New Jersey begins a two-game road trip in Florida starting Saturday night against the Panthers.
You can watch on MSGSN or listen on the Devils Hockey Network with a 6:00 p.m. ET puck drop.
Read the game preview below and check back after the team's morning skate for your pre-game story and more!

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PRE-GAME STORY

SUNRISE, Fla. -The Devils held a full morning skate Saturday morning at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise. They had full attendance at the practice, including forward Nolan Foote, who was recalled by the club on Friday.
Forwards Miles Wood (undisclosed) and Nathan Bastian (upper-body) did not make the trip and are unavailable for the weekend. Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood did travel and was on the ice for morning skate.
The Devils used the following workflow…
Tatar - Hischier - Mercer
Palat - Hughes - Bratt
Meier - Haula - Boqvist
Sharangovich - McLeod - Lazar
Siegenthaler - Hamilton
Graves - Marino
Smith - Severson
Schmid worked the starter's crease.
Switch
The Devils switched up their lines with Ondrej Palat joining Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt, while Timo Meier skated with Erik Haula and Jesper Boqvist.
"If you look at most teams, you might find a line that'll stay together. But there is usually one that'll swing," head coach Lindy Ruff said. "Sometimes with us it's matchups. So, to try to get away from a matchup I might put a guy on a different line. It depends on how they're going that night."
Bratt has played a lot with Hughes over the years, and the Palat-Hughes-Bratt trio played together in the early part of the season.
"Every guy on the team is an extremely good player. I think there are only good lines on this team," Bratt said. "It doesn't matter who I play with. I'm trying to do my job no matter what. We have some great players. Me and Jack and Pally have played a lot of hockey together. I'm excited for that going forward."
Playoff Mode
While the Devils are ramping up for the playoffs, the Florida Panthers are basically already in playoff mode. Florida is on the outside of a playoff position (ninth spot) and fighting to get in.
"This is good for us because the whole idea is we want to be playoff ready and they're trying to get there now," defenseman Brendan Smith said. "So, you're getting good tests right now.
That's why this is a fun time of the year. Because everybody is playing their best whether to up their game to get themselves ready or they're trying to make the playoff push. We'll have good competition. We're trying to make sure we have the right mindset going in."
Palat knows firsthand how dangerous the Panthers are. He played against them a lot during his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning, including a couple of grueling playoff series.
"They have it all. They have great skill, a good D core, they have toughness too," Palat said. "That's what I remember from the playoff series. They were a tough team to play against. I don't expect anything less today because they're chasing it. It's going to be a tough game."
Course Correct
Though the Devils know a lot is at stake for the Panthers, a lot is on the line for New Jersey as well.
"It's an extremely important game for us," Bratt said. "We're coming off two losses against Tampa. We're hungry for more. We're more focused on our game. They're going to come out hard. Every single game that we have now until the end of the season is going to be really tough games with desperate teams. We just have to match that. We're focused on our game."
"The losses to Tampa was the first time we've had back-to-back losses in a while," Smith said. "We've done a good job of coming back after a loss. That was tough. So we're just going to try to correct it tonight."

PREVIEW

DEVILS (44-17-7) vs. PANTHERS (34-27-7)
TV:6:00 p.m. ET; Televised on MSGSN
RADIO: 5:50 p.m. ET; Live on Devils Hockey Network
Head-to-Head:
The Devils and Panthers meet for the third and final time this season. Both teams have won on the road in the season series. Florida scored a 4-2 win at New Jersey on Dec. 17. The Devils won the rematch Dec. 21 at Florida, 4-2.
There was a heated contest in Jersey with Aleksander Barkov suffering an injury and the Panthers taking liberties with Nico Hischier.
Dougie Hamilton leads all players with three assists and three points. Jesper Bratt has two goals this year against Florida. Sam Reinhart has two goals against the Devils.
Devils Team Scope:
The Devils are inching closer to clinching a playoff spot. Their magic number is nine points with the Panthers being the team they need to outpace. New Jersey is one point behind Carolina for the top position in the Metro Division, but the Hurricanes have two games in hand.
Jack Hughes paces the Devils with 37 goals and 81 points, career-high numbers for the forward in his fourth season. Dougie Hamilton leads New Jersey with 46 assists and is one goal away from setting a franchise record for most goals by a defenseman in a single season. Five Devils have over 20 goals: Hughes (37), Timo Meier (34), Nico Hischier (28), Jesper Bratt (27), and Dawson Mercer (22) and four players have 60 points or more: Hughes (81), Hamilton (64), Hischier (63), Bratt (60).
Vitek Vanecek has a 28-8-3 record, 2.52 goals-agianst average and .908 save percentage in goal. Akira Schmid currently has a 8-4-2 record, 1.98 GAA, and .924 save percentage.
Panthers Team Scope:
The Panthers are currently fighting for a playoff berth. The club is in the third spot for a Wild Card with 75 points - three behind the NY Islanders, but Florida does have two games in hand.
Florida is coming off of a wild 9-5 victory at Montreal Thursday night. The Cats posted seven goals in the first period. Matthew Tkachuk had a four-point night (1g-3a), while 15 of the 18 skaters registered a point.
Tkachuk is having a monster season with 31 goals, 60 assists and 91 points - fourth most points in the NHL this season. Carter Verhaeghe has 34 goals to go with 59 points, while Sam Reinhart has 24 tallies. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has started the bulk of the games with a 22-17-3 record, 3.03 goals-against average and .903 save percentage.
By the Numbers:
The Devils are 40-6-6 when scoring three or more goals in game
Damon Severson earned his 198th career assist against Tampa Bay, moving into first place on the club's all-time list, surpassing Andy Greene
Sam Reinhart skated in his 600th career NHL game Thursday at Montreal.
Barkov (611 points) is two shy of tying Jonathan Huberdeau (613) for the franchise record.
Injuries:
Devils
Miles Wood (undisclosed)
Nathan Bastian (upper-body, day-to-day)
Mackenzie Blackwood (lower-body, IR)
Jonathan Bernier (hip, LTIR)
Panthers
Patrik Hornqvist (concussion, IR)
Givani Smith (undisclosed)
Knight (persona, IR)