Match-up - New Jersey Devils (1-5-4) @ Boston Bruins (7-2-0)
Road/Home records - 0-5-2 -------------- 3-2-0
TV - MSG Plus 2, NESN
Puck drop - 7:00 PM ET
Season series - 0-0
Last 10: Devils 1-5-4 / Bruins 7-2-0
Projected starting goalies - Martin Brodeur (NJD) v. Tuukka Rask (BOS)
Goals for/against per game
Boston - 3.00/1.44
New Jersey - 2.00/3.00
Power play/Penalty Kill
Boston - 12.9%/87.5%
New Jersey - 15.2%/85.2%
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Bruins:
Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Jarome Iginla
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith
Carl Soderberg - Chris Kelly - Jordan Caron
Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg - Dougie Hamilton
Torey Krug - Adam McQuaid
Notable injuries: Loui Eriksson.
Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:
Patrik Elias - Andrei Loktionov - Jaromir Jagr
Dainius Zubrus - Travis Zajac - Damien Brunner
Rusty Olesz - Adam Henrique - Michael Ryder
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Anton Volchenkov - Marek Zidlicky
Eric Gelinas - Adam Larsson
Notable injuries: Ryane Clowe, Cory Schneider.
Some notes:
- Martin Brodeur hasn't had one quality start this season. Now would be a good time to get one as the Devils are in desperate need of a win. If Brodeur doesn't play well, the Devils won't win. It's as simple as that.
- The Elias - Loktionov - Jagr line was very good against the Canucks and will be looked upon to lead the way offensively again today. The Bruins are a slowish team compared to some others in the conference, so this line and the rest of the Devils team should be able to skate with them.
- The Devils have scored a power play goal in four consecutive games. They've struggled to fill the net during 5 v. 5 play, so if they could generate a goal or two on the power play it'd be huge.
- New Jersey's penalty kill has been excellent of late as they've killed off 13 of their last 14 (92.9%) over a five-game span.
- One key for the Devils: scoring the first goal. They've lost all seven games on the road this season and if they fall behind a team as strong defensively as the Bruins, they could be in trouble.
- Gelinas and Larsson were outstanding against the Canucks, but the Devils had last change so they weren't deployed against top competition. Pete DeBoer will have a much tougher time getting the matchups he wants tonight, so they may find themselves going head-to-head with the Bruins top two lines more often than not.
If they can be anywhere close to as good as they were against Vancouver, the Devils should be OK.
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