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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