Overview
- Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET at Prudential Center with New Jersey at 11-4-0 and New York at 7-6-2.
- Zack MacEwen was activated off injured reserve and is set to play, Brian Halonen was assigned to Utica, and Connor Brown remained out after missing morning skate.
- Projected goalies list Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen for the Devils and Ilya Sorokin and David Rittich for the Islanders, with Sorokin expected to start.
- The Islanders enter on a seven-game road trip after shutting out the Rangers, with Matthew Schaefer slated to stay on the top pair beside Ryan Pulock.
- Analyst attention centers on Devils defenseman Dennis Cholowski’s poor five‑on‑five metrics, raising questions about New Jersey’s blue-line usage.