One Awful Loss Over. Just a few (dozen) to go.

CANUCKS (2-3-0) at DEVILS (1-2-0)

3:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SNP, SNO, SNE

Nucks played the Champs and lost. Only lost by a little. In each period. Not so bad.

What is bad is a lunch game in Jersey. Win or lose today, we've already lost our HNIC free-to-air broadcast. It's all profiteers, privateers and pirates left on the high media seas.

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Paul Cotter -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser

Liam Ohgren -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson

Arshdeep Bains -- Drew O'Connor -- Aatu Raty 

Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek

Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander

Elias Pettersson -- Victor Mancini

Leevi Merilainen

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Brendan Gallagher, Guillaume Brisebois

Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Luke Evangelista

Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Anthony Mantha

Arseny Gritsyuk -- Evan Rodrigues -- Dawson Mercer

Amadeus Lombardi -- Cody Glass -- Jesper Boqvist

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Brenden Dillon -- Declan Chisholm

Jake Allen

Nico Daws

Scratched: Remi Poirier

Injured: Connor Brown (lower body), Johnathan Kovacevic (upper body); Nick Bjugstad (upper body)

Status report

The Canucks did not practice on Friday following a 7-2 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. ... Siegenthaler practiced Friday and could be in the lineup after sustaining an undisclosed injury early in the third period of a 5-3 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday. ...  Brown, a forward, will not play but has been skating on his own and will be reevaluated next week. ... The Devils loaned Stefan Noesen to Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday after the forward cleared waivers. ... Allen is expected to play in his 500th NHL game.

GAME DAY CHATTER

They're so young and carefree! And stylish!

Already looking forward? Yup.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

Lunchtime hockey on a Saturday this early in the season? Someone must care about it. Not me.

Go Canucks Go.