NHL Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 2/8/2025

Cole Caufield skating for the Montreal Canadiens
Photo: Dennis Schneidler-Imagn Images

New Jersey Devils (30-20-6, 66 Pts) at Montreal Canadiens (25-23-5, 55 Pts)
Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Tonight – Saturday, February 8
Time: 1:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, MSGSN
Radio:
New Jersey – Devils App, WFAN 101.9
Montreal – TSN 690

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
New Jersey -1.5 ML -124
Montreal +1.5 ML +148
O/U 6

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New Jersey Devils News & Notes:

The Devils lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Thursday night. New Jersey is 15-11-2 on the road this season. The Devils defeated Montreal 4-3 in overtime earlier this season.

Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

The Canadiens have lost three consecutive home games and six of their last seven games overall after a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Montreal is 13-10-4 at home this season. The Habs have the 20th-ranked power play in the NHL.

New Jersey Devils Projected Lines

Palat-J. Hughes-Bratt
Meier-Haula-Mercer
Cotter-Dowling-Noesen
Tatar-Lazar-Bastian

Dillon-Hamilton
Pesce-Kovacevic
L. Hughes-Nemec

Daws
Allen

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Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Anderson
Laine-Evans-Armia
Beck-Dvorak-Gallagher

Hutson-Carrier
Matheson-Mailloux
Xhekaj-Savard

Dobes
Montembeault

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Players To Watch:

New Jersey Devils

Jack Hughes has 23 goals and 40 assists for the Devils. Jesper Bratt has collected 16 goals and 46 assists for New Jersey.

Montreal Canadiens

Cole Caufield has 26 goals and 23 assists for the Canadiens. Juraj Slafkovsky has three goals and two assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

New Jersey Devils

D Santeri Hatakka – Out indefinitely
D Jonas Siegenthaler – Going to miss some time
C Nico Hischier – Day to day
G Jacob Markstrom – Four to six weeks

Montreal Canadiens

D Emil Heineman – Out three to four weeks
D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months
D Kaiden Guhle – Out indefinitely

Next Game

New Jersey Devils – February 22 vs Dallas
Montreal Canadiens – February 9 vs Tampa Bay

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