Match-up - New Jersey Devils (9-3-4) @ Washington Capitals (5-9-1)
Road/Home records - 3-2-2 -------------- 3-4-0
TV - MSG Plus, CSN-DC
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Devils lead 1-0
Last 10: Devils 6-3-1 / Capitals 5-9-1
Projected starting goalies - Martin Brodeur (NJ) vs. Braden Holtby (WSH)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Washington - 2.73 / 3.40
New Jersey - 2.62 / 2.25
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Washington - 25% / 75.4%
New Jersey - 19.7% / 80.6%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Capitals:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Jason Chimera - Mike Ribeiro - Alex Ovechkin
Wojtek Wolski - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer
Eric Fehr - Mathieu Perrault - Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks - Jay Beagle - Joey Crabb
Karl Alzner - Tomas Kundratek
John Erskine - John Carlson
Jeff Schultz - Tom Poti
Notes: Mike Green is questionable and could play...If Green plays expect Adam Oates to dress seven defenseman.
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Stefan Matteau - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Krys Barch - Andrei Loktionov - Bobby Butler
Bryce Salvador - Henrik Tallinder
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Marek Zidlicky - Anton Volchenkov
Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Stefan Matteau returns to the lineup in place of the injured Ryan Carter...Carter suffered an upper-body injury against Ottawa and didn't travel to Washington...Mark Fayne is expected to sit again in place of Henrik Tallinder...Peter Harrold is the other healthy scratch...The Devils have beat the Capitals in four straight meetings.
Capitals to watch out for:
Mike Ribeiro - He has been stellar for the Capitals this season, especially of late. Ribeiro has 10 points (4G, 6A) in his last seven games.
Alexander Ovechkin - The Great Eight has started to come around the corner a bit in the last couple weeks as he has seven points and 30 shots in his last seven games.
Eric Fehr - After a terrible start to the season, Fehr is red hot having registered six points (3G, 3A) in the last four games.
Devils to watch out for:
Stefan Matteau - He's back in the Devils lineup for the first time in nine days. Matteau will see 3rd line minutes in place of Ryan Carter, who is out with an upper-body injury.
Patrik Elias - Elias had a goal and an assist against Washington earlier in the year and has 52 career points against Washingtonm the most points recorded vs. the Capitals all-time as a Devil.
Ilya Kovalchuk - He's been a Capitals killer throughout his career recording 56 points (26G, 30A) in 51 games.
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