Gameday 10 - Devils

New Jersey Devils (3-1-1) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (5-2-2)

7:00 pm/et

TV: ROOT

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA

This is the first game against an Atlantic Division team this season so that should bring the hate levels up a bit. Somehow the Devils have only played five games so far. 

Paul Martin hasn't scored in like two million games. Maybe he'll get one against his former team.

Tonight there's a Twitter contest and a Rinko game happening.

Season Series: 0-0-0

Last meeting that counted: April 5, 2011. Penguins won 4-2.

What we said in our recap:

All there is to know about the first period, really, is that Jordan Staal played a mini game with Hedberg. Late in the period, he had a semi-breakaway, and Hedberg lunged out at him like it was NHL94.

Know Your Enemy: Running With The Devils

What they're saying:

I don't want to take anything away from our team but Pitt or Philly are the heavy favorites to win this division (even if we don't like to admit it) so anytime we play either of them, we have to know what we are up against. However, the Pens are missing some key players which makes them beatable, very beatable.

Pittsburgh Penguins Notes: Still no Malkin. No Kennedy either. Crosby is "not close to game ready."	New Jersey Devils Notes: Martin Brodeur is injured. It looks like Johan "MOOOOOOSE" Hedberg will be in net. The Devils are "missing their top two centermen because of injuries." Poor them. That must be so tough.

Favorite Devils-Related Image, Photoshop or Gif:

Pittsburgh Penguins lines from Penguins.NHL.com:

Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Richard Park - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Joe Vitale - Arron Asham
Steve MacIntyre - Dustin Jeffery - Craig Adams

Kris Letang - Brooks Orpik
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland/Ben Lovejoy

Marc-Andre Fleury

According to the Pens website, "the six dressed defensemen will be a game-time decision."

New Jersey Devils lines from Empty Netters:

Zach Parise - Patrik Elias - Petr Sykora
Ilya Kovalchuk - Dainius Zubrus - Nick Palmieri
Mattias Tedenby - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Rod Pelley - Brad Mills - Cam Janssen

Andy Greene-Adam Larsson
Henrik Tallinder-Mark Fayne
Bryce Salvador-Anton Volchenkov

Johan Hedberg

It's great to see Petr Sykora on an NHL team, even if it is the Devils. The man deserves unlimited respect.

"You gotta support the team."

Do It.

Go Pens.