Tuesday, the New Jersey Devils (2-3-0) will hit the road and play the second half of their back-to-back against the Detroit Red Wings (1-3-1).

Match Overview

The Devils are coming off a rough 4-1 loss to the Senators Monday night, where they once again had trouble finishing their chances. New Jersey scored just one goal on 30 shots against Linus Ullmark and the Senators, and their 11 goals scored so far this year rank them 26th in the NHL.

One spot below New Jersey in that category are their opponents, the Detroit Red Wings. They’ve also had a tough start to the season, with just one win and two shutout losses. With a lot of noise surrounding their now-former captain, Dylan Larkin, this Red Wings team certainly would like to block out that noise and find some winning ways.

Lines and Pairings

Devils

Forwards

Mantha-Hughes-Bratt

Meier-Hischier-Evangelista

Gritsyuk-Rodrigues-Mercer

Lombardi-Glass-Boqvist

Defense

Hughes-Pesce

Siegenthaler-Hamilton

Dillon-Chisholm

Goalies

Allen

Daws

Red Wings

Forwards

Arvidsson-Larkin-Raymond

Debrincat-Finnie-Brandesegg Nygard

Rasmussen-Copp-Kolesar

Danielson-Mazur

Defense

Chiarot-Seider

Johansson-Johansson

Wallinder-Faulk

Pellika

Keys to The Game

Score First

“1-0 them,” has become one of the most hated phrases throughout New Jersey. The consistent problem the Devils have dealt with over the past two years has once again resurfaced.

New Jersey has now let up the first goal in all five of their games to begin the year, following a season where they let up the first goal 47 times. Whenever they scored the first goal last year, the Devils went 27-6-1, so figuring out a way to score first will be crucial to their success moving forward.

The Fourth Line

One of the bright spots for New Jersey to begin the year has been the play of their fourth line. Ever since bringing Jesper Boqvist into the lineup, the fourth line has been amazing.

Boqvist has recorded two goals, Amedues Lombardi has shown flashes that he can be something special, and Cody Glass’ two-way game is the perfect finishing touch on this line.

In their game against Ottawa Monday night, the line registered more ice time than any other line while recording a 64.3 expected goals for, by far the highest of any line last night. With Connor Brown returning soon from injury, it will be hard for the Devils to split up this line to make room.

Where to Watch

Tuesday’s game can be seen on ESPN, with puck drop set for 6:00 pm ET.