The Devils have an all-time record of 40-58-14-4 versus the Blues.
The New Jersey Devils will continue their four-game road trip and wrap up their back-to-back when they visit the St. Louis Blues Friday night at Enterprise Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 P.M. The Devils did not hold a morning skate, and head coach Lindy Ruff is expected to speak to attending media members at 6:00 P.M.
The Devils enter tonight's game with a 3-0-0 road record and are coming off a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild last night. Luke Hughes, Timo Meier, Jesper Bratt, and Tyler Toffoli enter tonight's game on respective point streaks.
Devils @ Blues - Enterprise Center
New Jersey will look to extend their winning streak to four games versus St. Louis. Last season, the Devils earned a 0-2-0 record against the Blues. Jack Hughes has collected four points (two goals, two assists) over his previous two games versus tonight's opponent.
The Blues are seventh in Central Divison (3-4-1) and have won two of three games at home. The club dropped their last two contests versus the Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks.
The stage is set for special teams to play a huge role in tonight's outcome.
New Jersey's power play is the best in the league, with the Devils scoring on the man advantage in eight of their first nine games. On the other side of the ice, St. Louis' penalty kill since Oct. 21 ranks second in the NHL at 92.9%. Per the media notes, the Blues have not allowed a power play goal to the Devils in five of their last six matchups, going 17 for 18 (94.4%) on the penalty kill over those six games.
"Special teams will be really important tonight," said Blues head coach Craig Berube after his team's morning skate. "Our penalty kill has to be really sharp, and we got to be disciplined too. ...(New Jersey) has an aggressive (penalty) kill, so we're going to have to move pucks quick and get to the net because if we keep passing it around, they're eventually going to kill that play."
- The Devils injury report includes Hischier (upper-body), Tomas Nosek (lower-body, IR), and Colin Miller (lower-body, IR).
- The Blues injury report includes Anton Malmstrom (undisclosed) and Josh Jacobs (undisclosed).
- Per the Blues gameday preview, "They are one of three teams in the NHL to allow just one power-play goal since Oct. 21, going 13-for-14 on the penalty kill in that span."
- Going back to Jan. 28, 2014, the Blues are 14-2-1 against the Devils (won 12 straight from Jan. 28, 2014 to Feb. 18, 2020).
- Four Devils players projected to be in tonight's lineup, are still looking for their first point of the 2023-24 season: Chris Tierney, Curtis Lazar, Dawson Mercer, and Brendan Smith.
Projected Lineup
New Jersey:
Tyler Toffoli - Jack Hughes - Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat - Michael McLeod - Jesper Bratt
Dawson Mercer - Erik Haula - Curtis Lazar
Alexander Holtz - Chris Tierney - Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler - Dougie Hamilton
Kevin Bahl - John Marino
Brendan Smith - Luke Hughes
Akira Schmid/Vitek Vanecek
St. Louis:
Pavel Buchnevich - Robert Thomas - Kasperi Kapanen
Brandon Saad - Brayden Schenn - Jordan Kyrou
Alexey Toropchenko - Kevin Hayes - Jakub Vrana
Sammy Blais - Oskar Sundqvist - Jake Neighbours
Nick Leddy - Colton Parayko
Torey Krug - Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella - Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be broadcast on MSGSN. Bill Spaulding will handle play-by-play alongside analyst Ken Daneyko and host Erika Wachter. Fans can also listen on the Devils Hockey Network with Matt Loughlin on play-by-play.