 The team then made the playoffs several times after that before capturing their first Stanley Cup in the lockout-shortened 1994–95 season.The following year, the Devils missed the playoffs, becoming the first team in 26 years to fail to qualify for the playoffs the season after a Stanley Cup victory.Since 1997, however, the Devils qualified for the playoffs each season until 2010–11, a streak surpassed only by the Detroit Red Wings.