The Riveters will continue playing their home games and practices at the Barnabas Health Hockey House in Newark, which is next door to the Prudential Center and serves as the Devils’ practice rink. During their inaugural season, in 2015, the Riveters played at Aviator Sports and Events Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.

The partnership comes at an important time for the N.W.H.L. It was the first women’s professional league in North America to offer salaries, but was stymied last November when unexpected pay cuts created an uncertain future. Meanwhile, the rival C.W.H.L. will begin paying players and expand to China this season.

Many of the N.W.H.L.’s biggest draws and merchandise sellers are members of the United States women’s national team, who will not play in the N.W.H.L. this season as they prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In June, the N.W.H.L. reached a deal with Twitter to live-stream games. Nine of the 19 scheduled matchups to be broadcast on Twitter will be played in Newark. And Steve Skillen, the N.W.H.L.’s chief financial officer, said the Devils partnership should accelerate player visibility.

Rylan said: “It’s incredibly important for us to continue to grow the brand of women’s hockey regardless of what year it is, whether it’s an Olympic year or otherwise. I think the larger the microphone, the better our opportunity is to do that. That’s what we have here with the Devils, a stage for these women to really have a spotlight put on them in non-Olympic years.”

Despite the salary cuts, the absence of national team stars this season and litigation against the league by previous investors, Skillen said the Devils reached out to Rylan before the end of last season to begin discussions for a more formal partnership.

Josh Harris and David Blitzer, who also own the N.B.A.’s Philadelphia 76ers, bought the Devils in August 2013. Last month, they formed Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment for their holdings.