The New Jersey Devils take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of their first-round playoff matchup at the Lenovo Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (M3) at HURRICANES (M2)
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 2
6 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, ESPN, TVAS2, SN360
Carolina leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Nico Hischier — Timo Meier
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter — Cody Glass — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian
Brett Pesce — Dougie Hamilton
Brian Dumoulin — Johnathan Kovacevic
Dennis Cholowski — Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote, Curtis Lazar, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Jonas Siegenthaler (lower body), Luke Hughes (undisclosed), Brenden Dillon (undisclosed)
Status report:
Glass will play; the center did not return after taking an inadvertent stick to the legs from Markstrom at 8:36 of the third period in Game 1. … Tatar will be in the lineup and Sprong, a forward, will be a healthy scratch.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Logan Stankoven
William Carrier– Jack Roslovic — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tyson Jost, Mark Jankowski, Alexander Nikishin, Riley Stillman
Injured: None
Status report
The Hurricanes will dress the same 18 skaters they used in Game 1.
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