Match-up - Florida Panthers (9-16-6) @ New Jersey Devils (14-11-6)
Road/Home records - 5-8-1 -------------- 9-5-2
TV - MSG Plus, FS-Florida
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - 0-0
Last 10: Panthers 3-6-1 / Devils 4-5-1
Projected starting goalies - Scott Clemmensen (FLA) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Florida - 2.45 / 3.55
New Jersey - 2.45 / 2.61
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Florida - 18.8% / 74.2%
New Jersey - 17.8% / 79.7%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Panthers:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Jonathan Huberdeau - Drew Shore - Peter Mueller
Tomas Fleishmann - Marcel Goc - Tomas Kopecky
Scottie Upshall - Shawn Mathias - Jack Skille
Quinton Howden - Mike Santorelli - Jerred Smithson
Brian Campbell - Tyson Strachan
Filip Kuba - Erik Gudbranson
T.J. Brennan - Colby Robak
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Adem Henrique - Andrei Loktionov - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Tom Kostopoulos - Tim Sestito - Matt D'Agostini
Bryce Salvador - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Anton Volchenkov - Peter Harrold
Notes: Martin Brodeur is expected to start...Dainius Zubrus is close but will not play...Alexei Ponikarovsky is day-to-day and will not play...Harri Pesonen has been assigned to Albany...Krys Barch will sit once again...Mark Fayne is expected to be the healthy scratch on defense...Henrik Tallinder is still on injured reserve and will not play.
Panthers to watch out for:
Jonathan Huberdeau - Huberdeau has had a very good rookie season thus far. He currently leads the Panthers in points with 20 and has points in three consecutive games.
T.J. Brennan - The young defenseman has a goal, an assist and five shots in three games since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres.
Scott Clemmensen - Clemmensen will get the nod in goal tonight for the Panthers and you know he'll be ready to play. A lot of players seem to up their game when playing a former team.
Devils to watch out for:
Ilya Kovalchuk - Kovy has points in three consecutive games and 12 shots in that span.
Travis Zajac - Zajac has been less than mediocre offensively this season but he's started to pick it up of late as he has three points (1G, 2A) in his last two games.
Matt D'Agostini - He's getting a fresh start in New Jersey and you can bet he'll be looking to take advantage of it. He gets an opportunity to do that tonight in his Devils debut.
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