New Jersey Devils Prediction Markets & 2026-27 NHL Odds

The Metropolitan Division picture

The Devils closed 2025-26 at 42-37-3 for 87 points, seventh of the eight clubs in the Metropolitan Division on the league's final table of April 17, 2026, and thirteenth of sixteen in the Eastern Conference. Carolina won the division with 113 points; Pittsburgh and Philadelphia followed on 98 apiece and went to the playoffs with the Hurricanes, while Washington on 95, Columbus on 92, the New York Islanders on 91 and the Devils were all eliminated, and the New York Rangers finished last on 77. New Jersey scored 230 goals and allowed 254, a differential of minus 24, and split the year almost evenly between Newark, where it went 21-17-3, and the road, where it went 21-20-0.

That table resets on October 1, 2026. Twenty-eight of the 84 regular-season dates are against Metropolitan clubs, four against each of the other seven, so the division alone is a third of the calendar.

Where the New Jersey Devils play

Prudential Center stands at 25 Lafayette Street in Newark, the Essex County city that is New Jersey's largest, two blocks from Newark Penn Station by the arena's own directions. It opened on October 25, 2007, and Wikidata records a capacity of 17,625. All 42 home dates on the 2026-27 schedule are listed there. The preseason ended on September 26, 2026 with three wins and a shootout loss: 2-1 over the Islanders on September 20 and 3-2 over the Rangers on September 21, both in Newark, then 3-4 at the Rangers after a shootout on September 24 and 4-1 at the Islanders on September 26.

The 2026-27 schedule

The regular season opens at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM Eastern, with the road opener at the Islanders' UBS Arena two nights later and then three straight in Newark, the Utah Mammoth on October 6, Vancouver on October 10 and Ottawa on October 12, before a visit to Detroit on October 13. October carries eight home dates against six away. The Rangers come to Newark on October 15 and December 15 and host the Devils at Madison Square Garden on December 7 and December 22; the Islanders visit on January 16 and April 8, 2027 after the two early meetings on Long Island, the second of them on November 7. January is the heaviest road month, nine away dates to seven at home, and the longest trip of the year runs seven straight road games from January 28 to February 18, 2027, which leaves February with only two home dates. The last road game is at Carolina on April 3, 2027, and the season closes with four straight in Newark: Florida on April 4, Tampa Bay on April 6, the Islanders on April 8 and Pittsburgh on April 10, a 6:00 PM Eastern start.

Following the Devils here

What stays on this page between reviews is the durable part of a hockey season: the arena and the city it sits in, the 84 dates, and the way the last table ended, each figure carrying the day it was read. The other three clubs that play at home in New Jersey are listed on the teams page, and the sports page gathers all four across their leagues.