10:30 p.m. ET; SN1, MSGSN
After playing half a game against the Canes, the Canucks look to start a new winning streak as the Devils. The Canucks and Devils split their season series last year. Both games were fast-paced and high scoring. J.T. and Petey both had a plethora of points agains the Devils last year, but the defensive play left a lot to be desired.
The two teams come into tonight with some things in common beside having a Hughes on the team. Both teams are scoring 0.4 goals more than their opposition and both teams have lost as many games as they have won. The Devils are leading a very competitive Metro division, while the Canucks are 4 points out of 1st place with 2 games in hand.
Coach Taco was less than happy with line 2 last game and so there has been shuffling for this game....oh, and the starting goalie will be Silovs tonight. Canucks need to remember that Jacob Markstrom is 6'6, but has a massive hole where his glove hand should be. Branny-Juulsen should be a fun pair to watch tonight. Can't be any worse than the third pairing last game.
LINEUPS
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Simon Nemec, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Curtis Lazar (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander -- Pius Suter -- Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom -- Noah Juulsen
Arturs Silovs
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Nils Aman, Derek Forbort, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Status report
Lazar, a center, did not travel with the Devils on their three-game western Canada road trip after being injured during a 6-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and was still being evaluated, according to coach Sheldon Keefe. ... Dowling was called up from Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and will make his season debut in Lazar’s spot. … Bastian takes the spot of MacDermid, a forward, after being scratched for two games. … Juulsen replaces Desharnais, a defenseman, after being scratched for five games. … Bains moves up to the second line in place of Hoglander.
GAME DAY CHATTER
https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1851699803530629233
https://x.com/Canucks/status/1851703511643537577
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
Did you know that it has been 30 years since the Canucks lost in game 7 to the Rags? Me neither. Did you know that Weezer's Blue album is also 30 years old? Now that is something to celebrate. Losing two games in a row for the Canucks....let's not celebrate that.
Go Canucks Go!
