SAN JOSE, CA - The Devils see their five-game road trip shift west to California where they'll face the Sharks tonight. With the team's success against Detroit, there won't be any changes to the lineup and that includes in goal where Cory Schneider gets his second straight start.
"It's great coming off a win and feeling good about your game. It's great for Nas to throw me back in there. Obviously Mackenzie has played lights out. He's played a lot of hockey so it's nice to give him a break and mental reset," said Schneider. "It's nice for me to build my game and confidence and hopefully get another road win."
Schneider added that the most important thing for him is to see the team get two points, regardless of personal growth.
"You want to get into the win column and contribute. Even if you play well and lose, it's still a bad feeling. You want to keep the momentum moving."
Coach Alain Nasreddine said that Schneider deserved the opportunity with his play.
"If you look at the last game, he was very solid. Made the big saves when we needed him to. For us, it's important that he feels good and see if he can gain some momentum."
The Devils lines are as follows:
Hughes - Hischier - Palmieri
Wood - Zajac - Andersn
Bratt - Zacha - Gusev
Rooney - McLeod - Hayden
Mueller - Subban
Mermis - Severson
Claesson - Carrick
Schneider
JACOBS RECALLED
Josh Jacobs was recalled from Binghamton and made it in time for today's morning skate, driving to Newark and flying direct to San Jose, arriving late last night in order to make it in time for the skate.
"I was at practice yesterday, then Mark pulled me aside and I headed out here," he said, adding that the Binghamton Devils have been on a strong run which has put them within a few points of a playoff spot.
"We have a really tight-knit group and we've been playing well. Hopefully we can keep it up both up here and down there," he began. "We're just buying into everything. We know what we want to do every night so we just want to do that."
Jacobs will not play tonight but his presence gives the Devils some depth on the back-end now with seven blueliners on the roster.
"It's important," said Nasreddine of bolstering the blueline corps. "It's a long way from Binghamton. We have a couple guys on D a little banged up and didn't want to take a chance. He's a young player who's been doing well down there and deserves this call-up"
-- Marc Ciampa, NewJerseyDevils.com
