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Match-up - Pittsburgh Penguins (35-11-0) @ New Jersey Devils (18-18-10)
Road/Home records - 18-5-0 -------------- 12-9-2
TV - NBCSN, ROOT, MSG Plus
Puck drop - 7:30 PM ET
Season series - Devils lead 2-1
Last 10: Penguins 7-3-0 / Devils 3-6-1
Projected starting goalies - Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) vs. Johan Hedberg (NJ)
Battle of the stats
Goals for/against per game
Pittsburgh - 3.30 / 2.46
New Jersey - 2.33 / 2.52
Power play/Penalty Kill percentage
Pittsburgh - 23.8% / 79.4%
New Jersey - 16% / 80.6%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Penguins:
Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com.
Pascal Dupuis - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla
Brendan Morrow - Jussi Jokinen - Beau Bennett
Chris Kunitz - Brandon Sutter - Matt Cooke
Craig Adams - Dustin Jeffrey - Tanner Glass
Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Douglas Murray - Matt Niskanen
Mark Eaton - Deryk Engelland
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - David Clarkson
Adam Henrique - Andrei Loktionov - Ilya Kovalchuk
Dainius Zubrus - Jacob Josefson - Steve Sullivan
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Tom Kostopoulos
Anton Volchenkov - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Peter Harrold - Eric Gelinas
Notes: Johan Hedberg will start...Krys Barch, Steve Bernier, Mike Sislo, Harri Pesonen and Alexei Ponikarovsky will be the scratches up front...Bryce Salvador (wrist), Henrik Tallinder, Alex Urbom and Mark Fayne are expected to be the scratches on defense.
Penguins to watch:
Jarome Iginla - He's really starting to find his stride in Pittsburgh as he has goals in four straight games and five points in that span.
Chris Kunitz - Kunitz scored the game winner the one time the Penguins beat the Devils this season.
Jussi Jokinen - Since being acquired by Pittsburgh he has really turned his season around as he has eight points in eight games.
Devils to watch:
Adam Henrique - The sophomore center is back in the lineup tonight and will play on the wing with Loktionov and Kovalchuk. That'll provide him with a good opportunity to get back on track and pick up some points.
Eric Gelinas - Gelinas will make his NHL debut tonight and is expected to compete for a spot on the Devils next fall. A good outing or two to end the season could give him a leg up on the rest of the young defenseman in New Jersey's system.
Johan Hedberg - The veteran netminder is making his first start in almost 20 games. It'll be interesting to see if there's any rust.
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