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Match-up - Toronto Maple Leafs (20-13-4) @ New Jersey Devils (15-13-9)
Road/Home records - 10-6-2 -------------- 10-6-2
TV - CBC, MSG Plus
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Maple Leafs lead 1-0
Last 10: Maple Leafs 5-2-3 / Devils 2-4-4
Projected starting goalies - James Reimer (TOR) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Toronto - 3.11 / 2.73
New Jersey - 2.35 / 2.57
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Toronto - 18.6% / 86.1%
New Jersey - 17.4% / 80%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Maple Leafs:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Clarke MacArthur - Nazem Kadri - Nikolai Kulemin
Jay McClemment - Mikhail Grabovski - Leo Komarov
Colton Orr - Ryan Hamilton - Matt Frattin
Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf
John-Michael Liles - Mike Kostka
Mark Fraser - Cody Franson
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Dainius Zubrus - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Patrik Elias - Andrei Loktionov - Steve Sullivan
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Adam Henrique - Matt D'Agostini
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Bryce Salvador - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Henrik Tallinder - Peter Harrold
Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Krys Barch, Tom Kostopoulos and Jacob Josefson will be the scratches up front...Anton Volchenkov and Adam Larsson will sit on defense.
Maple Leafs to watch:
Nazem Kadri - While Kadri has four points in his last four games, he has points in just one game over that span.
Clarke MacArthur - MacArthur has just two points in his last seven games but did score the game winning goal when the Devils met the Leafs earlier in the season.
Dion Phaneuf - Despite a lot of criticism from fans and media alike, Phaneuf is having a pretty good season and has been producing a lot of offense of late. Phaneuf has six points (2G, 4A) in his last four games.
Devils to watch:
Steve Sullivan - Sullivan is playing in his first game since being acquired by the Devils from Phoenix. He'll be looking to make an immediate impact and the Devils hope he can do just that.
Travis Zajac - After going on a nice offensive streak, Zajac has cooled off of late recording just one assist in his last five games.
Marek Zidlicky - Zidlicky has struggled offensively of late as he only has two points and a minus-3 rating in his last nine games.
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