Match-up - New Jersey Devils (10-5-4) @ Winnipeg Jets (9-9-1)
Road/Home records - 4-3-2 -------------- 3-5-0
TV - MSG Plus2 , TSN-Jets
Puck drop - 8:00 PM ET
Season series - Jets lead 1-0
Last 10: Devils 5-4-1 / Jets 5-5-0
Projected starting goalies - Johan Hedberg (NJ) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (WPG)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Winnipeg - 2.74 / 3.10
New Jersey - 2.53 / 2.47
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Winnipeg - 15.6% / 70%
New Jersey - 18.2% / 76.5%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Jets:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler
Evander Kane - Alex Burmistrov - Nik Antropov
Eric Tangradi - Olli Jokinen - Kyle Wellwood
James Wright - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn
Grant Clitsome - Dustin Byfuglien
Ron Hainsey - Zach Bogosian
Mark Stuart - Paul Postma
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Adam Henrique - Andrei Loktionov - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Stefan Matteau - Tim Sestito - Bobby Butler
Bryce Salvador - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Anton Volchenkov - Peter Harrold
Notes: Johan Hedberg will start...Keith Kinkaid has been recalled and will backup...Tim Sestito has been recalled and will center Matteau and Butler on the 4th line...If Henrik Tallinder plays tonight it will be his 600th career game...Peter Harrold is expected to return to the lineup and play his 2nd game of the season.
Jets to watch out for:
Evander Kane - He's been playing the best hockey of his young career of late recording 10 points (6G, 4A) during an eight-game point streak.
Andrew Ladd - The Jets Captain hasn't went two consecutive games without a point all season...he didn't have a point against the Rangers Tuesday.
Zach Bogosian - He scored his 1st goal of the season and played over 22 minutes against the Devils in their meeting Tuesday.
Devils to watch out for:
Andrei Loktionov - Pete DeBoer is rewarding Loktionov, who is on a three-game point streak, for his play of late. Loktionov is expected to center Adam Henrique and Ilya Kovalchuk on the top line.
Travis Zajac - The Winnipeg-native is playing his first game against the Jets in Winnipeg. You can bet he'll have a little extra jump in his step today playing in front of 20+ family members and friends.
Johan Hedberg - He has struggled mightily during his last three starts allowing at least four goals in all three starts and 14 goals total over that span. He'll need to be better today.
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