center 15,230 7–6–1 15 15 November 12 7:00pm @ Washington 3–2 SO Verizon Center 18,506 8–6–1 17 16 November 15 7:00pm @ Boston 3–4 TD Garden 17,565 8–7–1 17 17 November 16 7:30pm @ Buffalo 5–3 First Niagara Center 18,690 9–7–1 19 18 November 19 7:00pm @ Tampa Bay 4–2 St. Pete Times Forum 18,894 10–7–1 21 19 November 21 7:30pm @ Florida 3–4 BankAtlantic Center 13,122 10–8–1 21 20 November 23 7:00pm Columbus 2–1 SO Prudential Center 15,585 11–8–1 23 21 November 25 3:00pm @ NY Islanders 1–0 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 15,358 12–8–1 25 22 November 26 1:00pm NY Islanders 2–3 Prudential Center 16,014 12–9–1 25 23 November 30 9:30pm @ Colorado 1–6 Pepsi Center 14,251 12–10–1 25
December (Games: 14; Home: 7; Road: 7) (Record: 9–5–0; Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–3–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 24 December 2 8:00pm @ Minnesota 2–4 XCel Energy Center 17,310 12–11–1 25 25 December 3 7:00pm @ Winnipeg 2–4 MTS Centre 15,004 12–12–1 25 26 December 6 7:00pm @ Toronto 3–2 OT Air Canada Centre 19,513 13–12–1 27 27 December 8 7:00pm Ottawa 5–4 SO Prudential Center 13,743 14–12–1 29 28 December 10 1:00pm Montreal 1–2 Prudential Center 14,210 14–13–1 29 29 December 12 7:00pm @ Tampa Bay 5–4 St. Pete Times Forum 17,341 15–13–1 31 30 December 13 7:30pm @ Florida 3–2 SO BankAtlantic Center 14,669 16–13–1 33 31 December 16 7:00pm Dallas 6–3 Prudential Center 17,625 17–13–1 35 32 December 17 7:00pm @ Montreal 5–3 Bell Centre 21,273 18–13–1 37 33 December 20 7:00pm NY Rangers 1–4 Prudential Center 17,625 18–14–1 37 34 December 23 7:00pm Washington 4–3 SO Prudential Center 14,043 19–14–1 39 35 December 26 7:00pm @ Carolina 2–4 RBC Center 16,121 19–15–1 39 36 December 28 7:00pm Buffalo 3–1 Prudential Center 17,625 20–15–1 41 37 December 31 3:00pm Pittsburgh 3–1 Prudential Center 17,625 21–15–1 43
January (Games: 12; Home: 7; Road: 5) (Record: 6–4–2; Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 38 January 2 7:30pm @ Ottawa 2–3 OT Scotiabank Place 19,573 21–15–2 44 39 January 4 7:30pm Boston 1–6 Prudential Center 15,832 21–16–2 44 40 January 6 7:00pm Florida 5–2 Prudential Center 15,793 22–16–2 46 41 January 7 7:00pm @ Pittsburgh 3–1 Consol Energy Center 18,594 23–16–2 48 42 January 10 9:30pm @ Calgary 3–6 Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 23–17–2 48 43 January 11 9:00pm @ Edmonton 2–1 OT Rexall Place 16,839 24–17–2 50 44 January 14 3:00pm @ Winnipeg 2–1 MTS Centre 15,004 25–17–2 52 45 January 17 7:00pm Winnipeg 5–1 Prudential Center 14,129 26–17–2 54 46 January 19 7:00pm Boston 1–4 Prudential Center 14,941 26–18–2 54 47 January 21 1:00pm Philadelphia 1–4 Prudential Center 16,251 26–19–2 54 48 January 24 7:00pm Buffalo 1–2 SO Prudential Center 13,735 26–19–3 55 49 January 31 7:00pm NY Rangers 4–3 SO Prudential Center 17,625 27–19–3 57
February (Games: 13; Home: 7; Road: 6) (Record: 8–4–1; Home: 3–2–1; Road: 5–2–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 50 February 2 7:00pm Montreal 5–3 Prudential Center 13,283 28–19–3 59 51 February 4 1:00pm @ Philadelphia 6–4 Wells Fargo Center 19,862 29–19–3 61 52 February 5 1:00pm Pittsburgh 5–3 Prudential Center 14,707 30–19–3 63 53 February 7 7:00pm @ NY Rangers 1–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 31–19–3 65 54 February 9 7:00pm St. Louis 3–4 SO Prudential Center 15,021 31–19–4 66 55 February 11 1:00pm Florida 1–3 Prudential Center 14,938 31–20–4 66 56 February 14 7:00pm @ Buffalo 4–1 First Niagara Center 18,690 32–20–4 68 57 February 17 7:00pm Anaheim 3–2 SO Prudential Center 15,312 33–20–4 70 58 February 19 6:00pm @ Montreal 3–1 Bell Centre 21,273 34–20–4 72 59 February 21 7:00pm @ Toronto 4–3 OT Air Canada Centre 19,426 35–20–4 74 60 February 24 7:00pm Vancouver 1–2 Prudential Center 16,480 35–21–4 74 61 February 26 1:00pm Tampa Bay 3–4 Prudential Center 15,981 35–22–4 74 62 February 27 7:30pm @ NY Rangers 0–2 Madison Square Garden 18,200 35–23–4 74
March (Games: 17; Home: 8; Road: 9) (Record: 10–5–2; Home: 6–1–1; Road: 4–4–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 63 March 1 7:00pm @ Boston 3–4 OT TD Garden 17,565 35–23–5 75 64 March 2 7:00pm @ Washington 5–0 Verizon Center 18,506 36–23–5 77 65 March 4 3:00pm @ NY Islanders 0–1 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,250 36–24–5 77 66 March 6 7:00pm NY Rangers 4–1 Prudential Center 17,625 37–24–5 79 67 March 8 7:00pm NY Islanders 5–1 Prudential Center 14,573 38–24–5 81 68 March 10 7:00pm @ NY Islanders 2–1 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,250 39–24–5 83 69 March 11 7:00pm Philadelphia 4–1 Prudential Center 15,107 40–24–5 85 70 March 13 7:00pm @ Philadelphia 0–3 Wells Fargo Center 19,724 40–25–5 85 71 March 15 7:00pm Colorado 1–0 SO Prudential Center 16,055 41–25–5 87 72 March 17 1:00pm Pittsburgh 2–5 Prudential Center 17,625 41–26–5 87 73 March 19 7:30pm @ NY Rangers 2–4 Madison Square Garden 18,200 41–27–5 87 74 March 20 7:30pm @ Ottawa 1–0 Scotiabank Place 19,834 42–27–5 89 75 March 23 7:00pm Toronto 3–4 SO Prudential Center 16,022 42–27–6 90 76 March 25 7:00pm @ Pittsburgh 2–5 Consol Energy Center 18,601 42-28-6 90 77 March 27 7:00pm Chicago 2–1 SO Prudential Center 15,074 43-28-6 92 78 March 29 7:00pm Tampa Bay 6–4 Prudential Center 15,380 44-28-6 94 79 March 31 7:00pm @ Carolina 5–0 RBC Center 18,680 45-28-6 96
April (Games: 3; Home: 2; Road: 1) (Record: 3–0–0; Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Location Attendance Record Points 80 April 3 7:00pm NY Islanders 3–1 Prudential Center 15,482 46-28-6 98 81 April 5 7:30pm @ Detroit 2–1 Joe Louis Arena 20,066 47-28-6 100 82 April 7 3:00pm Ottawa 4-2 Prudential Center 17,625 48-28-6 102

Playoffs

Main articles: 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs and 2012 Stanley Cup Finals

2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Florida Panthers - Devils win series 4-3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 Florida Panthers Brodeur 19,119 Devils lead 1-0 [1] 2 April 15 New Jersey Devils 2 - 4 Florida Panthers Brodeur 19,248 Series tied 1-1 [2] 3 April 17 Florida Panthers 4 - 3 New Jersey Devils Hedberg 17,625 Panthers lead 2-1 [3] 4 April 19 Florida Panthers 0 - 4 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Series tied 2-2 [4] 5 April 21 New Jersey Devils 0 - 3 Florida Panthers Brodeur 19,513 Panthers lead 3-2 [5] 6 April 24 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 New Jersey Devils OT Brodeur 17,625 Series tied 3-3 [6] 7 April 26 New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 Florida Panthers 2OT Brodeur 19,313 Devils win 4-3 [7] Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers - Devils win series 4-1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 29 New Jersey Devils 3 - 4 Philadelphia Flyers OT Brodeur 19,972 Flyers lead 1-0 [8] 2 May 1 New Jersey Devils 4 - 1 Philadelphia Flyers Brodeur 20,131 Series tied 1-1 [9] 3 May 3 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 4 New Jersey Devils OT Brodeur 17,625 Devils lead 2-1 [10] 4 May 6 Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 4 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Devils lead 3-1 [11] 5 May 8 New Jersey Devils 3 - 1 Philadelphia Flyers Brodeur 20,145 Devils win 4-1 [12] Eastern Conference Finals: vs. (1) New York Rangers - Devils win series 4-2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 14 New Jersey Devils 0 - 3 New York Rangers Brodeur 18,200 Rangers lead 1-0 [13] 2 May 16 New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 New York Rangers Brodeur 18,200 Series tied 1-1 [14] 3 May 19 New York Rangers 3 - 0 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Rangers lead 2-1 [15] 4 May 21 New York Rangers 1 - 4 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Series tied 2-2 [16] 5 May 23 New Jersey Devils 5 - 3 New York Rangers Brodeur 18,200 Devils lead 3-2 [17] 6 May 25 New York Rangers 2 - 3 New Jersey Devils OT Brodeur 17,625 Devils win series 4-2 [18] Stanley Cup Finals: vs (8) Los Angeles Kings – Kings win series 4-2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 30 Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 New Jersey Devils OT Brodeur 17,625 Kings lead 1-0 [19] 2 June 2 Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 New Jersey Devils OT Brodeur 17,625 Kings lead 2-0 [20] 3 June 4 New Jersey Devils 0 - 4 Los Angeles Kings Brodeur 18,764 Kings lead 3-0 [21] 4 June 6 New Jersey Devils 3 - 1 Los Angeles Kings Brodeur 18,867 Kings lead 3-1 [22] 5 June 9 Los Angeles Kings 1 - 2 New Jersey Devils Brodeur 17,625 Kings lead 3-2 [23] 6 June 11 New Jersey Devils 1 - 6 Los Angeles Kings Brodeur 18,858 Kings win 4-2 [24]

     Win      Loss      Win Playoff Series

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ilya Kovalchuk 77 37 46 83 −9 33 Patrik Elias 81 26 52 78 −8 16 Zach Parise 82 31 38 69 −5 32 Adam Henrique 74 16 35 51 8 7 David Clarkson 80 30 16 46 −8 138 Petr Sykora 82 21 23 44 4 40 Dainius Zubrus 82 17 27 44 7 34 Alexei Ponikarovsky† 33 7 11 18 9 8 Adam Larsson 65 2 16 18 −7 20 Mark Fayne 82 4 13 17 −4 26 Andy Greene 56 1 15 16 3 16 Kurtis Foster†‡ 28 3 9 12 −9 23 Anton Volchenkov 72 2 9 11 3 34 Bryce Salvador 82 0 9 9 18 66 Jacob Josefson 41 2 7 9 10 6 Marek Zidlicky† 22 2 6 8 0 10 Ryan Carter† 65 4 4 8 −12 84 Matt Taormina 30 1 6 7 6 4 Nick Palmieri‡ 29 4 3 7 −7 12 Henrik Tallinder 39 0 6 6 −11 16 Mattias Tedenby 43 1 5 6 −15 16 Steve Bernier 32 1 5 6 6 16 Travis Zajac 15 2 4 6 −3 4 Peter Harrold 11 0 2 2 0 0 Bradley Mills 27 0 1 1 −10 32 Alexander Urbom 5 1 0 1 1 9 Cam Janssen 48 0 1 1 −8 75 Stephen Gionta 1 1 0 1 1 0 Steven Zalewski 7 0 0 0 −2 0 Tim Sestito 18 0 0 0 −5 7 Vladimir Zharkov 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Eric Boulton 51 0 0 0 −12 115 Stephane Veilleux‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Fraser‡ 4 0 0 0 −2 14 Rod Pelley‡ 7 0 0 0 0 7

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ilya Kovalchuk 23 8 11 19 −7 6 Zach Parise 24 8 7 15 -8 4 Bryce Salvador 24 4 10 14 9 26 Travis Zajac 24 7 7 14 -6 4 Adam Henrique 24 5 8 13 12 11 David Clarkson 24 3 9 12 8 32 Dainius Zubrus 24 3 7 10 0 18 Alexei Ponikarovsky 24 1 8 9 8 12 Marek Zidlicky 24 1 8 9 -2 22 Patrik Elias 24 5 3 8 −3 10 Steve Bernier 24 2 5 7 3 27 Stephen Gionta 24 3 4 7 4 4 Ryan Carter 23 5 2 7 4 32 Petr Sykora 18 2 3 5 3 6 Peter Harrold 17 0 4 4 2 6 Mark Fayne 24 0 3 3 5 6 Anton Volchenkov 24 1 1 2 7 10 Andy Greene 24 0 1 1 1 8 Jacob Josefson 6 0 1 1 1 0 Adam Larsson 5 1 0 1 3 4 Henrik Tallinder 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Tim Sestito 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Martin Brodeur 59 3392 31 21 4 136 2.41 1472 .908 3 0 4 2 Johan Hedberg 27 1591 17 7 2 59 2.23 718 .918 4 0 0 2

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Martin Brodeur 24 1471 14 9 52 2.12 629 .917 1 0 4 0 Johan Hedberg 1 36 0 1 1 1.67 14 .929 0 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Devils. Stats reflect time with Devils only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Devils only.

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Adam Henrique	NHL Rookie of the Month	December 2011
Ilya Kovalchuk	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 6, 2012
Ilya Kovalchuk	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 12, 2012

Records

Player	Record (Amount)	Achieved

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Adam Larsson	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2011
David Clarkson	300th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2011
Henrik Tallinder	100th Career NHL Assist	October 15, 2011
Adam Henrique	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 27, 2011
Andy Greene	300th Career NHL Game	October 29, 2011
Brad Mills	1st Career NHL Assist	November 2, 2011
Adam Larsson	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 2, 2011
Adam Henrique	1st Career NHL Goal	November 3, 2011
Dainius Zubrus	500th Career NHL Point	November 8, 2011
Adam Larsson	1st Career NHL Goal	November 11, 2011
Anton Volchenkov	500th Career NHL Game	November 12, 2011
Dainius Zubrus	1,000th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2011
Ryan Carter	200th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2011
Patrik Elias	500th Career NHL Assist	December 28, 2011
Dainius Zubrus	200th Career NHL Goal	January 2, 2012
Patrik Elias	1,000th Career NHL Game	January 6, 2012
Zach Parise	200th Career NHL Assist	January 10, 2012
Mark Fayne	100th Career NHL Game	January 11, 2012
Petr Sykora	700th Career NHL Point	January 14, 2012
Mattias Tedenby	100th Career NHL Game	January 14, 2012
Alexei Ponikarovsky	300th Career NHL Point	February 4, 2012
Cam Janssen	300th Career NHL Game	February 14, 2012
Steve Bernier	400th Career NHL Game	March 1, 2012
Petr Sykora	1,000th Career NHL Game	March 4, 2012
Bryce Salvador	100th Career NHL Point	March 6, 2012
Zach Parise	400th Career NHL Point	March 8, 2012
Marek Zidlicky	300th Career NHL Point	March 8, 2012
Andy Greene	100th Career NHL Point	March 17, 2012
Ilya Kovalchuk	400th Career NHL Goal	March 20, 2012
Zach Parise	500th Career NHL Game	April 3, 2012
Eric Boulton	600th Career NHL Game	April 5, 2012
Stephen Gionta	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	April 7, 2012

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 16, 2011	To Minnesota Wild David McIntyre	To New Jersey Devils Maxim Noreau
July 14, 2011	To Calgary Flames Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	To New Jersey Devils 5th round pick in 2012
July 28, 2011	To New York Islanders Brian Rolston	To New Jersey Devils Trent Hunter Conditional pick in 2012
October 4, 2011	To Toronto Maple Leafs David Steckel	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2012
December 12, 2011	To Anaheim Ducks Mark Fraser Rod Pelley 7th-round pick in 2012	To New Jersey Devils Kurtis Foster Timo Pielmeier
January 20, 2012	To Carolina Hurricanes Joe Sova 4th-round pick in 2012	To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky
February 24, 2012	To Minnesota Wild Kurtis Foster Nick Palmieri Stephane Veilleux 2nd-round pick in 2012 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2013	To New Jersey Devils Marek Zidlicky

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Cam Janssen	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $525,000
Eric Boulton	Atlanta Thrashers	2 years, $1.325 million
Peter Harrold	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $550,000
Matt Anderson	Albany Devils	2 years, $1.05 million
Stephane Veilleux	HC Ambrì-Piotta	1 year, $525,000
Petr Sykora	HC Dinamo Minsk	1 year, $650,000
Steve Bernier	Albany Devils	1 year, $525,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Tyler Eckford	Phoenix Coyotes	1 year, $525,000
Mike McKenna	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $550,000
Colin White	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $1 million
Trent Hunter	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Ryan Carter	Florida Panthers	October 26, 2011

Lost via waivers

Player

New team

Date claimed off waivers

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Brandon Burlon	June 2, 2011	3 years, $1.9875 million entry-level contract
Jay Leach	June 22, 2011	1 year, $525,000
Andy Greene	July 1, 2011	4 years, $12 million
Johan Hedberg	July 1, 2011	1 year, $1.25 million
Matt Corrente	July 14, 2011	1 year, $660,000
Vladimir Zharkov	July 14, 2011	1 year, $577,500
Adam Larsson	July 15, 2011	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Mark Fraser	July 27, 2011	1 year, $550,000
Matt Taormina	July 27, 2011	1 year, $550,000
Zach Parise	July 29, 2011	1 year, $6 million
Maxime Clermont	August 22, 2011	3 years, $1.68 million entry-level contract
Brad Mills	August 22, 2011	1 year, $525,000
Tim Sestito	August 22, 2011	1 year, $525,000
Chad Wiseman	August 22, 2011	2 years, $1.05 million
Steven Zalewski	August 22, 2011	2 years, $1.05 million
Scott Wedgewood	March 19, 2012	3 years, $1.92 million entry-level contract

Draft

The New Jersey Devils participated in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, located at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota, on June 24, 2011. Devils CEO, president, and general manager Lou Lamoriello, described as being "thrilled" at the chance to draft him, selected 6–3, 197 pounds Swedish defenseman Adam Larsson 4th overall. This was the Devils' highest pick in the draft since selecting Scott Neidermayer third overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
1	4	Adam Larsson	Defenseman	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK, Elitserien
3	69	Forfeited pick
3	75	Blake Coleman	Center	United States	Indiana Ice
4	99	Reid Boucher	Center	United States	US National Team Development Program
5	129	Blake Pietila	Left Wing	United States	US National Team Development Program
6	159	Reece Scarlett	Defenseman	Canada	Swift Current Broncos
7	189	Patrick Daly	Defenseman	United States	Benilde-St. Margaret's High School

Notes

Final roster

Updated June 6, 2012.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18		Steve Bernier	RW	R	39	2012	Quebec City, Quebec
22		Eric Boulton	LW	L	47	2011	Halifax, Nova Scotia
30		Martin Brodeur	G	L	52	1990	Montreal, Quebec
20		Ryan Carter	C	L	40	2011	White Bear Lake, Minnesota
23		David Clarkson	RW	R	40	2005	Toronto, Ontario
26		Patrik Elias (A)	LW	L	48	1994	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
29		Mark Fayne	D	R	37	2005	Nashua, New Hampshire
11		Stephen Gionta	C	R	40	2010	Rochester, New York
6		Andy Greene	D	L	41	2006	Trenton, Michigan
10		Peter Harrold	D	R	41	2011	Kirtland Hills, Ohio
1		Johan Hedberg	G	L	51	2010	Leksand, Sweden
14		Adam Henrique	C	L	34	2008	Brantford, Ontario
25		Cam Janssen	RW	R	40	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
16		Jacob Josefson	C	L	33	2009	Stockholm, Sweden
17		Ilya Kovalchuk (A)	LW	R	41	2010	Kalinin, Soviet Union
5		Adam Larsson	D	R	31	2011	Skellefteå, Sweden
9		Zach Parise (C)	LW	L	39	2003	Minneapolis, Minnesota
12		Alexei Ponikarovsky	LW	L	44	2012	Kiev, Soviet Union
24		Bryce Salvador	D	L	48	2008	Brandon, Manitoba
15		Petr Sykora	RW	L	47	2011	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
7		Henrik Tallinder	D	L	45	2010	Stockholm, Sweden
28		Anton Volchenkov	D	L	42	2010	Moscow, Soviet Union
19		Travis Zajac	C	R	39	2004	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2		Marek Zidlicky	D	R	47	2012	Most, Czechoslovakia
8		Dainius Zubrus	C	L	46	2007	Elektrėnai, Soviet Union

See also

• 2011–12 NHL season

References