NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New Jersey Devils 4 (SO) San Jose Sharks 3
(29-12-3—61 PTS) (13-23-9—35 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. T. Meier 2. M. Eyssimont 3. N. Hischier
Goals:
SJS: T. Meier, E. Karlsson (PPG), N. Bonino
SCORE 1ST 2ND 3RD OT SO FINAL
San Jose 2 0 1 0 0 3
DEVILS 1 0 2 0 1 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: R. Graves, N. Hischier, J. Hughes, T. Tatar (GDG)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 44
Nate Bastian I.R. Upper-Body Nov. 27 22
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 12
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 135
DATE PLAYER ACTION
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
1/1/23 Tyler Wotherspoon Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Tyce Thompson Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
1/5/23 Ondrej Palat Activated off I.R.
1/6/23 Akira Schmid Reassigned to Utica
1/10/23 Nolan Foote Recalled from Utica
The Devils are set to conclude a season-long five game road trip and extend their winning streak to six games. The five-game winning streak is the team’s second longest stretch this season, while the team tied a franchise record 13-game winning streak from Oct. 25, 2022, to Nov. 21.
Per NHL Pr, the Devils aim to win all five games on a five game road trip for the second time in franchise history. The last time Jersey earned the feat was from March 10, 2001, to March 19. Keep in mind that the Devils also won five games during a 2008-09 road trip of six games (Jan. 10-19, 2009).
Jersey’s season-long five-game road trip:
1/10 at CAR, 5-3, W
1/13 at ANA, 6-2, W
1/14 at LAK, 5-2, W
1/16 at SJS, 4-3, Wso
1/19 at SEA
Jersey’s team is fresh off its 14th comeback victory, after also logging the team’s first shootout win for the 2022-23 campaign in a 4-3 win at San Jose. The Devils enter Monday’s contest with a 18-2-1 record on the road, and Jersey’s team is riding a seven-game winning streak on the road that dates to Dec. 21, at Florida. The 18 road victories rank first in the NHL while Seattle ranks second with 16 road wins this season. Keep in mind that New Jersey’s longest road winning streak in franchise history is 11 games, which was earned earlier this season via Oct. 20, 2022, to Dec. 3, 2022. The most road wins in a single season overall for franchise history is 28, which was earned in 1998-99 (28-10-3).
Per NHL Pr, the last time time that the Devils swept a California road trip was in the 2000-01 campaign from Nov. 22, 2000, to Nov. 25:
at ANA, 5-2, W
at LAK, 6-1, W
at SJS, 3-2, W
The recent trip to California marked the second time in franchise history that the Devils swept a full three-game California road trip.
Per NHL Pr, The Devils are the first team in NHL history who swept an Eastern and Western Canadian road trip, in addition to a California road trip. The guidelines for this matter are below:
• A “road trip” as being consecutive games played on the road
• The team must have played at least two of the teams mentioned sequentially
• Eastern Canada (TOR, OTT, MTL), Western Canada (WPG, EDM, CGY, VAN), California (ANA, LAK, SJS)
The Devils swept VAN, EDM & CGY via Nov. 1, 2022, to Nov. 5.
Jersey swept MTL, TML & OTT via Nov. 15, 2022, to Nov. 19.
The Devils swept ANA, LAK & SJS via Jan. 13, 2023, to Jan. 16.
The Devils are 21-0-1 when leading after the second period this season, which ranks second in the NHL behind Boston (23).
The Devils surpassed their win total from last season, which was 27 and in 39 games less played.
The team’s 29 wins after 44 games played from the start of a season are the second most in franchise history.
32 wins: 2009-10
29 wins: 2022-23
28 wins: 1997-98
The Devils are 9-1-1 when outshot by an opponent this season and 19-11-2 when outshooting teams. The Devils are 1-0- 0 when shots are even vs an opponent for 2022-23.
The Devils are now 13-2-1 vs the Western Conference and 10-0-0 vs the Pacific Division for 2022-23 campaign.
The 10 wins vs the Pacific Division tied a franchise record earned in 1996-97 for the most wins vs the Pacific Division.
2022-23 vs Pacific Division:
10-0-0
GF: 41
GA: 22
PP%: 24.1
Jersey’s team is 27-4-3 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season.
The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 10 times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer
goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
Overall: 7-4-1
First game: 3-2-1 | home: 0-1-0 | road: 3-1-1
Second game: 4-2-0 | home: 1-2-0 | road: 3-0-0
VS SEATTLE
The Devils and Kraken meet for the third time in franchise history and the second outing at Seattle since last season. Tonight’s contest marks the first of two matchups vs Seattle:
Next: vs SEA, Feb. 9, 7:00 P.M.
Jersey’s team logged a 1-0-1 record vs Seattle last season and earned the win at home.
ALL-TIME vs SAN JOSE
Record: 1-0-1
Home: 1-0-0
Road: 0-0-1
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs Seattle was 4 on Oct. 19, 2021, at the Rock in a 4-2 win.
The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Seattle is 4, after a 4-3 shootout loss on Apr. 16, 2022, at Seattle.
The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs the Kraken was 33, which was logged on Oct. 19, 2021.
The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs the Kraken was 29 also on Oct. 19, 2021.
The Devils, nor Kraken, have logged a shutout against each other.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE .
Sun. Jan. 22, vs PIT. 2:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue. Jan 24, vs VGK, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu. Jan. 26, at NSH, 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Fri. Jan. 27, at DAL, 8:30 P.M. E.T.
Bye Week/All-Star break
LAST TRADE
The Devils and Kraken have never executed a trade.
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 2 at Edmonton 5
Goals: Sprong, Dunn
Goalie: Jones (28/33)
PP: 1/4 PK: 3/3 Shots: Seattle 31 – Edmonton 33
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 114)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 44 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 44 games – day-to-day
Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed) – 3 games – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 15, 2022: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Jan. 21: Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Wednesday, Jan. 25: Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Friday, Jan. 27: Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 28: Columbus at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Seattle at NY Islanders, 4:30 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the first of two games the Kraken will play against the Devils this season and the only that will be played in Seattle. The teams will next meet on Feb. 9 in New Jersey.
• The Kraken enter tonight’s game just one win shy of matching their total (27) from the 2021-22 season.
• The Kraken have never allowed a power-play goal to New Jersey, going a perfect six-for-six on the penalty kill in two games against the Devils last season.
• Despite only playing in 37 games this season, Daniel Sprong has already set career highs in goals (15), assists (13) and points
(28).
• Since the start of the New Year, the Kraken are leading the league in wins (eight), points (16), goals (44) and goals per game (4.40). They are one of only four teams (Boston, Edmonton, New Jersey) to be averaging four or more goals per game in 2023.
• Since Jan. 1, the Kraken have three players playing at a point-per-game pace: Vince Dunn (1.40), Matty Beniers (1.10) and Yanni Gourde (1.00).
• Andre Burakovsky has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his last eight games played.
• Yanni Gourde has totaled 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in his last 10 games.
• Despite only playing in 44 games this season, the Kraken are the first team to have scored at least eight goals in a game four different times since the Pittsburgh Penguins also has four eight-goal games in 2011-12.
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
• Matty Beniers (April 16, 2022), Oliver Bjorkstrand (March 19, 2016) and Cale Fleury (Nov. 16, 2019) all scored their first NHL goals against New Jersey.
• Oliver Bjorkstrand has seven points (six goals, one assist) in his last six games against the Devils.
• Vince Dunn enters tonight’s game riding a three-game point streak against New Jersey, scoring one goal and adding two assists during that span.
• Yanni Gourde has an assist in each of the two games that Seattle has played against the Devils.
• Philipp Grubauer is undefeated in his career against New Jersey, posting a 5-0-0 record with a 0.924 save percentage, 1.97 goals-against average and one shutout against the Devils.
• Jared McCann has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his last 11 games played against the Devils. He had three points (one goal, two assists) in two games against New Jersey last season
