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Match-up - New Jersey Devils (15-16-10) @ Toronto Maple Leafs (23-13-5)
Road/Home records - 5-7-8 -------------- 12-7-2
TV - Leafs TV, MSG Plus
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - Maple Leafs lead 2-0
Last 10: Devils 1-5-4 / Toronto 7-1-2
Projected starting goalies - Martin Brodeur (NJ) vs. James Reimer (TOR)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Toronto - 3.12 / 2.63
New Jersey - 2.29 / 2.58
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Toronto - 18.2% / 87.6%
New Jersey - 15.7% / 81.1%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Maple Leafs:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Matt Frattin - Nazem Kadri - Nikolai Kulemin
Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Leo Komarov
Colton Orr - Jay McClemment - Frazer McLaren
Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf
Jake Gardiner - Ryan O'Byrne
Mark Fraser - Cody Franson
Note: Joffrey Lupul may return to the lineup today.
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 - Adam Larsson
Peter Harrold - Mark Fayne
Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Krys Barch, Tom Kostopoulos and Jacob Josefson are expected to be the scratches up front...Ilya Kovalchuk didn't travel to Toronto and won't play...Anton Volchenkov (suspension) and Bryce Salvador (wrist) are the scratches on defense....Johan Hedberg is expected to backup.
Maple Leafs to watch:
Phil Kessel - The Leafs' leading scorer has been red hot of late recording five goals and eight points in his last four games.
Tyler Bozak - Bozak has points in three of his last four games and scored the game winning goal against New Jersey last time these teams met.
Dion Phaneuf - He isn't getting much credit for his offensive play, but he's quietly been very productive of late picking up eight points in his last eight games.
Devils to watch:
Adam Henrique - The Devils' sophomore continues to go through the sophomore slump as he has just two assists in his last 14 games.
David Clarkson - Despite his struggles for about half of the season now, Clarkson is usually productive against the Maple Leafs regardless of how he's been playing prior.
Martin Brodeur - Brodeur hasn't been very good of late and if he allows a weak one or two tonight, the Devils season will go down the drain. The Devils need a good game from Brodeur.
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