Match-up - Pittsburgh Penguins (8-3-0) @ New Jersey Devils (6-1-3)
Road/Home records - 6-1-0 -------------- 4-0-1
TV - ROOT, MSG Plus, NHLN-US
Puck drop - 1:00 PM ET
Season series - Penguins lead 1-0
Last 10: Penguins 7-3-0 / Devils 6-1-3
Projected starting goalies - Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Pittsburgh - 3.46 / 2.36
New Jersey - 2.70 / 2.10
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Pittsburgh - 29.3% / 83.3%
New Jersey - 19% / 87.8%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Penguins:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Zach Boychuk - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Brandon Sutter - Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Simon Despres - Dylan Reese
Robert Bortuzzo - Deryk Engelland
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Stefan Matteau - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Krys Barch - Jacob Josefson - Bobby Butler
Bryce Salvador - Mark Fayne
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Marek Zidlicky - Anton Volchenkov
Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Henrik Tallinder is expected to sit as a healthy scratch for the fourth consecutive game...Peter Harrold is the other scratch on defense...Dainius Zubrus suffered an upper-body injury vs. New York and will not play...Stefan Matteau is expected to play in his spot on the top line...Martin Brodeur will play in his 1,200th career game today and be the 93rd player ever to reach the mark...The Devils have killed off 19 straight penalties over the last three games...Andy Greene is on a four-game point-streak while David Clarkson and Adam Henrique are on three-game streaks.
Penguins to watch out for:
Chris Kunitz - He has been scorching hot of late scoring five goals and tallying 10 points in his last four games.
Sidney Crosby - Sid enters today's game on a six-game point-streak with 11 points and a plus-6 rating in that span.
Tyler Kennedy - Kennedy is going through one of the worst slumps of his career as he has just one goal on the year and hasn't recorded a point in nine games. He'll need to be much better.
Devils to watch out for:
Patrik Elias - The veteran forward six points in his last two games and already has three three-point games on the year.
Andy Greene - He's been playing the best hockey of his NHL career of late as he has six points, four of which on the power play, in the last four games.
Marek Zidlicky - After an impressive start to the season, Zidlicky is pointless in his last five games and has seen a significant decrease in ice time in that span.
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