2009–10 New Jersey Devils season
| 2009–10 New Jersey Devils | |
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Atlantic Division champions
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| Division | 1st Atlantic |
| Conference | 2nd Eastern |
| 2009–10 record | 48–27–7 |
| Home record | 27–10–4 |
| Road record | 21–17–3 |
| Goals for | 222 |
| Goals against | 191 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Lou Lamoriello |
| Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
| Captain | Jamie Langenbrunner |
| Alternate captains |
Patrik Elias Zach Parise |
| Arena | Prudential Center |
| Average attendance |
(as of home game #41) Arena capacity: 17,625 Average draw: 15,536 Percentage: 88.15% Total: 636,795 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Zach Parise (38) |
| Assists | Zach Parise (44) |
| Points | Zach Parise (82) |
| Penalties in minutes | Andrew Peters (93) |
| Plus/minus | Zach Parise (24) |
| Wins | Martin Brodeur (45) |
| Goals against average | Yann Danis (2.06) |
The 2009–10 New Jersey Devils season is the team's 28th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey.
On June 9, 2009, Brent Sutter stepped down as head coach of the Devils to become the head coach of the Calgary Flames.
At the Entry Draft, the Devils traded with the Calgary Flames to move up in the draft and chose Jacob Josefson with the 20th overall pick.
On July 13, 2009, the New Jersey Devils named Jacques Lemaire as their new head coach. This will be Lemaire's 2nd stint with the club. He won the Stanley Cup as head coach of the Devils back in 1995.
The Devils allowed only 186 goals (excluding five shootout goals) during the regular season, the fewest of all 30 teams. They were also the most disciplined team in the NHL, with just 240 power-play opportunities against.
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division
On January 8, 2010, a lighting problem occurred in the arena during a game between the Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay was leading 3–0 with 9:12 left in the second period when half of the sports lights went out due to an interruption in power on the grid feeding electricity to the arena, followed by a failure of a computer-operated lighting system that allowed the sports lighting system to function with the circuit breakers. PSE&G and Prudential Center electricians worked on the situation for 1 hour and 52 minutes but could not reboot the system. The game was suspended due to the lighting problem; it was resumed two nights later, with about 3,000 of the original crowd of 15,129 in attendance. The Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning and the NHL agreed to waive a rule prohibiting players from participating in an NHL-sanctioned event on three consecutive nights as per the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Tampa Bay won, 4–2, with Lightning center Steve Stamkos scoring two goals in the contest: One on Friday and one on Sunday.
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