PREVIEW: Devils at Bruins
Devils continue their pre-season schedule as they visit the Boston Bruins
by Sara Giles saratgiles / NewJerseyDevils.com
The Devils look to continue their strong pre-season with a game in Boston tonight as they play their second-last exhibition contest.
You can listen to the game on the Devils Hockey Network and on our website, available only in the Devils region due to broadcast regulations.
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You can listen to tonight's game on the Devils Hockey Network. The game will be streamed on njd.TV regionally, due to NHL broadcast regulations.
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PRE-GAME REPORT
NEWARK, NJ - The New Jersey Devils travel to Boston to face the Bruins tonight after having a morning skate here in Newark. Tonight will be the second preseason matchup against Boston this year, this time with a squad that's much closer to the final roster for this season.
Getting closer to October 4th means that the internal competition for the Devils is heating up. Two of the players are battling for a roster spot are Kevin Rooney and Nate Bastian.
"The internal competition is great, there are so many great players here, even guys that have been sent down to Binghamton, there's a lot of great players in the organization and it's just going to make the organization better," said Rooney.
Bastian agreed that the competition makes the organization that much better.
"I think it's great every day it makes people push a little bit harder and everybody sees what goes on here, I know firsthand how good the players in Binghamton are too…it's awesome for the organization," said Bastian.
Taylor Hall and P.K. Subban will not play in tonight's game against the Bruins and will look to get in the final preseason game this Friday in Columbus.
DEVILS LINES
Boqvist - Hischier - Bratt
Gusev - Hughes - Simmonds
Coleman - McLeod - Bastian
Wood - Rooney - Hayden
Greene - Severson
Smith - Tennyson
Mueller - Carrick
Blackwood
Schneider
BRUINS LINES
Heinen- Frederic - Kuhlman
Bjork - Lindholm - Backes
Fitzgerald - Shen - Senyshyn
Carey - Studnicka - Steen
Krug - Carlo
Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Kampfer - Lauzon
Halak
Lagace
-- Sara Giles, NewJerseyDevils.com
LINEUPS
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Goaltenders
29 Mackenzie Blackwood
35 Cory Schneider
Defensemen
5 Connor Carrick
6 Andy Greene
7 Matt Tennyson
24 Ty Smith
25 Mirco Mueller
28 Damon Severson
Forwards
13 Nico Hischier
15 John Hayden
16 Kevin Rooney
17 Wayne Simmonds
20 Blake Coleman
37 Pavel Zacha
41 Michael McLeod
42 Nathan Bastian
44 Miles Wood
63 Jesper Bratt
86 Jack Hughes
90 Jesper Boqvist
97 Nikita Gusev
BOSTON BRUINS
Forwards: David Backes, Anders Bjork, Paul Carey, Ryan Fitzgerald, Trent Frederic, Danton Heinen, Karson Kuhlman, Par Lindholm, Zach Senyshyn, Pavel Shen, Oskar Steen, Jack Studnicka
Defensemen: Brandon Carlo, Matt Grzelcyk, Steven Kampfer, Torey Krug, Jeremy Lauzon, Charlie McAvoy
Goaltenders: Jaroslav Halak, Maxime Lagace