New Jersey has an all-time record of 2-0-2 against Seattle.
The New Jersey Devils will face the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 10:30 P.M. The Devils held a full morning skate at 11:30 A.M. local time.
Brendan Smith has finished his suspension for slashing Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Konecny and is available to return to the lineup. While nothing has been confirmed, he was skating on the fourth line during the team's skate on Thursday afternoon.
Devils @ Kraken - Climate Pledge Arena
Last season, the Devils had a 1-0-1 record versus the Kraken. Erik Haula has three points in three games versus tonight's opponent. Nathan Bastian was Seattle's selection from New Jersey during the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. He appeared in 12 games for the Kraken before being placed on waivers and claimed back by New Jersey.
The Kraken are fifth in the Pacific Division (8-12-6). They are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Jared McCann and Vince Dunn scored for Seattle, and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 26 saves on 29 shots. Kailer Yamamoto has three points (two goals, one assist) in four games versus New Jersey.
- New Jersey's injury list includes Dougie Hamilton (out indefinitely) and Tomas Nosek (out indefinitely).
- Seattle's injury list includes Andre Burakovsky (upper body) and Jaden Schwartz (upper body).
- Dawson Mercer scored his first career NHL goal versus Seattle. Matty Beniers and Oliver Bjorkstrand both scored their first NHL goals versus New Jersey.
- The Kraken are undefeated when playing the Devils in Seattle (2-0-0) since the start of the 2021-22 season. Both games required more than 60 minutes and ended with a final score of 4-3.
- Luke Hughes' eight power-play points (three goals, five assists) ranks second for all NHL rookie skaters this season behind Arizona Coyotes' Logan Cooley (two goals, eight assists).
- Per the media notes, Dunn is Seattle's leading scorer when playing at home this season, totaling 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in 11 games. He has earned at least one point in nine of the 11 games he has played at Climate Pledge Arena this season.
- Nine of the 26 games the Kraken have played this season have required extra time.
- After Tuesday night's game in Vancouver, New Jersey improved to 8-1-1 when leading after two periods in a game this season.
Projected Lineup
New Jersey:
Erik Haula - Jack Hughes - Tyler Toffoli
Ondrej Palat - Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier - Dawson Mercer - Alexander Holtz
Brendan Smith - Michael McLeod - Curtis Lazar/Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler - Simon Nemec
Kevin Bahl - John Marino
Luke Hughes - Colin Miller
Akira Schmid/Vitek Vanecek
Seattle:
Tye Kartye - Matty Beniers - Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann - Alex Wennberg - Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen - Yanni Gourde - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Tanev - Devin Shore - Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn - Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak - Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin - Ryker Evans
Philipp Grubauer/Joey Daccord
Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be broadcast on ESPN. Mike Monaco will handle play-by-play alongside Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Leah Hextall. Fans can also listen on the Devils Hockey Network with Matt Loughlin on play-by-play.