The New Jersey Devils (38-34-2) take on the Washington Capitals (38-28-9) at the Prudential Center tonight.
Lineups and Injuries
Devils projected lineup per NHL.com
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Connor Brown
Lenni Hameenaho -- Cody Glass -- Nick Bjugstad
Evgenii Dadonov -- Paul Cotter -- Maksim Tsyplakov
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski
Injured: Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body), Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Brett Pesce (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup per NHL.com
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Connor McMichael
Hendrix Lapierre -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Beauvillier -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- David Kampf -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson -- Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Aleksei Protas (upper body), Ethen Frank (lower body)
Storyline to Watch
The storyline to watch is that this is the season finale between these two teams. They have faced off four times this year, with the first game going to a shootout, the second to overtime, and the final ending in regulation.
The full results can be found below.
- Nov. 15 at Washington, W 3-2 SO
- Dec. 27 vs. Washington, L 4-3 OT
- March 20 at Washington, L 2-1
- April 2 vs. Washington
Player to Watch
The player to watch is Connor Brown, who has six goals and 16 points in his past 15 games.
The puck will drop at 7:38 PM.
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