New Jersey has an all-time record of 45-54-17-4 against Vancouver.
The New Jersey Devils will face the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 10:00 P.M. The Devils held a full morning skate at 11:30 A.M. local time.
With Jim and Ellen Hughes in the stands, all three Hughes brothers will appear in the same NHL game for the first time in their careers. They will become the ninth family with three (or more) brothers playing in the same NHL game.
"I would like to see two of them play well," head coach Lindy Ruff said with a smirk after his team's morning skate.
Erik Haula is expected to return to the lineup after missing the last couple of games with injury. He rejoined his team for practice for the first time on Monday and skated on a line with Jack Hughes and Tyler Toffoli.
"I feel good," Haula said. "I've been skating the past couple of days and feel ready."
Devils @ Canucks - Rogers Arena
Last season, the Devils had a 2-0-0 record versus the Canucks. Per the media notes, New Jersey is 14-2-2 against Vancouver since 2013-14, including 6-2-1 at Vancouver. Jack Hughes has earned at least a point in his last four games versus tonight's opponent (five goals, four assists).
The Canucks are second in the Pacific Division (16-8-1). They are coming off a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames. Newly acquired Nikita Zadorov made his Canucks debut, earning an assist on the game-winning goal. Brock Boeser enters tonight's game on a four-game point streak, and J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against the Devils with 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 28 career games.
- New Jersey's injury report includes Tomas Nosek (out indefinitely) and Dougie Hamilton (out indefinitely).
- Vancouver's injury report includes Pius Suter (undisclosed) and Carson Soucy (lower body).
- Toffoli has appeared in 10 games as a member of the Canucks during the 2019-20 season. He tallied 10 points (six goals, four assists). Curtis Lazar also spent one season playing in Vancouver and was a member of the Canucks the last time these two teams faced each other was on Feb. 6, 2023. He scored his team's third goal.
- Tonight's game will feature four of the top 10 point producers in the league: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, and Jack Hughes.
- Ondrej Palat will play his 700th career NHL game Tuesday night. Per the media notes, "he will be one of 41 Czechia natives all-time who played in 700, or more, career regular-season NHL games."
- Vancouver boasts an 8-2-1 record on home ice this season. Those two regulation losses came to the Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights.
- Per the media notes, "Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes will face off for the seventh time, while youngest brother Luke Hughes joins the party for the first time. Jack Hughes collected 10 points in six games versus Vancouver (six goals, four assists), and the Devils and Jack Hughes are 5-1-0 against brother Quinn and Vancouver since 2019-20. Quinn Hughes owns three assists in the Hughes Bowl."
- The Canucks have scored the first goal of a game 17 times this season, the most times in the NHL this season. The team is 13-4-0 when they score first.
- Jack Hughes scored his first career NHL goal versus the Canucks. Thatcher Demko was the opposing goaltender.
Projected Lineup
New Jersey:
Erik Haula - Jack Hughes - Tyler Toffoli
Ondrej Palat -Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier - Dawson Mercer - Alexander Holtz
Curtis Lazar - Michael McLeod - Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler - Simon Nemec
Kevin Bahl - John Marino
Luke Hughes - Colin Miller
Vitek Vanecek/Akira Schmid
Vancouver:
Ilya Mikheyev - Elias Pettersson - Sam Lafferty
Andrei Kuzmenko - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua - Teddy Blueger - Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander - Nils Aman - Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Ian Cole - Noah Juulsen
Nikita Zadorov - Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko/Casey DeSmith
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.