Overview
- New Jersey enters 8-0-1 at Prudential Center and can tie the franchise mark of 10 straight home games with a point set in 2016.
- The Devils are 14-7-1 after a 4-3 win over Detroit that ended a three-game slide and featured 32 saves from Jacob Markstrom.
- Coach Sheldon Keefe praised Markstrom and he is the likely starter, while Evgenii Dadonov is doubtful and injuries persist for Jack Hughes and Brett Pesce.
- St. Louis is 7-10-6 and finishes a five-game Eastern road trip after a 1-1-2 start to the swing, with just nine goals over its past five games.
- Jordan Binnington is expected in goal for the Blues after a 2-0-2 stretch with a 2.65 GAA and .916 save percentage; puck drop is 7 p.m. ET on MSGSN.