Match-up - New Jersey Devils (10-13-4)@ Carolina Hurricanes (8-15-3) Road/Home records - 7-9-4 -------------- 5-6-1 TV - MSG+, FS-CR Puck drop - 7:00 p.m. ET Season series - 0-0 Last 10 - New Jersey: 2-6-2 ------- Carolina: 3-7-0 Projected starting goalies - Cory Schneider vs Cam Ward
Projected lines for the Hurricanes via DailyFaceoff.com:
* Questionable
Nathan Gerbe - Eric Staal* - Elias Lindholm Jiri Tlusty - Riley Nash - Chris Terry Jeff Skinner - Victor Rask - Andrej Nestrasil Zach Boychuk - Jay McClemment - Pat Dwyer
Tim Gleason - Justin Faulk Jay Harrison - John-Michael Liles Ron Hainsey - Michal Jordan
Injured: Jordan Staal, Brett Bellemore, Andrej Sekera*.
Projected lines for the Devils:
Dainius Zubrus - Scott Gomez - Jaromir Jagr Tuomo Ruutu - Adam Henrique - Michael Ryder Martin Havlat - Jacob Josefson - Mike Sislo Jordin Tootoo - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Andy Greene - Damon Severson Jon Merrill - Marek Zidlicky Eric Gelinas - Pete Harrold
Injured: Travis Zajac, Patrik Elias, Mike Cammalleri, Martin Havlat, Ryane Clowe, Bryce Salvador.
Game notes:
- The Devils are missing quite a few key bodies, especially up front, but they have to find a way to get two points tonight. Carolina is sitting last in the Eastern Conference, and are in the 2nd half of a back-to-back. It's time to get some results.
- New Jersey relies pretty heavily on offense from the defense and that will be the case even more so tonight with five of the team's top-9 forwards out of the lineup. They have to contribute.
- The Devils really need a boost from their secondary (now primary) scorers. Adam Henrique is averaging .75 points per game and that leads the team. That's not near good enough when you factor in the team's bad penalty kill and that they allow upwards of three goals per game.
- To put the team's offensive struggles into perspective, Michael Ryder has no goals and five assists in his last 13 games, yet is only one point behind Henrique and Jaromir Jagr for the team-lead. That's, well, not good.
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