High-Flying Devils Look to Keep Rolling Against Nashville

Dawson Mercer. (Photo by Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty Images)

The New Jersey Devils (31-12-4) will take on the Nashville Predators (23-18-6) at Bridgestone Arena tonight. The Devils snatched a 3-2 overtime win from the Vegas Golden Knights in their last contest.

The Devils have been on an 8-1-1 roll over their past ten games, with their last four games going to overtime. They outshot and out-chanced Vegas on Monday, and Dougie Hamilton led the charge with two goals, including his second-consecutive overtime-winner. This grueling, yet exhilarating stretch, continues as they’ll face stiff competition against a hungry Nashville squad.

The Devils stand at 66 points in the standings, just two behind the Metropolitan Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes. On the other hand, the Predators have 52 points, good for fifth in the Central Division.

Lines and Pairings

Devils-

Forwards

Palat-Hischier-Bratt

Haula-Hughes-Tatar

Boqvist-McLeod-Mercer

Wood-Sharangovich-Bastian

Defense

Siegenthaler-Hamilton

Graves-Severson

Okhotiuk-Smith

Goalies

Vanecek

Blackwood

Predators-

Forwards

Forsberg-Glass-Duchene

Niederreiter-Johanssen-Granlund

Smith-Parssinen-Sissons

Trenin-Novak-Jeannot

Defense

McDonagh-Josi

Ekholm-Carrier

Lauzon-Fabbro

Goalies

Saros

Lankinen

Keys to the Game

Keep it in Regulation

With four-straight games that have gone to overtime, the Devils are flying by the seat of their pants. Sometimes they don’t play well but get lucky, such as against the Sharks and Kraken, but other times their opponent is the benefactor, such as against the Penguins and Knights.

One thing’s for certain, this team has got to be exhausted, so a regulation win would be everything tonight. Let’s not forget, this is a front end of a back-to-back which continues on Friday.

Dougie on a Rampage

With that being said, one player who has made the most of these overtime games is Dougie Hamilton. Over this span, Hamilton has three goals and five points including two overtime goals in the past two games. Look for Hamilton to drive the offense from the blue line tonight.

Tonight’s game can be seen on MSGSN at 8:00 P.M. EST.

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