Match-up - Devils (38-23-5 - 81 points) @ Islanders (28-30-9 - 65 points)
Road/Home records - 20-12-2 -------------- 15-14-5
TV - MSG Plus, MSG
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Tied at two
Last 10: New Jersey 5-4-1 / New York (I) 4-5-1
Projected starting goalies - Johan Hedberg (NJ) vs. Anders Nilsson (NYI)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game

New York (I) - 2.25 / 2.94
New Jersey - 2.67 / 2.60

Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage

New York (I) - 18.1% / 81.5%
New Jersey - 16.5% / 89.1%

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

Islanders lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com

Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau
David Ullstrom - Frans Nielsen - Josh Bailey
Michael Grabner - Casey Cizikas - Kyle Okposo
Nino Niederreiter - Marty Reasoner - Jay Pandolfo

Mark Streit - Steve Staios
Travis Hamonic - Andrew MacDonald
Mark Eaton - Milan Jurcina

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

Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jacob Joseson - David Clarkson
Eric Boulton - Ryan Carter - Steve Bernier

Anton Volchenkov - Marek Zidlicky
Bryce Salvador - Adam Larsson
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne

Notes: Johan Hedberg will start...Cam Janssen and Matt Taormina are expected to sit.

Islanders to watch out for:

Josh Bailey - He has really been heating up of late, tallying five points (4G, 1A) in his past five games.

John Tavares - In four games against the Devils this season he is yet to register a point. Let's see if that changes today.

Anders Nilsson - He shut the Devils out last time he started against them. What will he do today?

Devils to watch out for:

Ilya Kovalchuk - He has five points (4G, 1A) and eight shots in past two games. It's safe to say he has broke out of his mini-slump.

Adam Henrique - The Devils talented rookie has had quite a bit of success against the Islanders this year, tallying five points (1G, 4A) in four games.

Johan Hedberg - In his only game against the Islanders today he registered a shutout.

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