The team is a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Devils arrived in New Jersey in 1982 after transferring from Denver, where they had been known as the Colorado Rockies since 1976.
As an NHL club, the team belongs to the Metropolitan Division within the Eastern Conference. Having started out in Denver under the name Colorado Rockies in 1976, the Devils relocated to New Jersey in 1982.