Panthers at Devils preview

PANTHERS (2-3-3) at DEVILS (4-2-1)
12 p.m. ET; MSG, FS-F, NHL.TV

The Devils, who lost in overtime to the Nashville Predators on Thursday, are 0-2-1 in their past three games after starting the season 4-0-0.
New Jersey forward Taylor Hall will look to extend his point streak to seven games. He has 10 points (one goal, nine assists) in the past six games and six points (one goal, five assists) in the past three.
Florida won 3-2 in overtime against the New York Islanders at Barclays Center on Wednesday. This is the last game for the Panthers before they head to Helsinki, Finland, where they will play the Winnipeg Jets in the 2018 NHL Global Series on Nov. 1-2.

Players to watch

Panthers forward Evgenii Dadonov has six points (three goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak.
Devils right wing Kyle Palmieri has at least one point in six of the Devils' seven games and leads New Jersey with 11 points (seven goals, four assists).

They said it

"Winning how we did (against the Islanders), tying the game in the third period and winning in overtime gives us a lot of confidence going forward. We're a really good team; we should have won a lot more games, but we can't change that. We just need to bring the same energy we had last game to New Jersey." -- Panthers center Aleksander Barkov
"I think we took a step in the right direction (in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday). We had more of a complete team effort; played more to our identity. We still need a little bit more from some guys and find a way to win the game, but I think if you continue to play better and build on it, we will."-- Devils coach John Hynes

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Denis Malgin
Frank Vatrano -- Jared McCann -- Mike Hoffman
Troy Brouwer -- Juho Lammikko -- Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle -- Alexander Petrovic
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
MacKenzie Weegar -- Bogdan Kiselevich
James Reimer
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched: Maxim Mamin
Injured: Roberto Luongo (knee), Mark Pysyk (upper body), Derek MacKenzie (upper body), Jamie McGinn (back)

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Marcus Johansson -- Pavel Zacha -- Jean-Sebastien Dea
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- Blake Coleman
Kevin Rooney
-- Brian Boyle -- Stefan Noesen
Mirco Mueller -- Sami Vatanen
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Eric Gryba
Keith Kinkaid
Eddie Lack
Scratched:Egor Yakovlev, Cory Schneider
Injured: Jesper Bratt (jaw), Steven Santini (jaw), Drew Stafford (upper body)

Status report

Pysyk participated in practice on Friday. ... The Devils reassigned right wing John Quenneville to Binghamton of the American Hockey League. ... Johansson did not participate in practice because of illness on Friday.

Stat pack

Barkov has six points (one goal, five assists) in the past five games. ... Hischier has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past three games.