New Jersey Devils 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
With the arrival of head coach Sheldon Keefe from the Toronto Maple Leafs, expectations for the New Jersey Devils were immediately raised. For the first half of the season, New Jersey has shown marked improvement over last year when they failed to make the playoffs. New Jersey has tightened up defensively with strong play on the blue line and good goaltending. The offense was in the middle of the pack, but the power play has been effective. Keefe stands a strong chance to get the Devils into the playoffs and perhaps make a deep run.
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New Jersey Devils Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the New Jersey Devils were 26-17-6 straight up and 15-32 over/under the total. Also, New Jersey was 5th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. New Jersey was 11 points behind the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
New Jersey had NHL rankings of 15th for goals scored and 3rd for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Devils had NHL rankings of 6th for goals against and 9th for penalty killing.
New Jersey Devils Key Players
Jack Hughes leads the Devils with 18 goals, 37 assists, 55 points, and a +9. 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 has 22 goals, 17 assists, 39 points, and a +11. The Devils selected him first overall in 2017. Last year, Hischier cracked the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his career with 31.
LW Jesper Bratt led the Devils last year with 27 goals, 56 assists, 83 points, and a -6. Bratt, age 25, has scored 26 or more goals in the past three seasons. Bratt had a solid start to the current season with 15 goals, 37 assists, 52 points, and a +9.
New Jersey Devils Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Jacob Markstrom, age 34, arrived from the Calgary Flames, where he played the past four seasons. Last year, he was 23-23-2 with a 2.78 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. So far this season, Markstrom has a 2.19 goals-against average with a save percentage of .912. His record is 21-9-5 with three shutouts.
New Jersey Devils Head Coach
Head coach Sheldon Keefe coached the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-2024. His record was 212-97-40, and his playoff record was 16-21.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 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. 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 New Jersey's success and Stanley Cup titles. He soon became the Devils' absolute dictator 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. 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
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Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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