Overview
- Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET at Prudential Center with coverage on MSGSN, TSN2 and RDS.
- Montreal confirmed Jakub Dobes as the starter, giving the rookie his seventh start after a 6-0-0, .930 save percentage opening.
- New Jersey remains without defenseman Brett Pesce for about a month and executed a roster move by sending Seamus Casey to Utica and recalling Colton White.
- The Devils have dropped three of four after an 8-1 start, returning home from a 4-1 loss in Anaheim as Jack Hughes leads the team with 10 goals and 16 points.
- Cody Glass returns for New Jersey and Connor Brown remains out, while Jacob Markstrom is projected in goal opposite Dobes as Montreal’s Nick Suzuki carries a 12-game point streak.