Match-up - New Jersey Devils (15-11-7) @ Tampa Bay Lightning (14-18-1)
Road/Home records - 5-6-5 -------------- 9-7-1
TV - MSG Plus, SUN, RDS2
Puck drop - 7:30 PM ET
Season series - Tied 1-1
Last 10: Devils 5-3-2 / Lightning 4-6-0
Projected starting goalies - Martin Brodeur (NJ) vs. Mathieu Garon (TB)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game

Tampa Bay - 3.18 / 2.97
New Jersey - 2.42 / 2.54

Power play/Penalty Kill percentage

Tampa Bay - 18.4% / 83%
New Jersey - 17.4% /80.2%

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Lightning:

Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.

Alex Killorn - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis
Cory Conacher - Tom Pyatt - Benoit Pouliot
Dana Tyrell - Nate Thompson - Teddy Purcell
Ondrej Palet - Tyler Johnson - Richard Panik

Victor Hedman - Sami Salo
Matt Carle - Eric Brewer
Keith Aulie - Radko Gudas

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:

Adem Henrique - Andrei Loktionov - Matt D'Agostini
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Tim Sestito - Tom Kostopoulos

Bryce Salvador - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Anton Volchenkov - Peter Harrold

Notes: Martin Brodeur is expected to start...Dainius Zubrus is getting closer but still will not play...Alexei Ponikarovsky will return to the lineup...Harri Pesonen and Krys Barch will sit as healthy scratches up front...Mark Fayne will return to the lineup in place of Adam Larsson...Henrik Tallinder is the other healthy scratch on defense.

Lightning to watch out for:

Alex Killorn - The 23-year-old rookie scored the game-winning-goal against the Devils last time the two teams met.

Cory Conacher - After an excellent start to the season, Conacher has just four points (2G, 2A) in his last 10 games.

Mathieu Garon - The Lightning have had poor goaltender all year long. Garon will have to be good if

Devils to watch out for:

David Clarkson - Clarkson has really been in a slump of late picking up just four points (2G, 2A) in his last 19 games.

Andrei Loktionov - The young centerman has four points (including three goals) in his last five games.

Andy Greene - He's coming off his best game of the season where he played almost 33 minutes and recorded an assist.

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