Road Warriors: A Look At The Devils Road Records

by Carlos Figueiredo
With the Devils starting this season with an 8-0 record on the road I asked myself: “Self, just how good are the Devils on the road, historically?” I didn’t have an answer, so I took to the interwebs and was able to compile an answer for myself. And now, I share it with all of you.

NOTE: I only went back to the ‘96-’97 season for a few reasons:
1) The Devils have made the playoffs every year since then,
2) The last time the Devils missed the playoffs (’95-’96) was the last time they had a losing record on the road,
3) I’m lazy and didn’t want to go back any further.
Okay, so maybe I did go back all the way to ‘82-’83, but the road records in those early years weren’t pretty, so why include them? Exactly. Here we go…

‘96-’97-Overall Record: 45-23-14 Home: 23-9-9 Road: 22-14-5  
–Home Points: 55   Road Points: 49   Advantage: HOME

‘97-’98-Overall Record: 48-23-11 Home: 29-10-2 Road: 19-13-9
–Home Points: 60   Road Points: 47   Advantage: HOME

‘98-’99-Overall Record: 47-24-11 Home: 19-14-8 Road: 28-10-3
–Home Points: 46   Road Points: 59   Advantage: ROAD

‘99-’00-Overall Record: 45-24-8-5 Home: 28-9-3-1 Road: 17-15-5-4
–Home Points: 60   Road Points: 43   Advantage: HOME

‘00-’01-Overall Record: 48-19-12-3 Home: 24-11-6-0 Road: 24-8-6-3
–Home Points: 54   Road Points: 57   Advantage: ROAD

‘01-’02-Overall Record: 41-28-9-4 Home: 22-13-4-2 Road: 19-15-5-2
–Home Points: 50   Road Points: 45   Advantage: HOME

‘02-’03-Overall Record: 46-20-10-6 Home: 25-11-3-2 Road: 21-9-7-4
–Home Points: 55   Road Points: 53   Advantage: HOME

‘03-’04-Overall Record: 43-25-12-2 Home: 22-13-5-1 Road:21-12-7-1
–Home Points: 50   Road Points: 50   Advantage: EVEN

‘05-’06-Overall Record: 46-27-9 Home: 27-11-3 Road: 19-16-6
–Home Points: 57   Road Points: 44   Advantage: HOME

‘06-’07- Overall Record: 49-24-9   Home: 25-10-6   Road: 24-14-3
–Home Points: 56   Road Points: 51   Advantage: HOME

‘07-’08-Overall Record: 46-29-7 Home: 25-14-2 Road: 21-15-5
–Home Points: 52   Road Points: 47   Advantage: HOME

‘08-’09-Overall Record: 51-27-4 Home: 28-12-1 Road: 23-15-3
–Home Points: 57   Road Points: 49   Advantage: HOME

‘09-’10-Overall Record (as of 11/10): 11-4-0 Home: 3-4-0 Road: 8-0-0
–Home Points:    6   Road Points: 16   Advantage: ROAD

Some other notes:
- In the 19 seasons that the Devils have made the playoffs, they had a losing record on the road in 6 of those seasons.
- In their three Stanley Cup winning years, the Devils road records were: 8-14-2 (’94-’95), 17-15-5-4 (’99-’00), 21-9-7-4 (’02-’03).
- Prior to the ‘96-’97 season, the Devils had only one winning record on the road in 14 seasons (18-14-10 in ‘93-’94)

So what does this all mean? Well…absolutely nothing!
It’s a good sign that the Devils are getting a good start on the road but they, like most other teams, are historically better at home. The road losses are going to come. The home wins will also be there.

Having watched this team since the beginning, and having had season tickets for years, it always seemed like the team was better on the road. Except for a few years, I was wrong. However, I did all this research so I posted this anyway. Hope you enjoyed all these numbers! I did.

LET’S GO DEVILS! Or stay home, doesn’t matter either way!