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GDT: Lightning @ Devils - 7:00 PM - MSG

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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (22-15-2) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (25-15-3)

New Jersey hosts the Tampa Bay Lightning as the Devils look to get back into the win column at home.

The Devils have struggled since returning from the holiday break, winning only two of their seven games in that span: a 4-2 home win over the Hurricanes on Dec. 27 and a 3-2 win in Seattle against the Kraken on Jan. 6. In their most recent game against the New York Rangers, the Devils fell 3-2 in overtime at Madison Square Garden. Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils in the loss.

Captain Nico Hischier leads the Devils with 19 goals and his 36 points are third on the team. Jack Hughes leads New Jersey with 50 points and is tied for the most assists (34) with Jesper Bratt. Hughes is also tied for the second most goals (16) with Stefan Noesen. Speaking of Noesen, his 16 goals through his first 44 games is a new career-high in a single season. Jacob Markstrom has stood out for his strong play, especially over the last five weeks, as the Devils netminder has a 20-8-3 record through his 31 games played this season. He is averaging 2.20 goals against and has a .911 save percentage. Jake Allen makes up the other half of the goaltending tandem with a 5-7-1 record. He's allowing 2.83 goals against on average and has a .901 save percentage.

Saturday kicks off a two-game homestand as the Devils host both Florida teams, with the second game on Jan. 14 against the Panthers. Following, the team heads to Toronto to face the Maple Leafs on Jan. 16.

After a four-game losing skid, the Lightning have bounced back with a pair of wins, beating the Carolina Hurricanes (Jan. 7, 3-2 W) and Boston Bruins (Jan. 9. 4-1 W). In their most recent game on Thursday, Tampa Bay saw goals from Anthony Cirelli (SHG), Michael Eyssimont, Brandon Hagel (EN), Braydon Point (PPG) while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced.

Braydon Point's 25 goals are a team-high and his 47 points are second on the team. Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa Bay with 41 assists and 58 points while his 17 goals are fourth. The Lightning have four players with 40 or more points through Tampa Bay's first 39 games this season. Vasilevskiy has carried the majority of the Lightning's workload this season, playing 31 games this season with a 18-12-1 record. He's averaging 2.31 goals against and has a .916 save percentage. Jonas Johansson has played nine games this season with a 4-3-1 record. He's averaging 3.32 goals against and has a .898 save percentage.
Saturday is the first stop on a three-game roadtrip for the Lightning who continue on to Pittsburgh and Boston before returning home.

INJURIES
Devils: Haula (ankle, day-to-day), Hatakka (shoulder, IR)
Lightning: Moser (lower-body, IR)

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New Jerseys Devil said:
Hes still only 23! I wish I had figured things out by then!!
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yeah but plot his output over the past 3 seasons - the last half of that doesn't look so hot

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Mercer
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He's tracking down where Hagel kept tracking up from 20 to 40 to 60 to 70 and on track for 80 pts now. Mercer is going from 40 to 50 to 30 to maybe 40 again?

I'm not giving up on him but he's invisible too many games outside doing some PK work. He needs to have that shift or two per game that makes you think he should be in the top 6 not bottom 6.
 
We can't AFFORD to have another week like the last two weeks. We NEED to get some wins or at least some points in these next 3 games. We can't go into the next gauntlet of cream of the crap teams after Toronto still in this stretch of little to no wins/points.

If we have a bad week the hyperbolic takes that even I think are over the top won't be so hyperbolic. They might start to become realistic.

After the next 3 games we do have a pretty good stretch of either meh or bad teams. Probably a softer stretch than last two weeks, although there's also no teams as bad as jokes Anaheim and San Jose.
 
JK3 said:
Ok good, the GDT is showing up lol, couldn't post anything the last few days on my old browser. Had to find a new one that works with my old ass Mac OS.
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I couldn't even see the last GDT....then I logged off and looked at the board while I was logged off and found out why (I was like "oh. It's him who created the GDT.")

Sucked that we lost but at the same time, glad that I'm able to see the GDT again and participate (IF I wanted to).


Can the Devils please stop losing already?? That would be great. :rolleyes:
 
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