Metropolitan Division
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Est. 1982
New Jersey Devils
2025–26
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42–37–3
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87 pts
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#7 Metropolitan
GM: Sunny Mehta
HC: Sheldon Keefe
STANLEY CUP
2003
2000
1995
Team xGF%
51.3
% · all situations · HighDanger xG
Identity
Star-driven inconsistency
Injury-plagued
Contention window
Squandered
Healthy upside still real
Coach
Keefe
Structure problem unsolved
Avg age · forwards
28.6
computed from roster
Team Identity
Star-driven inconsistency · Injury-plagued miss
Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, and Jesper Bratt all produce when healthy, and Hughes posted another point-per-game season, but injuries up and down the lineup torpedoed the year, leaving them out of the playoffs. The defense led by Luke Hughes and Dougie Hamilton is talented but generated brutal underlying numbers, ranking near the bottom in expected goals against per 60. Goaltending remains the perpetual sore spot.
5-year points history
Regular-season points, last five seasons.
Organization strength
Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).
Forwards · 13
36.8
top Jack Hughes (94.2)
league 40.1 NHLe pts/82
Defense · 8
23.9
top Luke Hughes (42.2)
league 25.3 NHLe pts/82
Goalies · 2
.895
top Jake Allen (0.903)
league .895 SV%
NHL roster + drafted prospects, weighted by NHL Equivalency. Bar = team vs league average (▼).
Forwards · 34
24.4
top Jack Hughes (94.2)
league 33.6 NHLe pts/82
Defense · 23
15.9
top Luke Hughes (42.2)
league 21.2 NHLe pts/82
Goalies · 8
.898
top Mikhail Yegorov (0.9043)
league .898 SV%
Forwards
Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff
LW
C
RW
L · #28
Timo Meier
24G · 20A · 44P · 0.57 P/GP
C · #13
Nico Hischier
28G · 38A · 66P · 0.81 P/GP
R · #91
Dawson Mercer
20G · 22A · 42P · 0.51 P/GP
Line 1
L · #63
Jesper Bratt
22G · 49A · 71P · 0.87 P/GP
C · #86
Jack Hughes
27G · 50A · 77P · 1.26 P/GP
R · #16
Connor Brown
18G · 25A · 43P · 0.57 P/GP
Line 2
L
Maxim Tsyplakov
2G · 2A · 4P · 0.08 P/GP
C · #12
Cody Glass
19G · 7A · 26P · 0.37 P/GP
R · #77
Nick Bjugstad
6G · 3A · 9P · 0.15 P/GP
Line 3
L · #47
Paul Cotter
9G · 6A · 15P · 0.19 P/GP
C
Marc McLaughlin
0G · 0A · 0P · 0.00 P/GP
R · #33
Evgenii Dadonov
1G · 0A · 1P · 0.04 P/GP
Line 4
Defense
LD
RD
LD · #71
Jonas Siegenthaler
0G · 16A · 16P · 0.20 P/GP
RD · #7
Dougie Hamilton
12G · 27A · 39P · 0.51 P/GP
Pair 1
Pair 2
Pair 3
Goaltending
Injury report (7)
via CBS Sports
Jonas Siegenthaler Brett Pesce· Lower BodyIR Jacob Markstrom Luke Hughes Arseny Gritsyuk· Upper Body Stefan Noesen· KneeIR Zack MacEwen· KneeIR
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