New Jersey Devils 2025-26 NHL Betting Lines
When Sheldon Keefe arrived from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the New Jersey Devils, he was seen as the imaginative coach who could draw more production out of a team that was underachieving. In their first season under Keefe, the Devils made the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs for just the third time since reaching the 2012 Stanley Cup Final, which had always produced playoff seasons in Toronto, but could never break through when it mattered most. Unlike his Toronto teams, Keefe’s Devils had a strong defense and an elite penalty killing unit. Offsetting the strong play on the back end was an offense that struggled to score consistently. New Jersey was eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs 4-1.
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Team Overview
To conclude the regular season, the New Jersey Devils were 42-33-7 straight up and 32-46 over/under the total. Also, New Jersey was 7th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. New Jersey was 21 points behind the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
New Jersey had NHL rankings of 18th for goals scored and 3rd for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Devils had NHL rankings of 6th for goals against and 3rd for penalty killing.
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Off-Season Moves for 2025-26
In: Connor Brown, Evgenii Dadonov
Out: Erik Haula, Curtis Lazar, Brian Dumoulin
With Connor Brown and Evgenii Dadonov in the fold, New Jersey’s bottom six is slightly better. But just barely. There’s still a lot of work to do in order to make this team a contender, though. The Devils desperately need one more top-six forward to move up a tier.
New Jersey wasn't looking to overhaul its roster. But GM Tom Fitzgerald has made sensible moves to give the Devils added oomph. Brown is a superb depth forward with experience and leadership potential. Dadonov could prove to be the same. Both players should take over bottom-six jobs with ease.
New Jersey also held onto some of its own pending UFAs, keeping Jake Allen on a five-year deal (at a time when the dearth of available goalies is an issue for other teams) and inking trade deadline acquisition Cody Glass on a two-year extension.
That's all good. What Fitzgerald hasn't done yet -- and insists will be priority one from here -- is get restricted free agent Luke Hughes signed to a long-term deal. Fitzgerald acknowledged there might be more New Jersey could do this summer -- like improve its top six -- but it can't happen without figuring out where Hughes' extension falls on the payment scale.
Key Players
Jack Hughes was a top leader for the Devils with 27 goals, 43 assists, 70 points, and a +12. The Devils selected Hughes as the first overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. He is a three-time NHL All-Star.
C Nico Hischier had 35 goals, 34 assists, 69 points, and a +9. The Devils selected him first overall in 2017. In 2024, Hischier cracked the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his career with 31.
LW Jesper Bratt led the Devils in 2024 with 27 goals, 56 assists, 83 points, and a -6. Bratt has scored 26 or more goals in the past three seasons. This past year, Bratt had 21 goals, 67 assists, 88 points, and a +5.
Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Jacob Markstrom, age 34, arrived from the Calgary Flames, where he played the past four seasons. In 2024, he was 23-23-2 with a 2.78 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. This past season, Markstrom had a 2.50 goals-against average with a save percentage of .900. His record was 26-16-6 with four shutouts.
Head Coach
Head coach Sheldon Keefe coached the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-2024. His record was 253-128-47, and his playoff record was 16-21.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
42 |
33 |
3rd, Metropolitan |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Hurricanes) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
38 |
39 |
7th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
52 |
22 |
2nd, Metropolitan |
Lost in Second Round, 1–4 (Hurricanes) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
27 |
46 |
7th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
19 |
30 |
7th, East |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
69 |
28 |
29 |
8th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
31 |
41 |
8th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
New Jersey Devils History
The Devils were founded in 1974 as the Kansas City Scouts. After two years on the Plains, the Scouts became the Colorado Rockies for six seasons. They found permanent residence in New Jersey starting in the 1982-83 season and have won three Stanley Cup titles.
When the Devils set up operations in New Jersey, then-Edmonton Oilers superstar Wayne Gretzky derided them as a “Mickey Mouse Organization.”
And the Great One had a case to make. The Devils never had a winning season in their first five years of operations. However, a stirring 1988 playoff run gave the franchise its identity and created a loyal fan base. From 1988 through 2012, the Devils missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs only three times.
Lou Lamoriello was the architect of New Jersey's success and Stanley Cup titles. He soon became the Devils' absolute dictator, transforming them into a perennial Cup contender and a secretive organization that developed its own mystique. Lamoriello had three different head coaches for his three Stanley Cup championship teams. He was never afraid to fire a head coach late in the regular season before the playoffs. Larry Robinson took over with eight games to play in 2000 and led New Jersey to a Cup title.
The greatest goaltender of all time was Martin Brodeur. The Devils retired his #30, one of five numbers. The others are defenseman Ken Daneyko #3, defenseman Scott Stevens #4, left wing Patrik Elias #26, and defenseman Scott Niedermayer #27.
Of course, the Devils are also known for being a lead cause of the hated “Dead Puck Era” during their glory years. The neutral zone trap suffocated excitement and goal scoring from the game. Goal scoring levels have never returned to what they were before the Devils' reign.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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