Match-up - Devils (46-28-6 - 98 points) @ Red Wings (48-27-5 - 101 points)
Road/Home records - 23-15-2 -------------- 31-6-2
TV - MSG Plus (HD), FSN-D (HD)
Puck drop - 7:30 PM ET
Season series - N/A
Last 10: New Jersey 6-3-1 / Detroit 4-4-2
Projected starting goalies - Martin Brodeur (NJ) vs. Jimmy Howard (DET)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Detroit - 2.95 / 2.45
New Jersey - 2.62 / 2.52
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Detroit - 15.9% / 81.2%
New Jersey - 16.8% / 89.8%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Red Wings:
Red Wings lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Valterri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Jiri Hudler
Gustav Nyquist - Pavel Datsyuk - Johan Franzen
Danny Cleary - Justin Abdelkader - Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Tomas Holmstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom - Jonathan Ericsson
Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart
Kyle Quincey - Ian White
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
Eric Boulton - Ryan Carter - Steve Bernier
Bryce Salvador- Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Anton Volchenkov - Peter Harrold
Notes: Martin Brodeur is expected to start...Eric Boulton and David Clarkson will return to the lineup...Cam Janssen and Adam Larsson are the Devils healthy scratches.
Red Wings to watch out for:
Henrik Zetterberg - After a very slow start to the season, he's now tied with Datsyuk for most points on the team (68).
Jiri Hudler - He's a streaky scorer and when he's hot, he's hot. Hudler now has six points, including four goals, in his last six games.
Todd Bertuzzi - He has been really good for Detroit as of late, recording six assists and posting a plus-4 rating in his last five games.
Devils to watch out for:
Ilya Kovalchuk - Though his minutes have been down a little bit over the past three games, he has continued to produce at a high level. Kovalchuk has six points (3G, 3A) and a pus-2 rating in that span.
Petr Sykora - The streaky winger has three points (1G, 2A) in his last two games. He's just one goal away from 20 on the season.
Travis Zajac - He's starting to return to his old form and his minutes are slowly rising. Expect his production to do the same.
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