1991–92 New Jersey Devils season

National Hockey League season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1991–92 1991 New Jersey Devils Wales 5th Patrick 4th 38–31–11 24–12–4 14–19–7 289 259 Lou Lamoriello Tom McVie Bruce Driver Scott Stevens Laurie Boschman Brendan Byrne Arena Claude Lemieux (41) Scott Stevens and Kevin Todd (42) Claude Lemieux (68) Claude Vilgrain (+27) Randy McKay (246) Chris Terreri (22) Craig Billington (3.04) The 1991–92 New Jersey Devils season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 10th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 2010 Triumph Books 83 978-1-60078-422-4 For the third consecutive season, the Devils qualified for the playoffs, this time losing in the division semi-finals to the New York Rangers. 2 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).https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1992.html 1991-92 NHL Summary Season standings NJD NJD Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid; 1991–92 regular season1991-92 New Jersey Devils Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1992_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 23, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 5, 1991||7–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 6, 1991||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 8, 1991||6–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||3–0–0 |- |4||W||October 12, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||4–0–0 |- |5||L||October 13, 1991||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||4–1–0 |- |6||L||October 16, 1991||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||4–2–0 |- |7||L||October 18, 1991||5–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||4–3–0 |- |8||L||October 19, 1991||1–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||4–4–0 |- |9||W||October 22, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||5–4–0 |- |10||W||October 24, 1991||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||6–4–0 |- |11||W||October 26, 1991||9–0 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks||7–4–0 |- |12||L||October 29, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||7–5–0 |- |13||W||October 30, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||8–5–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |14||W||November 1, 1991||3–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||9–5–0 |- |15||L||November 4, 1991||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||9–6–0 |- |16||W||November 8, 1991||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens||10–6–0 |- |17||L||November 9, 1991||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||10–7–0 |- |18||W||November 12, 1991||5–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||11–7–0 |- |19||L||November 14, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders||11–8–0 |- |20||L||November 16, 1991||0–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||11–9–0 |- |21||W||November 20, 1991||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals||12–9–0 |- |22||W||November 22, 1991||8–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||13–9–0 |- |23||T||November 23, 1991||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||13–9–1 |- |24||L||November 27, 1991||4–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||13–10–1 |- |25||W||November 30, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||14–10–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 5, 1991||6–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||15–10–1 |- |27||T||December 7, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||15–10–2 |- |28||T||December 8, 1991||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||15–10–3 |- |29||L||December 10, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||15–11–3 |- |30||L||December 13, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||15–12–3 |- |31||T||December 14, 1991||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders||15–12–4 |- |32||W||December 19, 1991||4–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||16–12–4 |- |33||T||December 21, 1991||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||16–12–5 |- |34||L||December 23, 1991||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||16–13–5 |- |35||T||December 26, 1991||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders||16–13–6 |- |36||W||December 28, 1991||3–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||17–13–6 |- |37||L||December 29, 1991||3–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||17–14–6 |- |38||W||December 31, 1991||7–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||18–14–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 2, 1992||4–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||19–14–6 |- |40||W||January 4, 1992||6–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers||20–14–6 |- |41||W||January 9, 1992||4–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||21–14–6 |- |42||L||January 11, 1992||3–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||21–15–6 |- |43||W||January 12, 1992||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||22–15–6 |- |44||T||January 15, 1992||8–8 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||22–15–7 |- |45||W||January 24, 1992||5–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||23–15–7 |- |46||L||January 25, 1992||0–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||23–16–7 |- |47||W||January 29, 1992||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens||24–16–7 |- |48||W||January 31, 1992||6–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||25–16–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||L||February 1, 1992||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||25–17–7 |- |50||W||February 4, 1992||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||26–17–7 |- |51||L||February 6, 1992||1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||26–18–7 |- |52||W||February 8, 1992||6–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||27–18–7 |- |53||W||February 9, 1992||2–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||28–18–7 |- |54||W||February 13, 1992||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||29–18–7 |- |55||W||February 15, 1992||4–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||30–18–7 |- |56||W||February 16, 1992||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers||31–18–7 |- |57||W||February 18, 1992||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||32–18–7 |- |58||T||February 20, 1992||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks||32–18–8 |- |59||L||February 21, 1992||4–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||32–19–8 |- |60||L||February 24, 1992||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||32–20–8 |- |61||T||February 25, 1992||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||32–20–9 |- |62||L||February 28, 1992||2–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||32–21–9 |- |63||W||February 29, 1992||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||33–21–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||L||March 2, 1992||1–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers||33–22–9 |- |65||W||March 4, 1992||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||34–22–9 |- |66||L||March 6, 1992||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||34–23–9 |- |67||L||March 7, 1992||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||34–24–9 |- |68||T||March 11, 1992||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||34–24–10 |- |69||L||March 12, 1992||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||34–25–10 |- |70||L||March 14, 1992||2–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks||34–26–10 |- |71||L||March 19, 1992||3–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||34–27–10 |- |72||T||March 21, 1992||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders||34–27–11 |- |73||L||March 22, 1992||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||34–28–11 |- |74||W||March 24, 1992||4–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks||35–28–11 |- |75||W||March 26, 1992||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||36–28–11 |- |76||W||March 28, 1992||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||37–28–11 |- |77||L||March 29, 1992||4–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||37–29–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||L||April 12, 1992||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals||37–30–11 |- |79||W||April 13, 1992||5–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||38–30–11 |- |80||L||April 15, 1992||0–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||38–31–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black 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 Claude Lemieux RW 74 41 27 68 10991318 Stephane Richer Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward) RW 74 29 35 64 25-1516 Kevin Todd C 80 21 42 63 698202 Peter Stastny C 66 24 38 62 4261013 Scott Stevens D 68 17 42 59 12424712 Claude Vilgrain RW 71 19 27 46 7427111 Bruce Driver D 78 7 35 42 665311 Alexei Kasatonov D 76 12 28 40 7014321 Tom Chorske LW 76 19 17 36 328032 Randy McKay RW 80 17 16 33 2466201 Eric Weinrich D 76 7 25 32 5510500 Valeri Zelepukin LW 44 13 18 31 2811303 Doug Brown Doug Brown (ice hockey) RW 71 11 17 28 2717121 Laurie Boschman C 75 8 20 28 1219002 Viacheslav Fetisov D 70 3 23 26 10811001 David Maley LW 37 7 11 18 580100 Dave Barr Dave Barr (ice hockey) RW 41 6 12 18 329010 Zdeno Ciger Zdeno Cíger LW 20 6 5 11 10-2100 Alexander Semak C 25 5 6 11 05001 Pat Conacher LW 44 7 3 10 160011 Ken Daneyko D 80 1 7 8 1707000 Troy Mallette LW 17 3 4 7 437000 Jarrod Skalde C 15 2 4 6 4-1002 Patrik Sundstrom Patrik Sundström C 17 1 3 4 8-5100 Tommy Albelin D 19 0 4 4 47000 Jon Morris Jon Morris (ice hockey) C 7 1 2 3 6-6100 Walt Poddubny LW 7 1 2 3 6-1000 Myles O'Connor D 9 0 2 2 13-2000 Neil Brady C 7 1 0 1 41000 Craig Billington G 26 0 1 1 20000 Bill Guerin RW 5 0 1 1 91000 Scott Niedermayer D 4 0 1 1 21000 Chris Terreri G 54 0 1 1 130000 Martin Brodeur G 4 0 0 0 00000 Jeff Christian LW 2 0 0 0 20000 Jim Dowd Jim Dowd (ice hockey) C 1 0 0 0 00000 Chad Erickson G 2 0 0 0 00000 Jason Miller Jason Miller (ice hockey) LW 3 0 0 0 00000 Allan Stewart Allan Stewart (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 50000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Chris Terreri 3186 54 22 22 10 169 3.18 115111342.888 Craig Billington 1363 26 13 7 1 69 3.04 2637568.892 Martin Brodeur 179 4 2 1 0 10 3.35 08575.882 Chad Erickson 120 2 1 1 0 9 4.50 05546.836 Team: 4848 80 38 31 11 257 3.18 322882031.888 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Peter Stastny C 7 3 7 10 19000 Claude Lemieux RW 7 4 3 7 26100 Zdeno Ciger Zdeno Cíger LW 7 2 4 6 0001 Kevin Todd C 7 3 2 5 8100 Randy McKay RW 7 1 3 4 10100 Bruce Driver D 7 0 4 4 2000 Bill Guerin RW 6 3 0 3 4000 Scott Stevens D 7 2 1 3 29201 Stephane Richer Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward) RW 7 1 2 3 0000 Tom Chorske LW 7 0 3 3 4000 Ken Daneyko D 7 0 3 3 16000 Viacheslav Fetisov D 6 0 3 3 8000 Tommy Albelin D 1 1 1 2 0000 Pat Conacher LW 7 1 1 2 4010 Alexei Kasatonov D 7 1 1 2 12000 Claude Vilgrain RW 7 1 1 2 17000 Valeri Zelepukin LW 4 1 1 2 2000 Janne Ojanen C 3 0 2 2 0000 Eric Weinrich D 7 0 2 2 4000 Laurie Boschman C 7 1 0 1 8001 Martin Brodeur G 1 0 0 0 0000 Alexander Semak C 1 0 0 0 0000 Chris Terreri G 7 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Chris Terreri 386 7 3 3 23 3.58 0203180.887 Martin Brodeur 32 1 0 1 3 5.63 01512.800 Team: 418 7 3 4 26 3.73 0218192.881 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1991-92 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1992.html 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; Awards and records Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Kevin Todd NHL All-Rookie Team – Forward End of regular season Draft picks The Devils' draft picks at the 1991 NHL entry draft. Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes13Scott NiedermayerCanadaDKamloops Blazers (WHL)The Devils acquired the 1991 first-round pick from Toronto for Tom Kurvers on October 16, 1989.111Brian RolstonUnited StatesLWDetroit Compuware (NAHL)233Donevan HextallCanadaCPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)355Fredrik BrembergSWERWDjurgårdens IF (Elitserien)477Brad WillnerUnited StatesDRichfield H.S. (Minnesota)599No fifth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 fifth-round pick (used on Yan Kaminsky) to Winnipeg for Laurie Boschman on September 6, 1990.6121Curtis RegnierCanadaLWPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)7143Dave CraievichCanadaDOshawa Generals (OHL)8165Paul WolanskiCanadaDNiagara Falls Thunder (OHL)9187Dan ReimannUnited StatesDAnoka H.S. (Minnesota)10209No tenth-round pickThe Devils traded their 1991 tenth-round pick (used on Rob Leask) to Washington for Peter Sundstrom on June 19, 1989.11231Kevin RiehlCanadaCMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)12253Jason HehrCanadaDKelowna Spartans (BCJHL)S17Rob KruhlakCanadaGNorthern Michigan University (CCHA) Notes References Devils on Hockey Database 1991-92 Category:1991–92 NHL season by team Category:1991 in sports in New Jersey Category:1992 in sports in New Jersey 1991-92 New Jersey Devils season 1991-92 New Jersey Devils season