2025–26 New Jersey Devils season

New Jersey Devils

Industry	Professional ice hockey
Founded	1974
Headquarters	Newark , United States
Products	Ice hockey team

The 2025–26 season for the New Jersey Devils represents the franchise's 52nd campaign in the NHL since its founding in 1974, and its 44th season following the team's move from Colorado before the 1982–83 season.

Preseason

The preseason itinerary was announced on June 24, 2025.

2025 preseason game results: 3–2–2 (home: 1–1–1; away: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	NY Rangers	5–3	New Jersey		Daws	13,309	0–1–0
2	September 23	NY Islanders	2–6	New Jersey		Romanov	8,076	1–1–0
3	September 26	New Jersey	4–2	NY Islanders		Malek	10,130	2–1–0
4Template:Note label Template:Note label	September 28	New Jersey	0–2	Ottawa		Romanov	12,159	2–2–0
5Template:Note label	September 28	Washington	3–2	New Jersey	SO	Daws	8,341	2–2–1
6	October 2	New Jersey	3–1	NY Rangers		Markstrom	17,049	3–2–1
7	October 4	New Jersey	3–4	Philadelphia	SO	Allen	14,795	3–2–2
Notes: Template:Note label Denotes split-squad game. Template:Note label Played at the Videotron Centre, Quebec City.

Regular season

The schedule for the regular season of 2025–26 was published on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: Record of 8 wins and 3 losses (home: undefeated at 5-0-0; road: balanced at 3-3-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 New Jersey 3–6 Carolina Markstrom 18,404 0–1–0 0 2 October 11 New Jersey 5–3 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 1–1–0 2 3 October13 New Jersey 3–2 Columbus Markstrom 18,627 2–1–0 4 4 October16 Florida 1–3 New Jersey Allen 16,514 3–1–0 6 5 October18 Edmonton 3–5 New Jersey Allen 16,514 4–1–0 8 6 October21 New Jersey 5–2 Toronto Allen 18,306 5–1–0 10 7 October22 Minnesota 1–4 New Jersey Daws 16,434 6–1–0 12 8 October24 San Jose 1–3 New Jersey Allen 16,514 7–1–0 14 9 October26 Colorado 3–4 New Jersey OT Allen 16,514 8-1-0 16 10 October28 New Jersey 4-8 Colorado Markstrom 18,095 8-2-0 16 11 October30 New Jersey 2-5 San Jose Allen 12,930 8-3-0 16
November: Performance of seven wins, four defeats and one overtime loss (home: unbeaten in regulation with four wins and one OT loss; road: three wins and four losses) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 12 November1 New Jersey 4-1 Los Angeles Markstrom 16,110 9-3-0 18 13 November2 New Jersey 1-4 Anaheim Allen 17,174 9-4-0 18 14 November6 Montreal 3-4 New Jersey OT Markstrom 16,514 10-4-0 20 15 November8 Pittsburgh 1-2 New Jersey SO Allen 16,514 11-4-0 22 16 November10 NY Islanders 3-2 New Jersey OT Markstrom 16,514 11-4-1 23 17 November12 New Jersey 4-3 Chicago OT Markstrom 17,268 12-4-1 25 18 November15 New Jersey 3-2 Washington SO Allen 18,347 13-4-1 27 19 November18 New Jersey 1-5 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 13-5-1 27 20 November20 New Jersey 0-1 Florida Allen 19,473 13-6-1 27 21;;;November22;;;New Jersey;;;3-6;;;Philadelphia;;;;Allen;;;18,342;;;13-7-1;;;27;; 22;;;November24;;;Detroit;;;3-4;;;New Jersey;;;;Markstrom;;;16,514;;;14-7-1;;;29;; 23;;;November26;;;St. Louis;;;2-3;;;New Jersey;;;OT;;;Markstrom;;;16,056;;;15-7-1;;;31;;

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Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Template:Sortname	15	10	8	18	0	0
Template:Sortname	15	8	7	15	7	6
Template:Sortname	15	5	9	14	0	6
Template:Sortname	15	4	7	11	2	10
Template:Sortname	15	3	8	11	4	4
Template:Sortname	15	0	8	8	0	6
Template:Sortname	14	4	3	7	1	8
Template:Sortname	15	3	4	7	0	4
Template:Sortname	15	0	7	7	5	16
Template:Sortname	11	5	1	6	1	2
Template:Sortname	15	2	4	6	2	9
Template:Sortname	8	3	0	3	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G (g)	A (a)	PIM (p)

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|525:06 
|6 
|2 
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|20 
|2.29 
|232 
|.914 
|0 
|0 
|0 
|0 

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|6 
|5 
|318:59 
|4 
|2 
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|21 
|3.95 
|163 
|.871 
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|1 
|4 

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|31 
|.968 
|0 
|0 
|0 
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|} ^† Player joined Devils during the season; statistics shown reflect only games played with New Jersey.

• ^‡ Player was traded mid-season; numbers represent performance while with the Devils.
• Bold/italics indicate franchise records.

Transactions

Throughout the season, the Devils completed several significant 2025–26 NHL transactions.

Trades

|- ! Date !! Transaction details |} |- (help) |} To San Jose Sharks: Shane Bowers To New Jersey Devils: Thomas Bordeleau |} |- (help) |} To Ottawa Senators: Kurtis MacDermid To New Jersey Devils: Zack MacEwen |}

Free agents

Date	Player	Origin/Destination Team	Duration of Contract
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Calen Addison	acquired from Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)	1 year
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Connor Brown	joined from Edmonton Oilers	4 years
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Angus Crookshank	transferred from Ottawa Senators	2 years
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Evgenii Dadonov	signed from Dallas Stars	2 years
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Justin Dowling	moved to New York Rangers	2 years
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Brian Dumoulin	traded to Los Angeles Kings	3 years
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Nolan Foote	sent to Florida Panthers	1 year
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Samuel Laberge	transferred to San Jose Sharks	1 year
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Juho Lammikko	signed from ZSC Lions (NL)	1 year
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Curtis Lazar	moved to Edmonton Oilers	1 year
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Isaac Poulter	joined Winnipeg Jets	1 year
July 23, 2025 (2025-07-23)	Daniel Sprong	transferred to HC CSKA Moscow (KHL)	1 year

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Contract Agreements

Date	Player	Length of Contract
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Marc McLaughlin	1 year
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Dennis Cholowski	1 year
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Jake Allen	5 years
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Cody Glass	2 years
October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)	Luke Hughes	7 years

NHL Entry Draft Selections

The following players were chosen by the New Jersey Devils during the 2025 NHL entry draft, which took place on June 27–28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.