Match-up - New Jersey Devils (10-6-5) @ Toronto Maple Leafs (13-9-0)
Road/Home records - 4-4-3 -------------- 4-5-0
TV - MSG Plus, SNET-O
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Tied 0-0
Last 10: Devils 3-5-2 / Maple Leafs 6-4-0
Projected starting goalies - Johan Hedberg (NJ) vs. James Reimer (TOR)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Toronto - 2.91 / 2.50
New Jersey - 2.48 / 2.52
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Toronto - 16.5% / 81.7%
New Jersey - 16.5% / 78.9%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Maple Leafs:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Jay McClemment - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Clarke MacArthur - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
Frazer McLaren - Dave Steckel - Colton Orr
Dion Phaneuf - Korbinian Holzer
Carl Gunnarsson - Mike Kostka
Cody Franson - Mark Fraser
Notes: There is a good chance Matt Frattin returns to the lineup tonight...If he does, expect him to move into the top-6 and have McClemment take Steckel's spot on the 4th line.
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Stefan Matteau - Andrei Loktionov - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Adam Henrique - Steve Bernier
Krys Barch - Stephen Gionta - Ryan Carter
Bryce Salvador - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne
Notes: Johan Hedberg will start...Bobby Butler has been claimed off waivers by the Nashville Predators...Krys Barch is expected to take his place...David Clarkson will play in his 400th career game tonight...Andrei Loktionov has points in five consecutive games...Peter Harrold and Anton Volchenkov are expected to sit on the backend.
Maple Leafs to watch out for:
Nazem Kadri - Despite seeing 2nd and 3rd line minutes for almost the entire season, Kadri is the Leafs leading scorer with 21 points (8G, 13A) in 22 games. Kadri has seven points in his last four games.
James van Riemsdyk - JvR has six goals and nine points in 12 career games against the Devils.
James Reimer - With Ben Scrivens playing so well this season a bad start from Reimer will likely mean he'll be on the bench Wednesday when they play Ottawa.
Devils to watch out for:
David Clarkson - The Toronto-native is playing in his 400th career game tonight and always seems to bring his A game when playing against the Maple Leafs.
Andrei Loktionov - He enters tonight's game on a five-game point streak and has been the Devils best player since being acquired.
Krys Barch - He will be back in the lineup tonight after sitting the last few games. You can bet he'll try and make an impact by dropping the mitts and getting the team going. With the Leafs having so many willing combatants, Barch shouldn't have too much trouble finding a dance partner.
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