2018–19 New Jersey Devils season

The 2018–19 New Jersey Devils season was the 45th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 37th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[2] The Devils were eliminated from playoff contention on March 15, 2019, despite defeating the Vancouver Canucks.^[3] After missing the playoffs, the Devils received the first overall selection in the 2019 NHL entry draft, which was the second time in three years for the team,^[4] and selected Jack Hughes.^[5]

Division8th Metropolitan

Conference15th Eastern

2018–19 record31–41–10

Home record20–14–7

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2018–19 New Jersey Devils
Division	8th Metropolitan
Conference	15th Eastern
2018–19 record	31–41–10
Home record	20–14–7
Road record	11–27–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Andy Greene
Alternate captains	Taylor Hall Kyle Palmieri Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Average attendance	14,834^[1]
Minor league affiliates	Binghamton Devils (AHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Palmieri (27)
Assists	Nico Hischier (30)
Points	Kyle Palmieri (50)
Penalty minutes	Miles Wood (91)
Plus/minus	Ben Lovejoy (+1)
Wins	Keith Kinkaid (15)
Goals against average	Mackenzie Blackwood (2.61)
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Standings

Divisional standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72

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Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98

3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

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Source: National Hockey League^[7]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2018.^[8]

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2018 preseason game log: 2–2–2 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 17	NY Rangers	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Johnson	11,386	0–0–1	Recap
2^[A]	September 17	New Jersey	1–3	Montreal		Blackwood	19,422	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 20	New Jersey	0–2	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	4,722	0–2–1	Recap
4	September 24	New Jersey	3–4	NY Rangers	OT	Lack	12,737	0–2–2	Recap
5	September 27	New Jersey	5–3	Winnipeg		Kinkaid	15,321	1–2–2	Recap
6^[a]	October 1	New Jersey	3–2	SC Bern	OT	Kinkaid	17,031	2–2–2	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland.

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Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[9]^[10]

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2018–19 game log

October: 5–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1^[a]	October 6	Edmonton	2–5	New Jersey		Kinkaid	12,044	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 11	Washington	0–6	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 14	San Jose	2–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	13,809	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 16	Dallas	0–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	12,808	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	October 18	Colorado	5–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	13,374	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 20	New Jersey	2–5	Philadelphia		Kinkaid	19,105	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 25	Nashville	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	15,164	4–2–1	9	Recap
8	October 27	Florida	2–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,927	5–2–1	11	Recap
9	October 30	New Jersey	3–8	Tampa Bay		Kinkaid	19,092	5–3–1	11	Recap

November: 4–8–3 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 2–8–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1	New Jersey	3–4	Detroit		Schneider	18,273	5–4–1	11	Recap
11	November 3	New Jersey	0–3	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	11,901	5–5–1	11	Recap
12	November 5	New Jersey	5–1	Pittsburgh		Kinkaid	18,420	6–5–1	13	Recap
13	November 6	New Jersey	3–7	Ottawa		Schneider	12,491	6–6–1	13	Recap
14	November 9	New Jersey	1–6	Toronto		Kinkaid	19,211	6–7–1	13	Recap
15	November 11	New Jersey	2–5	Winnipeg		Schneider	15,321	6–8–1	13	Recap
16	November 13	Pittsburgh	2–4	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,108	7–8–1	15	Recap
17	November 15	New Jersey	3–0	Philadelphia		Kinkaid	18,806	8–8–1	17	Recap
18	November 17	Detroit	3–2	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	16,514	8–8–2	18	Recap
19	November 18	New Jersey	1–2	Carolina		Schneider	11,211	8–9–2	18	Recap
20	November 21	Montreal	2–5	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	9–9–2	20	Recap
21	November 23	NY Islanders	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	16,514	9–9–3	21	Recap
22	November 25	New Jersey	2–5	Tampa Bay		Schneider	19,092	9–10–3	21	Recap
23	November 26	New Jersey	3–4	Florida	OT	Kinkaid	9,456	9–10–4	22	Recap
24	November 30	New Jersey	3–6	Washington		Kinkaid	18,506	9–11–4	22	Recap

December: 6–5–3 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 2–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Winnipeg	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	16,514	9–11–5	23	Recap
26	December 3	Tampa Bay	5–1	New Jersey		Kinkaid	13,394	9–12–5	23	Recap
27	December 6	New Jersey	6–3	Los Angeles		Kinkaid	17,568	10–12–5	25	Recap
28	December 9	New Jersey	5–6	Anaheim	SO	Schneider	16,470	10–12–6	26	Recap
29	December 10	New Jersey	2–5	San Jose		Kinkaid	17,097	10–13–6	26	Recap
30	December 14	Vegas	4–5	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	14.076	11–13–6	28	Recap
31	December 15	New Jersey	1–2	Nashville	SO	Kinkaid	17,446	11–13–7	29	Recap
32	December 18	Toronto	7–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	14,586	11–14–7	29	Recap
33	December 20	New Jersey	1–2	Columbus		Blackwood	15,595	11–15–7	29	Recap
34	December 21	Ottawa	2–5	New Jersey		Kinkaid	14,614	12–15–7	31	Recap
35	December 23	Columbus	3–0	New Jersey		Kinkaid	12,872	12–16–7	31	Recap
36	December 27	New Jersey	5–2	Boston		Blackwood	17,565	13–16–7	33	Recap
37	December 29	Carolina	0–2	New Jersey		Blackwood	16,514	14–16–7	35	Recap
38	December 31	Vancouver	0–4	New Jersey		Blackwood	15,772	15–16–7	37	Recap

January: 4–8–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 2	New Jersey	4–5	Dallas		Blackwood	18,133	15–17–7	37	Recap
40	January 4	New Jersey	3–2	Arizona	SO	Kinkaid	12,636	16–17–7	39	Recap
41	January 6	New Jersey	2–3	Vegas		Kinkaid	18,103	16–18–7	39	Recap
42	January 8	New Jersey	1–5	Buffalo		Kinkaid	18,212	16–19–7	39	Recap
43	January 10	Toronto	4–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,280	16–20–7	39	Recap
44	January 12	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey		Blackwood	16,514	17–20–7	41	Recap
45	January 14	Chicago	5–8	New Jersey		Blackwood	15,204	18–20–7	43	Recap
46	January 15	New Jersey	1–4	Columbus		Kinkaid	16,377	18–21–7	43	Recap
47	January 17	New Jersey	1–4	NY Islanders		Blackwood	12,088	18–22–7	43	Recap
48	January 19	Anaheim	3–2	New Jersey		Blackwood	15,231	18–23–7	43	Recap
49	January 28	New Jersey	6–3	Pittsburgh		Kinkaid	18,609	19–23–7	45	Recap
50	January 31	NY Rangers	4–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	19–24–7	45	Recap

February: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–4–1; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 2	New Jersey	3–2	Montreal	OT	Blackwood	21,302	20–24–7	47	Recap
52	February 5	Los Angeles	5–1	New Jersey		Kinkaid	14,508	20–25–7	47	Recap
53	February 7	NY Islanders	2–1	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	13,265	20–25–8	48	Recap
54	February 9	Minnesota	4–2	New Jersey		Schneider	15,783	20–26–8	48	Recap
55	February 10	Carolina	2–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	21–26–8	50	Recap
56	February 12	New Jersey	3–8	St. Louis		Kinkaid	17,509	21–27–8	50	Recap
57	February 14	New Jersey	2–5	Chicago		Schneider	21,038	21–28–8	50	Recap
58	February 15	New Jersey	5–4	Minnesota	OT	Schneider	19,041	22–28–8	52	Recap
59	February 17	Buffalo	1–4	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	23–28–8	54	Recap
60	February 19	Pittsburgh	4–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,824	23–29–8	54	Recap
61	February 21	Ottawa	0–4	New Jersey		Schneider	12,964	24–29–8	56	Recap
62	February 23	New Jersey	2–5	NY Rangers		Schneider	17,371	24–30–8	56	Recap
63	February 25	Montreal	1–2	New Jersey		Schneider	12,791	25–30–8	58	Recap
64	February 27	Calgary	2–1	New Jersey		Blackwood	12,019	25–31–8	58	Recap

March: 4–9–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–6–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	Philadelphia	6–3	New Jersey		Schneider	15,247	25–32–8	58	Recap
66	March 2	New Jersey	0–1	Boston		Blackwood	17,565	25–33–8	58	Recap
67	March 5	Columbus	2–1	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	12,085	25–33–9	59	Recap
68	March 8	New Jersey	0–3	Washington		Blackwood	18,506	25–34–9	59	Recap
69	March 9	New Jersey	2–4	NY Rangers		Schneider	17,386	25–35–9	59	Recap
70	March 12	New Jersey	4–9	Calgary		Blackwood	18,529	25–36–9	59	Recap
71	March 13	New Jersey	6–3	Edmonton		Schneider	18,347	26–36–9	61	Recap
72	March 15	New Jersey	3–2	Vancouver	SO	Blackwood	17,552	27–36–9	63	Recap
73	March 17	New Jersey	0–3	Colorado		Schneider	18,037	27–37–9	63	Recap
74	March 19	Washington	4–1	New Jersey		Blackwood	14,815	27–38–9	63	Recap
75	March 21	Boston	5–1	New Jersey		Schneider	14,649	27–39–9	63	Recap
76	March 23	Arizona	1–2	New Jersey	SO	Blackwood	16,514	28–39–9	65	Recap
77	March 25	Buffalo	1–3	New Jersey		Schneider	12,053	29–39–9	67	Recap
78	March 29	New Jersey	0–4	Detroit		Blackwood	19,515	29–40–9	67	Recap
79	March 30	St. Louis	3–2	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,514	29–40–10	68	Recap

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 1	NY Rangers	2–4	New Jersey		Blackwood	14,776	30–40–10	70	Recap
81	April 4	New Jersey	1–3	Carolina		Schneider	17,645	30–41–10	70	Recap
82	April 6	New Jersey	4–3	Florida	OT	Blackwood	15,259	31–41–10	72	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Notes:
^a Game was played at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019^[11]

Skaters

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Regular season^[12]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kyle Palmieri	74	27	23	50	–9	42
Nico Hischier	69	17	30	47	0	24
Travis Zajac	80	19	27	46	–25	20
Damon Severson	82	11	28	39	–27	56
Taylor Hall	33	11	26	37	–6	16
Blake Coleman	78	22	14	36	–19	71
Jesper Bratt	51	8	25	33	–8	6
Will Butcher	78	4	26	30	–17	18
Marcus Johansson^‡	48	12	15	27	–15	8
Pavel Zacha	61	13	12	25	–6	15
Andy Greene	82	5	20	25	–9	16
Miles Wood	63	10	14	24	–10	91
Brian Boyle^‡	47	13	6	19	–13	22
Sami Vatanen	50	4	13	17	–17	22
Brett Seney	51	5	8	13	–14	31
Drew Stafford	57	5	8	13	–7	18
Kenny Agostino	27	4	9	13	–2	6
Mirco Mueller	53	1	10	11	–3	17
Kevin Rooney	41	6	4	10	–4	15
Stefan Noesen	41	3	5	8	–19	28
Joey Anderson	34	4	3	7	–7	6
Egor Yakovlev	25	2	5	7	–6	6
Ben Lovejoy^‡	51	2	5	7	+1	33
Connor Carrick^†	20	1	6	7	–6	6
Jean-Sebastien Dea	20	3	2	5	–1	6
Kurtis Gabriel	22	2	2	4	0	59
Steven Santini	39	1	3	4	–6	16
Nathan Bastian	7	3	0	3	0	10
Michael McLeod	21	0	3	3	–8	13
John Quenneville	19	1	0	1	–1	4
Eric Tangradi	6	0	1	1	–3	0
Ryan Murphy^†	1	0	1	1	0	0
Blake Pietila	19	0	1	1	–7	6
Colton White	3	0	0	0	–2	2
Josh Jacobs	1	0	0	0	–1	0
Nick Lappin	11	0	0	0	–6	0
Brandon Gignac	1	0	0	0	–2	0
Eric Gryba	10	0	0	0	–1	10

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Goaltenders

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Regular season^[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Keith Kinkaid^‡	41	38	2,301:58	15	18	6	129	3.36	1,188	.891	3
Mackenzie Blackwood	23	21	1,263:52	10	10	0	55	2.61	669	.918	2
Cory Schneider	26	23	1,371:47	6	13	4	70	3.06	718	.903	1

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^† 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

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Player	Award	Date
Mackenzie Blackwood	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 31, 2018^[14]

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Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)	To Minnesota Wild Michael Kapla	To New Jersey Devils Ryan Murphy	^[15]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	To Nashville Predators Brian Boyle	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019	^[16]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To Dallas Stars Ben Lovejoy	To New Jersey Devils Connor Carrick 3rd-round pick in 2019	^[17]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Keith Kinkaid	To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022	^[18]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Boston Bruins Marcus Johansson	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2020	^[19]

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Free agents

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Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Kurtis Gabriel	from Minnesota Wild	1-year	^[20]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Grabner	to Arizona Coyotes	3-year	^[21]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Eric Gryba	from Edmonton Oilers	1-year	^[22]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jimmy Hayes	to Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	^[23]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	John Moore	to Boston Bruins	5-year	^[24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	John Ramage	from Nashville Predators	1-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Brian Gibbons	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[26]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Ken Appleby	to Manitoba Moose (AHL)	1-year	^[27]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)	Patrick Maroon	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[28]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19)	Michael Latta	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	^[29]
July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)	Bracken Kearns	to Black Wings Linz (EBEL)	Unknown	^[30]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Eric Tangradi	from Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[31]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Mario Lucia	to Stavanger Oilers (GET-ligaen)	Unknown	^[32]
September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05)	Ben Thomson	to San Diego Gulls (AHL)	1-year	^[33]
September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)	Jeremy Groleau	from Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)	1-year	^[34]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	Evan Cormier	from Binghamton Devils (AHL)	3-year	^[35]
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	John Ramage	to Eisbären Berlin (DEL)	2-year	^[36]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)	Egor Yakovlev	to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	2-year	^[37]

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Waivers

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Date	Player	Team	Ref
September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)	Jean-Sebastien Dea	from Pittsburgh Penguins	^[38]
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)	Jean-Sebastien Dea	to Pittsburgh Penguins	^[39]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	Kenny Agostino	from Montreal Canadiens	^[40]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	Eddie Lack	1-year	^[41]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Michael Kapla	1-year	^[42]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Blake Coleman	3-year	^[43]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Stefan Noesen	1-year	^[44]
July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)	Nick Lappin	1-year	^[45]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Yegor Sharangovich	3-year	^[46]
August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)	Kevin Rooney	2-year	^[47]
August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14)	Steven Santini	3-year	^[48]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)	Ty Smith	3-year	^[49]
September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22)	Miles Wood	4-year	^[50]
October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)	Drew Stafford	1-year	^[51]
April 3, 2019 (2019-04-03)	Jeremy Davies	2-year	^[52]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)	Gilles Senn	2-year	^[53]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Mikhail Maltsev	3-year	^[54]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Fabian Zetterlund	3-year	^[55]
June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10)	Jesper Boqvist	3-year	^[56]

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Draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17	Ty Smith	D	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	110	Xavier Bernard	D	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
5	136¹	Akira Schmid	G	Switzerland	SCL Tigers U20 (Junioren Elite A)
5	141	Yegor Sharangovich	C	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
6	172	Mitchell Hoelscher	C	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	203	Eetu Pakkila	LW	Finland	Kärpät (Liiga)

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The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on October 28, 2017, that sent Scott Wedgewood to Arizona in exchange for this pick.^[57]

2018–19 New Jersey Devils season

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honors

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Signings

Draft picks

References

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