GDT: ALRIGHTY THEN: Your New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 7 PM, MSG

[Better Call Sal]

So, uh, that road trip? Let's never talk about that again, shall we?

Anyway, we've woken up to the news this morning that we'll be 2 centers down without our precious Nico and guy who got us our only win in an eternity, Boyler.

Never fear, as the savior in the form of Pavel Zacha has returned!

Now, I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of all this losing

And for damn sure, I'm sick of the f***ing hate parade that takes over these boards in dire times

So sack the f*** up boys and girls, it's time to get back on the victory train!

YOUR NEW JERSEY DEVILS PROJECTED LINEUP:

#9 Taylor Hall (A) - #19 Travis Zajac (A) - #21 Kyle Palmieri
#90 Marcus Johansson - #37 Pavel Zacha - #63 Jesper Bratt
#20 Blake Coleman - #43 Brett Seney - #49 Joey Anderson
#44 Miles Wood - #10 Jean-Sebastien Dea - #23 Stefan Noesen

#25 Mirco Mueller - #45 Sami Vatanen
#6 Andy Greene (C) - #28 Damon Severson
#8 Will Butcher - #12 Ben Lovejoy

#1 Keith Kinkaid (6-5-1, 2.86 GAA, .909 SV%, 2 SO)
#35 Cory Schneider (0-3-0, 4.81 GAA, .849 SV%)

SCRATCHES/INJURIES:

#11 Brian Boyle (Upper Body Injury, IR)
#13 Nico Hischier (Upper Body Injury, Day to Day)
#16 Steven Santini (Broken Jaw, IR)
#18 Drew Stafford (Healthy)
#74 Egor Yakovlev (Healthy)

LEADERS:
Goals: Palmieri - 10
Assists: Hall - 12
Points: Palmieri - 17
+/-: Coleman - +4
PIM: Wood - 23
PPG: Palmieri - 5
SHG: None - 0
GWG: Palmieri - 2

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS PROJECTED LINEUP:

#12 Dominik Simon - #87 Sidney Crosby (C) - #17 Bryan Rust
#62 Carl Hagelin - #71 Evgeni Malkin (A) - #72 Patric Hornqvist
#59 Jake Guentzel - #15 Riley Sheahan - #81 Phil Kessel
#10 Garret Wilson - #7 Matt Cullen - #46 Zach Aston-Reese

#73 Jack Johnson - #58 Kris Letang (A)
#8 Brian Dumoulin - #2 Chad Ruhwedel
#3 Olli Maatta - #6 Jamie Oleksiak

#1 Casey DeSmith (3-1-2, .942 SV%, 2 SO)
#30 Matt Murray (4-4-1, 3.87 GAA, .886 SV%, 1 SO)

SCRATCHES/INJURIES:

#4 Justin Schultz (Broken Leg, IR)
#19 Derick Brassard (Lower Body Injury, IR)
#41 Daniel Sprong (Healthy)
#50 Juuso Riikola (Healthy)


LEADERS:
Goals: Crosby - 8
Assists: Malkin - 13
Points: Malkin - 20
+/-: Dumoulin - +10
PIM: Malkin - 24
PPG: Malkin/Crosby - 2
SHG: None - 0
GWG: Crosby/Kessel - 2​

CAN YOU FEEL IT?

Well I hope so, otherwise I'll be abandoning these boards for a bit

IT'S STILL EARLY! PUSH THROUGH THIS!

GET BACK ON TRACK WITH A W! LET'S f***ING GO DEVILS!!



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[Edmonton East]

Pens by 50

 

[JK3]

 

[EliasFTW]

Oh boy..

 

[MartyOwns]

 

[Cheddabombs]

Just score some goals and don't let them score as many goals

 

[Based Anime Fan]

That's me right now, staring in hate at the 5 inches of snow that fell, and the continuing snow falling now.

 

[New Jersey]

the sky is falling, but we're playing pittsburgh so maybe we'll be treated to a 6-1 win before losing four of the following five.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Is forfeiting an option?

 

[BahlDeep]

My body is ready for some

PAVEL ZAAHHKAAAA

 

[None Shall Pass]

Feels like a game that will be a blowout in one direction or the other, with no option for a middle ground.

 

[tr83]

Holding Pitt under 4 goals is a victory

 

[Dialamo]

My body is ready for some

PAVEL ZAAHHKAAAA

We are gonna hear that 3 times tonight folks!

Zacha hat-trick!

 

[Better Call Sal]

 

[Camille the Eel]

Holding Pitt under 4 goals is a victory

Moral victory and improvement. Holding them to 2, we might just win.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Be a great time for Zacha to show up some haters.

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

Be a great time for Zacha to show up some haters.

Haters?

The guy has shown just about nothing for the past 2 years+. He deserves all the negativity thrown his way, especially this year.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Haters?

The guy has shown just about nothing for the past 2 years+. He deserves all the negativity thrown his way, especially this year.

Harsh, but fair.

For negativity to be, "hating", it has to be irrational negativity.

 

[StvBroDan]

Tonight turns it around. :0

 

[Satans Hockey]

Haven't looked at the standings in awhile. We are 30th out of 31 with only Kovy and the Kings behind us by 2 points.

Need to rattle off some wins soon or this season will be sunk by the end of December.

LETS GO DEVILS!!!

 

[Devilsfan992]

Why don't we ever try Coleman out as center? I think he would fare pretty well.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Why don't we ever try Coleman out as center? I think he would fare pretty well.

He did play center a bit earlier on with Boyle as one of his wingers. It went over pretty well I think, wouldn't be surprised if they give it another go eventually.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Why don't we ever try Coleman out as center? I think he would fare pretty well.

He has played center, but Seney is coming off a strong game as is Coleman. It makes sense to keep Zajac at 1C and try and get Zacha going at 2C with his line that looked good in preseason. Ultimately, Seney and Coleman should stay in their spots based on their strong last game. I wouldn't want to bump Coleman down to the 4th line just to get minutes at center.

 

[Ripshot 43]

To resist is to piss in the wind, anyone who does ends up smelling.

Well, good thing the Devils haven’t even been resisting lately.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Dont understand why Yakovlev is out of the lineup. He was good last game