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Match-up - Ottawa Senators (20-14-6) @ New Jersey Devils (15-15-10)
Road/Home records - 7-11-3 -------------- 10-8-2
TV - SNET-E, TVA, MSG Plus
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Senators lead 2-0
Last 10: Senators 5-5-0 / Devils 2-4-4
Projected starting goalies - Craig Anderson (OTT) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Ottawa - 2.38 / 2.12
New Jersey - 2.35 / 2.60
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Ottawa - 18% / 88.1%
New Jersey - 16.1% / 80.8%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Senators:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Guillaume Latendresse - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson
Cory Conacher - Mike Zibanejad - Jakob Silfverberg
Colin Greening - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Erik Condra
Matt Kassian - Zack Smith - Chris Neil
Patrick Wiercioch - Sergei Gonchar
Marc Methot - Eric Gryba
Chris Phillips - Andre Benoit
Notes: Milan Michalek is expected to return to the Senators lineup tonight...Not sure where he'll be in the lineup.
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - Steve Sullivan
Dainius Zubrus - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Andrei Loktionov - Matt D'Agostini
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Henrik Tallinder - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Peter Harrold - Adam Larsson
Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Krys Barch, Tom Kostopoulos and Jacob Josefson are expected to be the scratches up front...Ilya Kovalchuk still hasn't been activated off IR and it doesn't look like he'll play...Anton Volchenkov (suspension) and Bryce Salvador (wrist) are the scratches on defense....Johan Hedberg is banged up and isn't expected to dress...Keith Kinkaid will serve as the backup if Hedberg can't go.
Senators to watch:
Cory Conacher - The newest Senators hasn't fully adjusted to the new system yet as evident by having one point in four games as a Senator. He'll start to produce more as he gets familiar with the system.
Mike Zibanejad - The young Swede has picked it up offensively of late recording nine points in his last 10 games. He also has a shootout winner over the Devils in that span.
Craig Anderson - Paul MacLean gave Robin Lehner the nod in goal last night so he could save Anderson, the Sens best goalie, for their bigger game tonight against the Devils.
Devils to watch:
Dainius Zubrus - Zubrus is starting to find his stride as he has points in back-to-back games after not registering a point in his first three games after returning from injury.
Adam Larsson - Larsson is back in the lineup for just the second time since March 30th. With Volchenkov suspended and Salvador banged up, he should be able to string together at least a few consecutive games in the lineup.
Martin Brodeur - The future Hall of Famer allowed five goals on 18 shots against the Bruins. He'll need to be better for the Devils to have a shot tonight.
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