The New Jersey Devils used 37 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 34-37-9 record. John MacLean led the team with 87 points (42 goals, 45 assists) in 74 games. Sean Burke played the most games in goal (62).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John MacLean 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 42 | 45 | 87 | 1.18 | 14 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 122 | — |
| 2 | Kirk Muller 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 80 | 🔥 5 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 0.93 | 12 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 119 | — |
| 3 | Patrik Sundstrom 🇸🇪 C 27 | 65 | 🔥 2 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 1.06 | 12 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 4 | Aaron Broten 🇺🇸 C 28 | 80 | 🧊 3 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 0.74 | 4 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| 5 | Brendan Shanahan 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 0.74 | 9 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 115 | — |
| 6 | Pat Verbeek 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 0.61 | 9 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 189 | — |
| 7 | Mark Johnson 🇺🇸 C 31 | 40 | 🔥 4 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0.95 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 8 | Doug Brown 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 63 | 🧊 11 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0.40 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 9 | Claude Loiselle 🇨🇦 C 25 | 74 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.28 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 209 | — |
| 10 | Pat Conacher 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 55 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.22 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Anders Carlsson 🇸🇪 C 28 | 47 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.26 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 12 | David Maley 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 68 | 🧊 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.16 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 249 | — |
| 13 | Perry Anderson 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 39 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.23 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 128 | — |
| 14 | Steve Rooney 🇺🇸 C 26 | 25 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 15 | Paul Ysebaert 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Jon Morris 🇺🇸 C 22 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Allan Stewart 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 18 | Christopher Cichocki 🇺🇸 RW 25 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Janne Ojanen 🇫🇮 C 20 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | George McPhee 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Kevin Todd 🇨🇦 C 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 80 | 222 | 307 | 529 | 6.61 | 68 | 1641 | 0 | 0 | 1421 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ▲ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Terreri 🇺🇸 G 24 | 8 | 0 | 2.25 | 0.000 | 0 | 18 | 50:13 | |
| 2 | Craig Billington 🇨🇦 G 22 | 3 | 1 | 3.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | 46:32 | |
| 3 | Sean Burke 🇨🇦 G 22 | 62 | 29 | 3.71 | 0.000 | 0 | 230 | 57:54 | |
| 4 | Bob Sauve 🇨🇦 G 33 | 15 | 4 | 3.73 | 0.000 | 0 | 56 | 48:03 |
54% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 35% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 49% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 20 |
|
-22 | 375 (49%) | MacLean, Muller, Shanahan, Verbeek +16 |
| United States | 13 |
|
+20 | 274 (36%) | Kurvers, Broten, Johnson, Korn +9 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+5 | 112 (15%) | Sundstrom, Albelin, Carlsson |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 1 (0%) | Ojanen |
John MacLean led the New Jersey Devils in scoring in 1988-89 with 87 points — 42 goals and 45 assists in 74 games. Next came Kirk Muller (74) and Patrik Sundstrom (69).
John MacLean scored 42 goals for the New Jersey Devils in 1988-89, 14 of them on the power play.
The New Jersey Devils dressed 37 players in 1988-89: 33 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 281 goals.
Sean Burke played the most games in goal for the New Jersey Devils in 1988-89: 62 games, 29 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.71 goals against average. Bob Sauve was the backup, in 15 games.
The average age was 25.0 years. Corey Foster was the youngest at 19, and Bob Sauve the oldest at 33.
The New Jersey Devils used 37 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 20 in Canada, 13 in the United States and 3 in Sweden. The other 1 came from Finland. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 54% on this roster.