Know The Enemy – Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs
A few notes and stats to get you caught up on today’s opponent –
New Jersey Devils (4-4-1 / 2-1-1 at home) vs Toronto Maple Leafs (7-3-1 / 2-3-0 on the road)
- Game info: 7:30 p.m. ET start at Prudential Center. TV: MSG+ RADIO: WFAN 660 AM. Toronto TV: TSN, RIS (HD) RADIO: AM640.
- For tickets and ticket price data for this game, click here.
- Martin Brodeur will get the start in net after proclaiming himself ready yesterday. He is 20-17-9 in his career against the Leafs with a 2.53 GAA.
- Patrik Elias left practice briefly yesterday, but returned and said he was OK after defenseman Anton Volchenkov stepped on the outside of his left ankle.
- Elias has the most points as a Devil vs the Leafs (13 g – 16 a)
- Since his move to center, Zach Parise has been held to one unassisted goal and Ilya Kovalchuk has been held without a point.
- It appears those stats were noticed: Parise is back at left wing in practice, centered by Henrique with Kovalchuk on the right.
- Kovalchuk has the most career points against the Leafs (16g – 19a).
- The Devils play four of their next five at Prudential Center (they play in Philly tomorrow), but play 15 out of their next 21 games on the road.
- The Leafs are 1st on the Northeast Division, 3rd in the Eastern Conference, and 6th in the NHL overall.
- This is the first of four meetings this season between the teams. The teams split the series last season.
Projected Lineups:
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| Parise – Henrique – Kovalchuk Sykora – Elias – Zubrus Tedenby – Carter – Clarkson Janssen- Mills – Palmieri Tallinder – Larsson Brodeur |
Lupol – Connolly – Kessel MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin Frattin – Bozak – Lombardi Dupuis – Steckel – Brown Gunnarsson – Phaneuf Gustavsson |
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Stats |
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| 11 | GP | 9 |
| 7 | W | 4 |
| 3 | L | 4 |
| 1 | OT | 1 |
| 15 | P | 9 |
| 0.682 | P% | 0.500 |
| 3.18 | G/G | 2.00 |
| 3.18 | GA/G | 2.56 |
| 17.6 | PP% | 10.3 |
| 72.3 | PK% | 88.6 |
| 27.4 | S/G | 28.4 |
| 31.5 | SA/G | 31.0 |
| 50.1 | FO% | 48.2 |
2011-2012 Leafs
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 81 | R | Phil Kessel | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 26.3 |
| 19 | R | Joffrey Lupul | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 |
| 3 | D | Dion Phaneuf | 11 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
| 24 | D | John-Michael Liles | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| 84 | C | Mikhail Grabovski | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 15.4 |
| 16 | L | Clarke MacArthur | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30.8 |
| 41 | L | Nikolai Kulemin | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| 42 | C | Tyler Bozak | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| 15 | C | Matthew Lombardi | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 |
| 36 | D | Carl Gunnarsson | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| 20 | C | David Steckel | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| 18 | R | Mike Brown | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 2 | D | Luke Schenn | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 51 | D | Jake Gardiner | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 12 | C | Tim Connolly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| 8 | D | Mike Komisarek | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 28 | R | Colton Orr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| 4 | D | Cody Franson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 39 | R | Matt Frattin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| 43 | C | Nazem Kadri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 9 | R | Colby Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 11 | C | Philippe Dupuis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| 38 | L | Jay Rosehill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| # | Goalie | GPI | GS | Min | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | Sv% | G | A | PIM |
| 50 | Jonas Gustavsson | 6 | 5 | 339 | 3.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 21 | .888 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | James Reimer | 6 | 6 | 326 | 2.58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 14 | .912 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NEW JERSEY Devils vs TORONTO Maple Leafs
All-Time regular season record vs Leafs:
(W – L – T – OT L – SO L)
36 – 35 – 11 – 1 – 4
Goals for: 266 Goals against: 266
All-Time post season record vs Leafs:
8 – 5
Goals for: 37 Goals against: 27
Home games vs Leafs: 25 – 15 – 7 – 1 – 2
Road games vs Leafs: 19 – 25 – 4 – 0 – 2
Last season: 2 – 2
Thu Nov 18 2010 at Tor – Toronto 3, New Jersey 1
Sun Dec 26 2010 at NJ – Toronto 4, New Jersey 1
Thu Feb 10 2011 at Tor – New Jersey 2, Toronto 1 (OT)
Wed Apr 6 2011 at NJ – New Jersey 4, Toronto 2
This season:
Wed Nov 2 2011 – Tor at NJ
Tue Dec 6 2011 – NJ at Tor
Tue Feb 21 2012 – NJ at Tor
Fri Mar 23 2012 – Tor at NJ
LET’S GO DEVILS!
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