Match-up- Devils (23-17-2 - 48 points) @ Oilers (16-22-3 - 35 points)
TV - TSN, MSG Plus (HD)
Puck drop - 9:00 PM ET
Last 10: New Jersey 5-4-1 / Edmonton - 2-8-0
Projected starting goalies - Johan Hedberg (NJ) vs Nikolai Khabibulin (EDM)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Edmonton - 2.68 / 2.83
New Jersey - 2.60 / 2.90
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Edmonton - 21.3% / 83.8%
New Jersey - 14.4% / 90.8%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Oilers:
Oilers lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
Taylor Hall - Sam Gagner - Ales Hemsky
Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones
Magnus Paajarvi - Eric Belanger - Anton Lander
Ben Eager - Ryan O'Marra - Darcy Hordichuk
Ladislav Smid - Corey Potter
Andy Sutton - Jeff Petry
Theo Peckham - Colton Teubert
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus
Mattias Tedenby - Steve Zalewski - David Clarkson
Eric Boulton - Ryan Carter - Cam Janssen
Bryce Salvador - Adam Larsson
Anton Volchenkov - Kurtis Foster
Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne
Notes: Johan Hedberg will start...Matt Taormina will sit yet again...Cam Janssen will play tonight, Nick Palmieri will sit...Travis Zajac has been sent back to Winnipeg to rest as his Achilles has been sore.
Oilers to watch out for:
Ryan Smyth - After a great start to the season he has cooled off as of late. Smyth, 35, has just two points in his last five games.
Ales Hemsky - Surprisingly Hemsky has just 14 points in 28 games this season. The Oilers will need more from him if they want to break out of their slump and start winning again.
Corey Potter - This is his first game since signing a two-year extension with the Oilers. I'm sure he'll be looking to prove that Edmonton made a good investment in him.
Devils to watch out for:
Adam Henrique - Henrique has six points (3G, 3A) in his last three games and is coming off his first career Gordie Howe hat trick.
Ilya Kovalchuk - Kovy has really been turning it on as of late as his stat line in the last three shows: 4 goals, 2 assists, even, 23 shots, 73:46 TOI.
Johan Hedberg - Coming off a poor performance last night, he'll be looking to get back on track. I think he will.
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