The New Jersey Devils take on the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (38-28-7) at JETS (49-19-4)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, MSGSN
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Nico Hischier — Timo Meier
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter — Justin Dowling — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Cody Glass (undisclosed)
Status report:
Hughes did not take part in the Devils morning skate but is expected to play.
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Nikolaj Ehlers — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Nino Niederreiter — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole Perfetti
David Gustafsson — Morgan Barron — Brandon Tanev
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Luke Schenn
Logan Stanley — Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Neal Pionk (lower body), Gabriel Vilardi (upper body), Rasmus Kupari (concussion)
Status report:
Kupari had “a setback” to his most recent injury, sustained March 4, according to Jets coach Scott Arniel; the forward did not skate Thursday or Friday after playing 5:44 in a 3-2 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday in his first game action since missing nine games. … Gustafsson enters the lineup in Kupari’s place.
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