Mixed feelings on this.
Pens are the better team, on paper or otherwise.
But they looked pretty crappy preseason, which I know is not worth much, but still. And at the start of the year teams can come out very flat, and the Pens certainly are a team that I could easily see do that.
So the Pens SHOULD win handily, by that I mean maybe 3-1. The Devils will rely on system to overcome the talent deficit and that could keep the score down. But I could easily see that score reversed with the Devils winning 3-1.
Malkin
Malkin, MAF, Crosby
If the Pens win I think that the stars on this team take the team by the nuts and drag them into being ready.