Match-up - Carolina Hurricanes (6-4-1) @ New Jersey Devils (8-1-3)
Road/Home records - 4-2-1 -------------- 5-0-1
TV - MSG Plus, FS-Carolina
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Tied 0-0
Last 10: Hurricanes 6-3-1 / Devils 6-1-3
Projected starting goalies - Cam Ward (CAR) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Carolina - 3.09 / 3.09
New Jersey - 2.75 / 1.92
Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage
Carolina - 14.6% / 71.4%
New Jersey - 20.8% / 86.2%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Hurricanes:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Alex Semin
Patrick Dwyer - Jordan Staal - Jeff Skinner
Drayson Bowman - Jussi Jokinen - Chad LaRose
Tim Wallace - Tim Brent - Andreas Nodl
Joni Pitkanen - Justin Faulk
Joe Corvo - Tim Gleason
Jar Harrison - Jamie McBain
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 and Peter Harrold will be the healthy scratches on defense...Dainius Zubrus is still recovering from an upper-body injury and will not play...The Devils have 19 points through 12 games, the most they've collected in that span to start a season in team history...The Devils are 14-1-3 in their last 18 regular season games...New Jersey is 7/22 (31.8%) on the power play over their last five games.
Hurricanes to watch out for:
Jiri Tlusty - After a very slow start to the season, Tlusty has picked it up of late. He has five points (3G, 2A) in his last two games and points in four of his last five.
Eric Staal - After not registering a point in his first three games, Staal has been scorching hot of late picking up at least a point in nine straight games and collecting 14 points (7G, 7A) in that span.
Jussi Jokinen - He's struggling mightily so far this season as he has just one assist, a minus-4 rating and 15 shots in 11 games. Jokinen is usually good against New Jersey so perhaps today is the day he snaps out of his slump.
Devils to watch out for:
Adam Henrique - Since returning from injury Henrique has recorded a point in six of seven games and is currently on a five-game point-streak.
Stefan Matteau - Matteau has a point in back-to-back games and is coming off arguably the best game of his young NHL career.
Adam Larsson - He played a season-high 22:48 against Pittsburgh Saturday and was arguably the best defenseman on the ice.
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