Match-up - Lightning (35-34-7 - 77 points) @ Devils (43-28-6 - 92 points)
Road/Home records - 12-20-5 -------------- 21-13-4
TV - SUN (HD), MSG (HD)
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Devils lead 2-1
Last 10: Tampa Bay 4-5-1 / New Jersey 5-4-1
Projected starting goalies - Dwayne Roloson (TB) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Tampa Bay - 2.80 / 3.38
New Jersey - 2.54 / 2.56
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Tampa Bay - 15.7% / 78.6%
New Jersey - 16.4% / 89.6%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Lightning:
Lightning lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Teddy Purell - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis
Ryan Malone - Vincent Lecavalier - Brett Connolly
J.T. Wyman - Tom Pyatt - Tim Wallace
Trevor Smith - Adam Hall - xxxx
Eric Brewer - Victor Hedman
Brett Clark - Brian Lee
Keith Aulie - Brendan Mikkelson
Bruno Gervais - xxxx
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Jacob Josefson - Steve Bernier
Bryce Salvador- Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Anton Volchenkov - Peter Harrold
Notes: Martin Brodeur is expected to start...Eric Boulton and Cam Janssen are expected to sit...Anton Volchenkov will return to the lineup tonight...Matt Taormina and Adam Larsson will sit tonight as a healthy scratches...The Devils can clinch a playoff spot with a win and a Capitals loss of any kind OR an OT/Shootout loss and a Capitals regulation loss.
Lightning to watch out for:
Martin St. Louis - The dynamic winger has produced at an extremely high level against the Devils this season, tallying five points (4G, 1) in just two games.
Vincent Lecavalier - The Lightning Captain is playing his first game tonight since breaking his hand a while back. How effective will he be?
Dwayne Roloson - He's getting the start for the Lightning tonight. In his two games played against the Devils thus far he has posted a 5.32 goals against average and a .806 save percentage.
Devils to watch out for:
Zach Parise - He's enjoyed a lot of success against the Lightning this season, tallying five points (2G, 3A) in three games.
Travis Zajac - He is starting to get his timing back and his level of play is getting higher each and every game. It will be interesting to see how he does centering two of the best players in the NHL in Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Petr Sykora - He scored last game and now he's back on a line with Patrik Elias. Knowing that, he'll probably score again tonight.
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