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Last game vs. Vegas:
GAME PREVIEW
Head-to-Head
This is the second of two meetings this season between the Devils and Golden Knights. The two sides met on January 24 at Prudential Center with Dougie Hamilton scoring the game-winning goal in overtime after tying the game with 1:10 to play.
Devils team scope:
The Devils sit one point behind the Carolina Hurricanes for first in the Metropolitan Division. They are now six points clear of the New York Rangers with two games in hand.
Dougie Hamilton is now second on the team in scoring with 58 points, behind Jack Hughes who leads the team with 74. Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt have 57 points apiece.
New Jersey has won three straight games and five of their last six.
Golden Knights team scope:
Vegas made an interesting trade on Thursday, acquiring goaltender Jonathan Quick. Quick is expected to pitch in while goaltenders Laurent Broissoit and Logan Thompson are on the shelf.
Tied for first place in the Pacific Divison with 78 points (with Los Angeles), every point is huge for Vegas.
By the Numbers:
Dawson Mercer has a goal in a record seven straight games for the Devils. A goal by him tonight would tie the franchise mark set by Paul Gardner in 1977-78 when the team was the Colorado Rockies.
Dougie Hamilton is also a goal away from breaking the Devils' record for goals by a defenseman in a season. He is currently tied for the team record of 18.
Injury Updates:
Devils
Jonathan Bernier (Hip - IR)
Mackenzie Blackwood (Undisclosed - IR)
Timo Meier (Upper Body - Day-to-Day)
Golden Knights
Laurent Brossoit (Lower Body - IR)
Nicolas Roy (Lower Body - Day-to-Day)
Logan Thompson (Leg - IR)
Mark Stone (Back - IR)
Robin Lehner (Hip - IR)
Nolan Patrick (Back - IR)
Your New Jersey Devils Projected Lineup:
#90 Tomas Tatar - #13 Nico Hischier (C) - #91 Dawson Mercer
#17 Yegor Sharangovich - #86 Jack Hughes (A) - #63 Jesper Bratt
#18 Ondrej Palat (A) - #56 Erik Haula - #70 Jesper Boqvist
#44 Miles Wood - #20 Michael McLeod - #14 Nathan Bastian
#71 Jonas Siegenthaler - #7 Dougie Hamilton
#33 Ryan Graves - #6 John Marino
#88 Kevin Bahl - #28 Damon Severson
#40 Akira Schmid
#41 "The" Vitek Vanecek
Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lineup:
#49 Ivan Barbashev - #9 Jack Eichel - #81 Jonathan Marchessault
#19 Reilly Smith - #71 William Karlsson - #22 Mike Amadio
#28 Will Carrier - #20 Chandler Stephenson - #8 Phil Kessel
#43 Paul Cotter - #21 Brett Howden - #55 Keegan Kolesar
#23 Alec Martinez - #7 Alex Pietrangelo
#3 Brayden McNabb - #27 Shea Theodore
#14 Nicolas Hague - #2 Zach Whitecloud
#33 Adin Hill
#32 Jonathan Quick
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