New Jersey Devils (36-26-6, 78 pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (31-27-8, 70 pts)
Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Monday, March 17
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN + / MSGS / FDSO
Radio:
New Jersey Devils – WFAN 66 AM / 101.9 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets – WBNS The Fan 97.1 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
New Jersey Devils -1.5 ML -135
Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5 ML +115
O/U 6.5
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New Jersey Devils News & Notes:
The Devils will try to get back on the winning track Monday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Their three-game winning streak was snapped in a 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The Devils enter tonight’s contest with a 19-15-2 record on the road, and New Jersey is 12-7-3 against the Metropolitan Division. The Devils have a +27 goal differential this season.
Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:
The Blue Jackets have lost three games in a row and have fallen out of the final wild-card spot. Columbus has been outscored 13-3 during the streak and has been shut out in back-to-back contests. The only silver lining may be that the Blue Jackets are 20-8-3 at home as they try to break out of their slump and get back into playoff contention. Tonight is the third and final game between these clubs, with the teams splitting the previous two meetings.
New Jersey Devils Projected Lines:
Meier-Hischier-Noesen
Sprong-Glass-Bratt
Palat-Mercer-Tatar
Cotter-Lazar-Bastian
Hughes-Pesce
Dumoulin-Kovacevic
Dillon-Nemec
Markstrom
Allen
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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:
Voronkov-Fantilli-Marchenko
Johnson-Jenner-Chinakhov
Aston-Reese-Danforth-Olivier
van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-Kunin
Werenski-Fabbro
Mateychuk-Provorov
Johnson-Severson
Greaves
Tarasov
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Players To Watch:
New Jersey Devils
Jesper Bratt has three straight three-point games for the Devils as the dynamic, young forward tries to pick up the slack left by the injured Jack Hughes. Bratt leads New Jersey in scoring with 79 points (19g, 60a) in 68 games. Nico Hischier and Timo Meier have been effective in March, with both forwards scoring four goals and adding two assists in eight games this month.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Kirill Marchenko has had a breakout season for the Blue Jackets but the 24-year-old forward has struggled in March with two points in eight games this month. Adam Fantilli has continued his breakout season with four goals and two assists this month for Columbus as he has admirably tried to fill the shoes of the injured Sean Monahan.
Injury Report:
New Jersey Devils
D Jonas Siegenthaler – IR
C Jack Hughes – IR
D Dougie Hamilton – IR
C Erik Haula – Day To Day
Columbus Blue Jackets
C Cole Sillinger – IR
C Sean Monahan – IR
D Eric Gudbranson – IR
C Owen Sillinger – IR
RW Kevin Labanc – IR
G Elvis Merzlikins – OUT
D Jake Christiansen – Day To Day
Next Game:
New Jersey Devils – March 20 vs. Calgary Flames
Columbus Blue Jackets – March 20 vs. Florida Panthers
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