Overview
- The Devils and Oilers meet Tuesday at 7:30 PM EST at Prudential Center with the game on ESPN+/Hulu/Disney+ and radio on the Devils Hockey Network.
- New Jersey adjusted special teams in practice by adding Connor Brown to the top power-play unit and putting Luke Evangelista on the second unit as the club looks to break its power-play slump.
- Evan Rodrigues missed a Nov. 2 practice with an illness and is day-to-day, leaving the Devils’ bottom-six and power-play rotation uncertain for tonight.
- Edmonton’s offense is heavily concentrated in Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard and Vasily Podkolzin, and McDavid’s current scoring pace projects extremely high totals under the new 84-game schedule.
- Projected goalie matchups favor Tristan Jarry for the Oilers and Connor Hellebuyck for the Devils in a game that will hinge on New Jersey containing McDavid, exploiting Edmonton’s depth issues on defense and the fourth line, and the teams’ special teams performance.