2019–20 New Jersey Devils season

The 2019–20 New Jersey Devils season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 38th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[2] For the second time in three years, the Devils received the first overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and selected Jack Hughes first overall.

2019–20 New Jersey Devils
Division	8th Metropolitan
Conference	14th Eastern
2019–20 record	28–29–12
Home record	13–11–10
Road record	15–18–2
Goals for	189
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero (Oct. 4 – Jan. 12) Tom Fitzgerald (interim, Jan. 12 – Mar. 12)
Coach	John Hynes (Oct. 4 – Dec. 3) Alain Nasreddine (interim, Dec. 3 – Mar. 12)
Captain	Andy Greene (Oct. 4 – Feb. 16) Vacant (Feb. 16 – Mar. 12)
Alternate captains	Taylor Hall (Oct. 4 – Dec. 16) Nico Hischier (Jan. 4 – Mar. 12) Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 13 – Mar. 12) Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	14,899^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Palmieri (25)
Assists	Nikita Gusev (31)
Points	Kyle Palmieri (45)
Penalty minutes	P. K. Subban (79)
Plus/minus	Kevin Rooney (+8)
Wins	Mackenzie Blackwood (22)
Goals against average	Mackenzie Blackwood (2.77)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Devils missed the playoffs for the second straight year, as well as the seventh time in the past eight seasons.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League^[6]

Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[7]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[7]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[8]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[9]

2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 16	Boston	3–4	New Jersey	OT	Senn	8,652	1–0–0	^[10]
2^[A]	September 16	New Jersey	2–4	Montreal		Cormier	19,080	1–1–0	^[11]
3	September 18	New Jersey	4–3	NY Rangers		Schneider	16,688	2–1–0	^[12]
4	September 20	NY Rangers	2–4	New Jersey		Blackwood	12,307	3–1–0	^[13]
5	September 21	NY Islanders	3–4	New Jersey		Schneider	10,652	4–1–0	^[14]
6	September 25	New Jersey	0–2	Boston		Blackwood	17,565	4–2–0	^[15]
7	September 27	New Jersey	2–0	Columbus		Schneider	12,347	5–2–0	^[16]
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[17]

2019–20 game log
October: 2–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Winnipeg 5–4 New Jersey SO Blackwood 16,514 0–0–1 1 ^[18] 2 October 5 New Jersey 2–7 Buffalo Blackwood 19,070 0–1–1 1 ^[19] 3 October 9 New Jersey 0–4 Philadelphia Schneider 19,658 0–2–1 1 ^[20] 4 October 10 Edmonton 4–3 New Jersey SO Blackwood 14,586 0–2–2 2 ^[21] 5 October 12 New Jersey 0–3 Boston Schneider 17,193 0–3–2 2 ^[22] 6 October 14 Florida 6–4 New Jersey Schneider 13,208 0–4–2 2 ^[23] 7 October 17 NY Rangers 2–5 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 1–4–2 4 ^[24] 8 October 19 Vancouver 0–1 New Jersey Blackwood 13,818 2–4–2 6 ^[25] 9 October 25 Arizona 5–3 New Jersey Blackwood 14,724 2–5–2 6 ^[26] 10 October 30 Tampa Bay 7–6 New Jersey OT Schneider 13,152 2–5–3 7 ^[27]
November: 7–7–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey SO Blackwood 14,624 2–5–4 8 ^[28] 12 November 2 New Jersey 5–3 Carolina Blackwood 15,079 3–5–4 10 ^[29] 13 November 5 New Jersey 2–1 Winnipeg SO Blackwood 15,325 4–5–4 12 ^[30] 14 November 7 New Jersey 2–5 Calgary Blackwood 18,851 4–6–4 12 ^[31] 15 November 8 New Jersey 0–4 Edmonton Schneider 17,240 4–7–4 12 ^[32] 16 November 10 New Jersey 2–1 Vancouver Blackwood 18,871 5–7–4 14 ^[33] 17 November 13 Ottawa 4–2 New Jersey Blackwood 13,438 5–8–4 14 ^[34] 18 November 15 Pittsburgh 1–2 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 6–8–4 16 ^[35] 19 November 16 New Jersey 4–3 Montreal OT Blackwood 21,016 7–8–4 18 ^[36] 20 November 19 Boston 5–1 New Jersey Blackwood 15,061 7–9–4 18 ^[37] 21 November 22 New Jersey 1–4 Pittsburgh Blackwood 18,420 7–10–4 18 ^[38] 22 November 23 Detroit 1–5 New Jersey Domingue 16,514 8–10–4 20 ^[39] 23 November 26 Minnesota 3–2 New Jersey Domingue 14,627 8–11–4 20 ^[40] 24 November 28 New Jersey 6–4 Montreal Blackwood 20,876 9–11–4 22 ^[41] 25 November 30 NY Rangers 4–0 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 9–12–4 22 ^[42]
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 New Jersey 1–7 Buffalo Domingue 15,422 9–13–4 22 ^[43] 27 December 3 Vegas 4–3 New Jersey Blackwood 12,831 9–14–4 22 ^[44] 28 December 6 Chicago 2–1 New Jersey SO Blackwood 15,273 9–14–5 23 ^[45] 29 December 7 New Jersey 4–6 Nashville Domingue 17,418 9–15–5 23 ^[46] 30 December 10 New Jersey 0–2 Dallas Blackwood 18,134 9–16–5 23 ^[47] 31 December 13 New Jersey 1–3 Colorado Domingue 18,034 9–17–5 23 ^[48] 32 December 14 New Jersey 2–1 Arizona Blackwood 17,125 10–17–5 25 ^[49] 33 December 18 Anaheim 1–3 New Jersey Blackwood 13,936 11–17–5 27 ^[50] 34 December 20 Washington 6–3 New Jersey Blackwood 15,021 11–18–5 27 ^[51] 35 December 21 New Jersey 1–5 Columbus Senn 17,188 11–19–5 27 ^[52] 36 December 23 New Jersey 7–1 Chicago Blackwood 21,559 12–19–5 29 ^[53] 37 December 27 Toronto 5–4 New Jersey OT Blackwood 16,514 12–19–6 30 ^[54] 38 December 29 New Jersey 4–3 Ottawa OT Blackwood 14,005 13–19–6 32 ^[55] 39 December 31 Boston 2–3 New Jersey SO Blackwood 16,514 14–19–6 34 ^[56]
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 New Jersey 2–1 NY Islanders Blackwood 13,917 15–19–6 36 ^[57] 41 January 4 Colorado 5–2 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 15–20–6 36 ^[58] 42 January 7 NY Islanders 4–3 New Jersey OT Blackwood 14,518 15–20–7 37 ^[59] 43 January 9 New Jersey 3–6 NY Rangers Blackwood 17,007 15–21–7 37 ^[60] 44 January 11 New Jersey 5–1 Washington Domingue 18,573 16–21–7 39 ^[61] 45 January 12 Tampa Bay 1–3 New Jersey Domingue 14,203 17–21–7 41 ^[62] 46 January 14 New Jersey 4–7 Toronto Domingue 19,124 17–22–7 41 ^[63] 47 January 16 New Jersey 2–5 Washington Schneider 18,573 17–23–7 41 ^[64] 48 January 18 New Jersey 0–5 Columbus Schneider 18,680 17–24–7 41 ^[65] 49 January 27 New Jersey 4–3 Ottawa SO Blackwood 9,673 18–24–7 43 ^[66] 50 January 30 Nashville 6–5 New Jersey SO Blackwood 14,327 18–24–8 44 ^[67]
February: 7–3–4 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Dallas 3–2 New Jersey OT Domingue 16,514 18–24–9 45 ^[68] 52 February 4 Montreal 5–4 New Jersey SO Domingue 13,283 18–24–10 46 ^[69] 53 February 6 New Jersey 5–0 Philadelphia Blackwood 19,070 19–24–10 48 ^[70] 54 February 8 Los Angeles 0–3 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 20–24–10 50 ^[71] 55 February 11 Florida 5–3 New Jersey Domingue 12,732 20–25–10 50 ^[72] 56 February 13 Detroit 1–4 New Jersey Blackwood 12,941 21–25–10 52 ^[73] 57 February 14 New Jersey 2–5 Carolina Domingue 18,680 21–26–10 52 ^[74] 58 February 16 Columbus 3–4 New Jersey SO Blackwood 16,514 22–26–10 54 ^[75] 59 February 18 New Jersey 0–3 St. Louis Domingue 18,096 22–27–10 54 ^[76] 60 February 20 San Jose 1–2 New Jersey Blackwood 13,941 23–27–10 56 ^[77] 61 February 22 Washington 2–3 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 24–27–10 58 ^[78] 62 February 25 New Jersey 4–1 Detroit Schneider 17,525 25–27–10 60 ^[79] 63 February 27 New Jersey 2–3 San Jose OT Schneider 16,913 25–27–11 61 ^[80] 64 February 29 New Jersey 1–2 Los Angeles OT Blackwood 17,372 25–27–12 62 ^[81]
March: 3–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 New Jersey 3–0 Anaheim Schneider 16,195 26–27–12 64 ^[82] 66 March 3 New Jersey 0–3 Vegas Blackwood 18,290 26–28–12 64 ^[83] 67 March 6 St. Louis 2–4 New Jersey Schneider 14,685 27–28–12 66 ^[84] 68 March 7 New Jersey 6–4 NY Rangers Blackwood 17,542 28–28–12 68 ^[85] 69 March 10 Pittsburgh 5–2 New Jersey Blackwood 13,473 28–29–12 68 ^[86]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Carolina New Jersey 71 March 14 New Jersey Florida 72 March 15 New Jersey Tampa Bay 73 March 17 New Jersey Toronto 74 March 19 Calgary New Jersey 75 March 21 NY Islanders New Jersey 76 March 23 Columbus New Jersey 77 March 26 New Jersey Minnesota 78 March 28 Philadelphia New Jersey 79 March 29 Carolina New Jersey 80 March 31 New Jersey Pittsburgh 81 April 2 Buffalo New Jersey 82 April 4 New Jersey NY Islanders
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 12, 2020^[87]

Skaters

Regular season^[88]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kyle Palmieri	65	25	20	45	–4	41
Nikita Gusev	66	13	31	44	–15	12
Nico Hischier	58	14	22	36	–16	12
Jesper Bratt	60	16	16	32	–6	6
Pavel Zacha	65	8	24	32	–12	14
Blake Coleman^‡	57	21	10	31	–2	40
Damon Severson	69	8	23	31	–20	52
Travis Zajac	69	9	16	25	–12	28
Taylor Hall^‡	30	6	19	25	–11	20
Wayne Simmonds^‡	61	8	16	24	–17	64
Miles Wood	68	11	12	23	–19	57
Sami Vatanen^‡	47	5	18	23	–12	22
Jack Hughes	61	7	14	21	–26	10
Will Butcher	56	4	17	21	–8	6
P. K. Subban	68	7	11	18	–21	79
Andy Greene^‡	53	2	9	11	+1	14
Kevin Rooney	49	4	5	9	+8	20
Mirco Mueller	50	2	5	7	–13	23
Joey Anderson	18	4	2	6	+1	2
Connor Carrick	29	1	5	6	–6	17
Jesper Boqvist	35	4	0	4	–11	8
John Hayden	43	3	1	4	–2	77
Dakota Mermis	10	1	3	4	+7	4
Matt Tennyson	20	0	3	3	–2	6
Fredrik Claesson^†	5	1	1	2	+1	0
Nick Merkley	4	1	1	2	0	2
Michael McLeod	12	0	2	2	+4	4
Ben Street	3	0	1	1	+1	0
Brett Seney	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Josh Jacobs	2	0	0	0	+1	2
Colton White	6	0	0	0	–2	4
Janne Kuokkanen^†	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[89]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Mackenzie Blackwood	47	43	2,684:01	22	14	8	124	2.77	1,452	.915	3	0	1	0
Cory Schneider	13	11	679:16	3	6	2	40	3.53	355	.887	1	0	0	0
Louis Domingue^‡	16	14	743:32	3	8	2	47	3.79	399	.882	0	0	0	0
Gilles Senn	2	1	70:05	0	1	0	4	3.42	41	.902	0	0	0	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.

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Chicago Blackhawks John Quenneville	To New Jersey Devils John Hayden	^[90]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Nashville Predators Steven Santini Jeremy Davies 2nd-round pick in 2019 2nd-round pick in 2020	To New Jersey Devils P. K. Subban	^[91]
June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	To New Jersey Devils Adam Helewka	^[92]^[93]
July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)	To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021	To New Jersey Devils Nikita Gusev	^[94]
November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021	To New Jersey Devils Louis Domingue	^[95]
December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16)	To Arizona Coyotes Taylor Hall Blake Speers	To New Jersey Devils Kevin Bahl Nick Merkley Nate Schnarr Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021	^[96]
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	To New York Islanders Andy Greene	To New Jersey Devils David Quenneville 2nd-round pick in 2021	^[97]
February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman	To New Jersey Devils Nolan Foote Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	^[98]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Buffalo Sabres Wayne Simmonds	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 5th-round pick in 2021	^[99]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Carolina Hurricanes Sami Vatanen	To New Jersey Devils Fredrik Claesson Janne Kuokkanen Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020	^[100]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Louis Domingue	To New Jersey Devils Zane McIntyre	^[101]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Kurtis Gabriel	to Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	^[102]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Nick Lappin	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[103]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Dakota Mermis	from Arizona Coyotes	1-year	^[104]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Blake Pietila	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[105]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Wayne Simmonds	from Nashville Predators	1-year	^[106]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Ben Street	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[107]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Matt Tennyson	from Buffalo Sabres	2-year	^[108]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Cam Johnson	to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	1-year	^[109]
July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)	Kenny Agostino	to Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	^[110]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Eric Tangradi	to Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL)	1-year	^[111]
October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)	Stefan Noesen	to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	^[112]
October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	Joe Morrow	from Winnipeg Jets	1-year	^[113]
February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	Julian Melchiori	from Binghamton Devils (AHL)	1-year	^[114]
July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18)	Julian Melchiori	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)	1-year	^[115]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28) Adam Helewka Mutual termination ^[116] December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15) Joe Morrow Mutual termination ^[117]

Retirement Date Player Ref September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22) Eric Gryba ^[118]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Jack Hughes	3-year	^[119]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Brandon Baddock	1-year	^[120]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Josh Jacobs	1-year	^[120]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Connor Carrick	2-year	^[121]
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)	Mirco Mueller	1-year	^[122]
July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)	Nikita Gusev	2-year	^[94]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Will Butcher	3-year	^[123]
September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)	Pavel Zacha	3-year	^[124]
October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19)	Nico Hischier	7-year	^[125]
December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30)	Nikita Okhotiuk	3-year	^[126]
August 10, 2020 (2020-08-10)	Reilly Walsh	3-year	^[127]

Draft picks

See also: List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1	Jack Hughes	C	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	61^1	Nikita Okhotiuk	D	Russia	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	70^2	Daniil Misyul	D	Russia	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
3	80^3	Graeme Clarke	RW	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	82^4	Michael Vukojevic	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	96	Tyce Thompson	RW	Canada	Providence (Hockey East)
4	118^5	Case McCarthy	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	127	Cole Brady	G	Canada	Janesville Jets (NAHL)
5	129^6	Arseny Gritsyuk	LW	Russia	Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
6	158	Patrick Moynihan	RW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	189	Nikola Pasic	RW	Sweden	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Notes:

1. The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Marcus Johansson to Boston in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 and this pick.^[128]
2. The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on November 30, 2017, that sent Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and a third-round pick in 2018 to Anaheim in exchange for Sami Vatanen and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[129]
3. The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 23, 2019, that sent Ben Lovejoy to Dallas in exchange for Connor Carrick and this pick.^[130]
4. The Winnipeg Jets' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Nashville's second-round pick in 2019 (55th overall) to San Jose in exchange for a third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) and this pick.^[131]
5. The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for Buffalo's fifth-round pick in 2019 (129th overall) and this pick.^[132]
6. The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent San Jose's third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to Washington in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019 (118th overall) and this pick.^[132]

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