Match-up - Penguins (43-21-5 - 91 points) @ Devils (41-25-5 - 87 points)
Road/Home records - 19-13-3 -------------- 20-12-3
TV - MSG Plus, Root (HD)
Puck drop - 1:00 PM ET
Season series - Devils lead 3-1
Last 10: Pittsburgh 10-0-0 / New Jersey 6-3-1
Projected starting goalies - Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Pittsburgh - 3.12 / 2.49
New Jersey - 2.61 / 2.52
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Pittsburgh - 19.4% / 89.4%
New Jersey - 16.7% / 89.7%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Penguins:
Penguins lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Steve Sullivan - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy
Eric Tangradi - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams
Paul Martin - Kris Letang
Brooks Orpik - Zybnek Michalek
Deryk Engelland - Matt Niskanen
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: Martin Brodeur is expected to start...Cam Janssen and Matt Taormina are expected to sit yet again...Travis Zajac has been given the okay to practice with contact and has been over the past few days...There is no timetable for his return.
Penguins to watch out for:
Sidney Crosby - In his first game back, he tallied two assists (thanks to the NHL awarding him with one missed Thursday night). What will he do today now that some of the rust is shaken off?
Jordan Staal - With Crosby back in the lineup, Staal will be seeing third line minutes for the most part. Will he be able to continue his solid production as of late?
Tyler Kennedy - With the 'big-three' up the middle all playing well and healthy, Kennedy always has some weapons with him regardless of which line he's on. I expect his production to increase, just like it did Thursday when he tallied two points.
Devils to watch out for:
Ilya Kovalchuk - He and the Devils are in a bit of a scoring slump but apparently there's no other team he'd rather face than the Penguins. In four games against them this year, Kovalchuk has nine points (3G, 6A).
Patrik Elias - He has had a lot of success at home this year, tallying 37 points (12G, 25A) in 34 games.
Martin Brodeur - In three starts against the Penguins this year Brodeur is 3-0-0 with a 1.33 goals against average and a .961 save percentage.
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