PREVIEW: Devils at Blue Jackets
Devils conclude their pre-season schedule against the Columbus Blue Jackets
by Sara Giles / NewJerseyDevils.com
The Devils conclude their pre-season schedule with their seventh and final game tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
You can watch the game within the Devils region right here at NewJerseyDevils.com or you can listen on the Devils Hockey Network.
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PRE-GAME REPORT
NEWARK, NJ - The New Jersey Devils travel to Columbus to take no the Blue Jackets for the final game of the preseason. Tonight we will see Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes all on the ice for the first time this preseason. Cory Schneider will be in net and is expected to play all 60 minutes in the game.
Tonight will be the second preseason game for Hall, his first on the road, and he's just excited to get in the groove of a road game again.
"We have a pretty good lineup tonight and hopefully they have a good one too. Personally I can get a feel for what it's like to play on the road again," said Hall.
Hall will also be reunited on a line with Hischier tonight for the first time in a long time. Hall is excited to see the chemistry between the two pick back up again.
"I'm really excited to play with him, ever since he's come on to our team we've had some good chemistry and hopefully that will continue," said Hall.
DEVILS LINES
Hall - Hischier - Bratt
Gusev - Hughes - Palmieri
Coleman - Zajac - Simmonds
Boqvist - Zacha - Hayden
Butcher - Subban
Mueller - Severson
Smith - Tennyson
Schneider
Blackwood
BLUE JACKETS LINES
Texier - Dubois - Atkinson
Foligno - Jenner - Anderson
Nyquist - Wennberg - Bjorkstrand
Lilja - Nash - Sonny Milano
Werenski - Seth Jones
Nutivaara - David Savard
Kukan - Gavrikov
Korpisalo
Merzlikins
-- Sara Giles, NewJerseyDevils.com
LINEUPS
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Goaltenders
29 Mackenzie Blackwood
35 Cory Schneider
Defencemen
7 Matt Tennyson
8 Will Butcher
25 Mirco Mueller
28 Damon Severson
45 Sami Vatanen
Forwards
9 Taylor Hall
13 Nico Hischier
15 John Hayden
17 Wayne Simmonds
19 Travis Zajac
20 Blake Coleman
21 Kyle Palmieri
37 Pavel Zacha
44 Miles Wood
63 Jesper Bratt
86 Jack Hughes
97 Nikita Gusev
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Goaltenders
70 Joonas Korpisalo
90 Elvis Merzlikins
Defencemen
3 Seth Jones
8 Zach Werenski
44 Vladislav Gavrikov
46 Dean Kukan
58 David Savard
65 Markus Nutivaara
Forwards
10 Alexander Wennberg
13 Cam Atkinson
14 Gustav Nyquist
18 Pierre-Luc Dubois
20 Riley Nash
22 Sonny Milano
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand
38 Boone Jenner
42 Alexandre Texier
52 Emil Bemstrom
71 Nick Foligno
77 Josh Anderson