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New Jersey Devils vs. Vancouver Canucks game blog

February 24, 2012, 6:42 PM ET [10 Comments]
Todd Cordell
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Match-up - Canucks (39-16-6 - 84 points) @ Devils (35-20-4 - 74 points)
Road/Home records - 21-10-2 -------------- 16-10-4
TV - SNET-P, (HD) MSG Plus
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - N/A
Last 10: Vancouver 8-1-1 / New Jersey 8-1-1
Projected starting goalies - Cory Schnieder (VAN) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game

Vancouver - 3.15 / 2.36
New Jersey - 2.68 / 2.70

Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage

Vancouver - 21.1% / 86.6%
New Jersey - 16.7% / 88.5%

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Canucks:

Canucks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alex Burrows
David Booth - Ryan Kesler - Mason Raymond
Chris Higgins - Cody Hodgson - Jannik Hansen
Manny Malhotra - Maxim Lapierre - Bryron Bitz

Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa
Andrew Alberts - Alex Edler
Aaron Rome - Chris Tanev

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:

Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Dainius Zubrus - Steve Bernier
Jacob Josefson - Ryan Carter - Cam Janssen

Anton Volchenkov - Bryce Salvador
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Peter Harrold - Matt Taormina

I couldn't get a full preview up today so I figured the least I could do is get a live blog up for you all to talk about tonight's action. I did manage to throw the line combinations in as per usual.


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