New Jersey Devils 2024 Stanley Cup Odds
The New Jersey Devils are coming off a strong 2022-23 season that saw them post a .683-win percentage and a second round playoff loss. It was just the second playoff appearance for New Jersey since and the first since 2018. This year, the Devils are fighting for one of the two wild card spots and have spent much of the season on the outside looking in. New Jersey’s problem is a significant drop in defensive production compared to last year. Head coach Lindy Ruff will need to cut down the goals against, or New Jersey will be on the outside looking in.
2024 Stanley Cup Betting Odds
New Jersey Devils NHL Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the New Jersey Devils are 24-19-3 straight up and 25-13-1 over/under the total. Also, New Jersey is 3rd in the Eastern Conference wild card playoff standings. New Jersey is four points behind the Detroit Red Wings in the Eastern Conference wild card playoff race. Late on, New Jersey has covered three out of their last nine games. While the Devils have gone under the total in five of its previous seven matchups. New Jersey has NHL rankings of 8th for goals scored and 5th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Devils have NHL rankings of 27th for goals against and 23rd for penalty killing.
New Jersey Devils Key Players
LW Jasper Brant and C Jack Hughes were two of the top offensive producers for the Devils in the first half of the season.
Jack Hughes had 15 goals, 30 assists, and 45 points in his first 32 games. Hughes was out with an upper-body issue that occurred on January 9. His status is indefinite. Hughes was the first overall pick of the 2019 NHL Draft. Last year, he enjoyed a breakout season with 43 goals, 56 assists, and 99 points. In 244 career games, Hughes has 87 goals, 120 assists, and 207 points. Hughes will be in his third consecutive All-Star Game.
Jasper Bratt began the season with 17 goals, 30 assists, and 47 assists in his first 44 games. Bratt began his NHL career at New Jersey, where he has played ever since. Bratt is coming off a career-best 32-goal season last year, along with 41 assists and 73 points.
New Jersey Devils Goaltenders
Top goaltender Vitek Vanecek was under par with a .883 save percentage in his first 27 games this season. Vanecek backstopped the Devils’ turnaround season last year with a .911 save percentage and 2.45 goals against average.
New Jersey Devils Head Coach
Head coach Lindy Ruff is one of the biggest winners in NHL coaching history. Ruff has a career record of 834-652-78-149. The only thing Ruf has not won is a Stanley Cup.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 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. But a stirring 1988 playoff run gave the franchise identity and created a fan base. From 1988 through 2012, the Devils missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs only three times.
Lou Lamoriello was the architect of the New Jersey success and Stanley Cup titles. Lamoriello soon became the absolute dictator of the Devils and transformed 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 Devil player of all time was goaltender Martin Brodeur. His #30 is one of five numbers retired by the Devils. 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 that Devils' reign.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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