2017–18 New Jersey Devils season

The 2017–18 New Jersey Devils season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 36th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[2] The Devils received the first overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft for the first time in franchise history by winning the draft lottery held on April 29, 2017.^[3] They used this pick to select Nico Hischier who was also the first Swiss player to be selected first overall. Taylor Hall set a Devils record for the longest point streak at 26 games, which is also the longest point streak in the 2017–18 season. The team also set their best start in franchise history, going 9–2–0 in their first 11 games of the season. This season also saw the team trade Adam Henrique in exchange for Sami Vatanen and also acquired Patrick Maroon and Michael Grabner. The season also saw the franchise successfully make it back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2012. The Devils would lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 in the first round.

2017–18 New Jersey Devils
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2017–18 record	44–29–9
Home record	23–14–4
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	248
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Andy Greene
Alternate captains	Taylor Hall (Nov.–Apr.) Adam Henrique (Oct.–Nov.) Marcus Johansson (Nov.–Apr.) Kyle Palmieri (Nov.–Apr.) Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	15,200^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Taylor Hall (39)
Assists	Taylor Hall (54)
Points	Taylor Hall (93)
Penalty minutes	Miles Wood (84)
Plus/minus	Taylor Hall (+14)
Wins	Keith Kinkaid (26)
Goals against average	Keith Kinkaid (2.77)
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Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
5	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
7	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
8	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 11, 2017, which includes seven games (two at home and five as visitors).^[6]

2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Washington	1–4	New Jersey		Kinkaid	6,310	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 20	New Jersey	3–4	NY Rangers	OT	Blackwood	17,967	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 21	New Jersey	4–1	Montreal		Kinkaid	21,288	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 23	NY Rangers	1–2	New Jersey		Schneider	12,208	3–0–1	Recap
5^[A]	September 25	New Jersey	0–3	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	5,615	3–1–1	Recap
6^[A]^[a]	September 25	New Jersey	8–1	Ottawa		—	—	4–1–1	Recap
7	September 27	New Jersey	4–1	Washington		Schneider	14,858	5–1–1	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.^[7]

2017–18 game log
October: 8–2–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Colorado 1–4 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 New Jersey 6–2 Buffalo Schneider 17,697 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 11 New Jersey 6–3 Toronto Schneider 19,103 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 13 Washington 5–2 New Jersey Schneider 13,458 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 14 New Jersey 3–2 NY Rangers Kinkaid 18,006 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 17 Tampa Bay 4–5 New Jersey SO Schneider 13,176 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 19 New Jersey 5–4 Ottawa OT Kinkaid 13,364 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 20 San Jose 3–0 New Jersey Kinkaid 14,381 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 27 Ottawa 4–5 New Jersey SO Kinkaid 13,763 7–2–0 14 Recap 10 October 28 Arizona 3–4 New Jersey Schneider 15,132 8–2–0 16 Recap
November: 6–4–4 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 New Jersey 2–0 Vancouver Schneider 16,855 9–2–0 18 Recap 12 November 3 New Jersey 3–6 Edmonton Schneider 18,347 9–3–0 18 Recap 13 November 5 New Jersey 4–5 Calgary SO Kinkaid 17,839 9–3–1 19 Recap 14 November 7 St. Louis 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 12,317 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 9 Edmonton 3–2 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,514 9–4–2 20 Recap 16 November 11 Florida 1–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 10–4–2 22 Recap 17 November 12 New Jersey 7–5 Chicago Kinkaid 21,487 11–4–2 24 Recap 18 November 16 New Jersey 0–1 Toronto OT Schneider 19,202 11–4–3 25 Recap 19 November 18 New Jersey 2–5 Winnipeg Schneider 15,231 11–5–3 25 Recap 20 November 20 New Jersey 4–3 Minnesota OT Schneider 19,048 12–5–3 27 Recap 21 November 22 Boston 3–2 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,514 12–5–4 28 Recap 22 November 24 Vancouver 2–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 13–5–4 30 Recap 23 November 25 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit OT Kinkaid 19,515 14–5–4 32 Recap 24 November 27 Florida 3–2 New Jersey Schneider 13,184 14–6–4 32 Recap
December: 8–4–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 New Jersey 2–1 Colorado Schneider 14,614 15–6–4 34 Recap 26 December 2 New Jersey 0–5 Arizona Kinkaid 14,338 15–7–4 34 Recap 27 December 5 New Jersey 4–1 Columbus Schneider 14,282 16–7–4 36 Recap 28 December 8 Columbus 5–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 16–8–4 36 Recap 29 December 9 New Jersey 2–5 NY Rangers Kinkaid 18,006 16–9–4 36 Recap 30 December 12 Los Angeles 1–5 New Jersey Schneider 13,275 17–9–4 38 Recap 31 December 14 New Jersey 1–2 Montreal OT Schneider 21,302 17–9–5 39 Recap 32 December 15 Dallas 2–5 New Jersey Schneider 13,171 18–9–5 41 Recap 33 December 18 Anaheim 3–5 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 19–9–5 43 Recap 34 December 21 NY Rangers 3–4 New Jersey SO Schneider 16,514 20–9–5 45 Recap 35 December 23 Chicago 1–4 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 21–9–5 47 Recap 36 December 27 Detroit 1–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 22–9–5 49 Recap 37 December 29 Buffalo 4–3 New Jersey OT Schneider 16,514 22–9–6 50 Recap 38 December 30 New Jersey 2–5 Washington Schneider 18,506 22–10–6 50 Recap
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 New Jersey 2–3 St. Louis SO Kinkaid 18,324 22–10–7 51 Recap 40 January 4 New Jersey 3–4 Dallas Schneider 18,114 22–11–7 51 Recap 41 January 7 New Jersey 4–5 NY Islanders SO Schneider 15,136 22–11–8 52 Recap 42 January 13 Philadelphia 5–3 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 22–12–8 52 Recap 43 January 16 New Jersey 4–1 NY Islanders Kinkaid 12,695 23–12–8 54 Recap 44 January 18 Washington 3–4 New Jersey OT Kinkaid 14,163 24–12–8 56 Recap 45 January 20 New Jersey 1–3 Philadelphia Kinkaid 19,934 24–13–8 56 Recap 46 January 22 Detroit 3–0 New Jersey Schneider 13,847 24–14–8 56 Recap 47 January 23 New Jersey 2–3 Boston Schneider 17,565 24–15–8 56 Recap 48 January 25 Nashville 3–0 New Jersey Appleby 14,039 24–16–8 56 Recap 49 January 30 New Jersey 3–1 Buffalo Kinkaid 17,460 25–16–8 58 Recap
February: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Philadelphia 3–4 New Jersey Kinkaid 13,906 26–16–8 60 Recap 51 February 3 Pittsburgh 1–3 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 27–16–8 62 Recap 52 February 6 New Jersey 3–5 Ottawa Kinkaid 13,991 27–17–8 62 Recap 53 February 8 Calgary 3–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 13,085 27–18–8 62 Recap 54 February 10 New Jersey 1–6 Columbus Kinkaid 18,510 27–19–8 62 Recap 55 February 11 Boston 5–3 New Jersey Lack 16,514 27–20–8 62 Recap 56 February 13 New Jersey 5–4 Philadelphia SO Kinkaid 19,312 28–20–8 64 Recap 57 February 15 Carolina 2–5 New Jersey Kinkaid 14,079 29–20–8 66 Recap 58 February 17 New Jersey 4–3 Tampa Bay Lack 19,092 30–20–8 68 Recap 59 February 18 New Jersey 3–2 Carolina OT Kinkaid 18,680 31–20–8 70 Recap 60 February 20 Columbus 2–1 New Jersey Kinkaid 14,024 31–21–8 70 Recap 61 February 22 Minnesota 4–2 New Jersey Lack 13,316 31–22–8 70 Recap 62 February 24 NY Islanders 1–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 32–22–8 72 Recap 63 February 27 New Jersey 3–2 Pittsburgh Kinkaid 18,581 33–22–8 74 Recap
March: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 New Jersey 2–3 Florida Schneider 10,846 33–23–8 74 Recap 65 March 2 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Kinkaid 14,337 33–24–8 74 Recap 66 March 4 Vegas 3–2 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 33–25–8 74 Recap 67 March 6 Montreal 4–6 New Jersey Kinkaid 14,586 34–25–8 76 Recap 68 March 8 Winnipeg 3–2 New Jersey Schneider 14,023 34–26–8 76 Recap 69 March 10 New Jersey 3–2 Nashville SO Kinkaid 17,545 35–26–8 78 Recap 70 March 14 New Jersey 8–3 Vegas Kinkaid 18,420 36–26–8 80 Recap 71 March 17 New Jersey 3–0 Los Angeles Kinkaid 18,230 37–26–8 82 Recap 72 March 18 New Jersey 2–4 Anaheim Kinkaid 16,401 37–27–8 82 Recap 73 March 20 New Jersey 2–6 San Jose Schneider 17,209 37–28–8 82 Recap 74 March 23 New Jersey 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Kinkaid 18,658 38–28–8 84 Recap 75 March 24 Tampa Bay 1–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 39–28–8 86 Recap 76 March 27 Carolina 3–4 New Jersey Kinkaid 15,521 40–28–8 88 Recap 77 March 29 Pittsburgh 4–3 New Jersey OT Kinkaid 16,514 40–28–9 89 Recap 78 March 31 NY Islanders 3–4 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 41–28–9 91 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 New Jersey 2–1 Montreal Kinkaid 21,302 42–28–9 93 Recap 80 April 3 NY Rangers 2–5 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 43–28–9 95 Recap 81 April 5 Toronto 1–2 New Jersey Kinkaid 16,514 44–28–9 97 Recap 82 April 7 New Jersey 3–5 Washington Schneider 18,506 44–29–9 97 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference first round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 New Jersey 2–5 Tampa Bay Kinkaid 19,092 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 New Jersey 3–5 Tampa Bay Kinkaid 19,092 0–2 Recap 3 April 16 Tampa Bay 2–5 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 1–2 Recap 4 April 18 Tampa Bay 3–1 New Jersey Schneider 16,514 1–3 Recap 5 April 21 New Jersey 1–3 Tampa Bay Schneider 19,029 1–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of April 16, 2018^[8][9]

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Taylor Hall 76 39 54 93 14 34 Nico Hischier 82 20 32 52 10 26 Kyle Palmieri 62 24 20 44 −1 30 Will Butcher 81 5 39 44 1 8 Jesper Bratt 72 13 22 35 −16 18 Miles Wood 76 19 13 32 −6 84 Sami Vatanen^† 57 3 25 28 −1 32 Stefan Noesen 72 13 14 27 12 36 Travis Zajac 62 12 14 26 −8 25 Brian Gibbons 59 12 14 26 10 20 Blake Coleman 79 13 12 25 7 50 Pavel Zacha 69 8 17 25 −3 30 Damon Severson 76 9 15 24 −8 42 Brian Boyle 69 13 10 23 −9 45 John Moore 81 7 11 18 3 47 Drew Stafford 59 8 7 15 −20 10 Marcus Johansson 29 5 9 14 −11 14 Adam Henrique^‡ 24 4 10 14 −5 6 Andy Greene 81 3 10 13 −9 21 Patrick Maroon^† 17 3 10 13 −4 13 Steven Santini 36 2 8 10 0 21 Jimmy Hayes 33 3 6 9 −2 6 Ben Lovejoy 57 2 6 8 7 25 Michael Grabner^† 21 2 3 5 0 4 Mirco Mueller 28 0 4 4 1 4 Nick Lappin 3 1 0 1 2 2 John Quenneville 2 0 0 0 −3 0 Kevin Rooney 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dalton Prout^‡ 4 0 0 0 −2 13

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Taylor Hall 5 2 4 6 −1 6 Will Butcher 5 1 3 4 0 0 Kyle Palmieri 5 1 2 3 −4 6 Blake Coleman 5 2 0 2 1 4 Travis Zajac 5 1 1 2 0 0 Andy Greene 5 0 2 2 −4 6 Ben Lovejoy 5 1 0 1 1 2 Patrick Maroon 5 1 0 1 −2 0 Nico Hischier 5 1 0 1 −4 0 Stefan Noesen 4 1 0 1 1 4 Sami Vatanen 4 1 0 1 −1 0 John Moore 5 0 1 1 −1 12 Brian Boyle 5 0 0 0 1 14 Miles Wood 5 0 0 0 −1 14 Pavel Zacha 5 0 0 0 −1 6 Damon Severson 4 0 0 0 −1 12 Marcus Johansson 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Mirco Mueller 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Drew Stafford 2 0 0 0 −1 10 Michael Grabner 2 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Gibbons 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Marcus Johansson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jesper Bratt 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cory Schneider	40	40	2,333	17	16	6	114	2.93	1,228	.907	1	0	0	0
Keith Kinkaid	41	38	2,298	26	10	3	106	2.77	1,214	.913	1	0	0	0
Eddie Lack^†	4	3	208	1	2	0	11	3.19	102	.903	0	0	0	0
Ken Appleby	3	1	124	0	1	0	3	3.10	55	.945	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Keith Kinkaid	2	2	92	0	2	9	5.87	46	.804	0	0	0	0
Cory Schneider	4	3	202	1	2	6	1.78	113	.950	0	0	1	0

• ^† 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.

Awards and honors

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Date
Nico Hischier	NHL First Star of the Week	February 18, 2018
Taylor Hall	Hart Memorial Trophy	June 20, 2018
Taylor Hall	NHL first All-Star team	June 20, 2018
Brian Boyle	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	June 20, 2018
Will Butcher	NHL All-Rookie team	June 20, 2018

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	To Washington Capitals FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2018 TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018	To New Jersey Devils Marcus Johansson	^[10]
October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)	To Arizona Coyotes Scott Wedgewood	To New Jersey Devils CGY's 5th-round pick in 2018	^[11]
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)	To Anaheim Ducks Joseph Blandisi Adam Henrique NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2018	To New Jersey Devils Sami Vatanen Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 or 2020	^[12]
December 14, 2017 (2017-12-14)	To Arizona Coyotes Ryan Kujawinski	To New Jersey Devils Michael Latta	^[13]
December 30, 2017 (2017-12-30)	To Calgary Flames Dalton Prout	To New Jersey Devils Eddie Lack	^[14]
February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)	To Minnesota Wild Viktor Loov	To New Jersey Devils Christoph Bertschy Mario Lucia	^[15]
February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)	To New York Rangers Yegor Rykov 2nd-round pick in 2018	To New Jersey Devils Michael Grabner	^[16]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Edmonton Oilers J. D. Dudek 3rd-round pick in 2019	To New Jersey Devils Patrick Maroon	^[17]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Boyle Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year, $5.1 million ^[18] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Gibbons Albany Devils 1-year, $650,000 ^[19] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Bracken Kearns New York Islanders 1-year, $650,000 ^[20] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Strait Winnipeg Jets 1-year, $650,000 ^[21] August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25) Drew Stafford Boston Bruins 1-year, $800,000 ^[22] August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27) Will Butcher Denver Pioneers 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract ^[23] October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) Jimmy Hayes Boston Bruins 1-year, $700,000 ^[24] March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24) Cam Johnson North Dakota Fighting Hawks 1-year, $925,000 entry-level contract ^[25] May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21) Egor Yakovlev SKA Saint Petersburg 1-year, $925,000 entry-level contract ^[26]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Beau Bennett St. Louis Blues 1-year, $650,000 ^[27] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Michael Cammalleri Los Angeles Kings 1-year, $1 million ^[28] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Seth Helgeson New York Islanders 1-year, $650,000 ^[29] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Jacob Josefson Buffalo Sabres 1-year, $700,000 ^[30] July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Luke Gazdic Calgary Flames 1-year, $650,000 ^[31] July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Devante Smith-Pelly Washington Capitals 1-year, $650,000 ^[32] July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04) Andrew MacWilliam Rochester Americans 1-year ^[33] July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10) Yohann Auvitu Edmonton Oilers 1-year, $650,000 ^[34] July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) Carter Camper Cleveland Monsters 2-year ^[35] April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) Christoph Bertschy Lausanne 4-year ^[36] May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18) Yaroslav Dyblenko SKA Saint Petersburg 4-year ^[37]

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref

Players released Date Player Via Ref May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08) Yaroslav Dyblenko Contract termination ^[38]

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) Keith Kinkaid 2-year, $1.5 million ^[39] July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Nico Hischier 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract ^[40] July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) Joseph Blandisi 2-year, $1.36 million ^[41] July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) Mirco Mueller 2-year, $1.7 million ^[42] July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) Scott Wedgewood 1-year, $650,000 ^[43] July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Blake Coleman 1-year, $660,000 ^[44] July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Stefan Noesen 1-year, $660,000 ^[45] July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Blake Pietila 2-year, $667,500 ^[46] July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Kevin Rooney 1-year, $650,000 ^[47] July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) Ben Thomson 1-year, $650,000 ^[48] September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11) Damon Severson 6-year, $25 million ^[49] March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16) Brett Seney 2-year, $1.65 million entry-level contract ^[50] April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02) Marian Studenic 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract ^[51] April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) Joey Anderson 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract ^[52] May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08) Brian Strait 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension ^[53] Draft picks See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago.^[54]^[55] Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team 1 1 Nico Hischier C   Switzerland Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 2 36 Jesper Boqvist C   Sweden Brynäs IF (SHL) 3 63^1 Fabian Zetterlund LW   Sweden Färjestad BK (J20 SuperElit) 3 81^2 Reilly Walsh D   United States Chicago Steel (USHL) 4 98 Nikita Popugaev RW   Russia Prince George Cougars (WHL) 5 129 Gilles Senn G   Switzerland HC Davos (NLA) 5 143^3 Marian Studenic RW   Slovakia Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 6 160 Aarne Talvitie C   Finland Blues U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 7 191 Jockton Chainey D   Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 7 205 Yegor Zaitsev D   Russia Dynamo Moscow (KHL) 7 214 Matthew Hellickson D   United States Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) The Colorado Avalanche's third-round pick went the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent Eric Gelinas to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[56] The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as compensation for San Jose signing Peter DeBoer as their head coach on May 28, 2015.^[57] The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017, that sent Boston's second-round pick and Nashville's fourth-round pick both in 2017 to San Jose in exchange for Mirco Mueller and this pick.^[58] References "2017-2018 NHL Attendance". 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