Predators at Devils

PREDATORS (10-9-2) at DEVILS (19-4-0)

Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Juuso Parssinen -- Mikael Granlund
Tanner Jeannot -- Colton Sissons -- Matt Duchene
Cole Smith -- Ryan Johansen -- Nino Niederreiter
Yakov Trenin -- Cody Glass -- Mark Jankowski
Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon -- Dante Fabbro
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Eeli Tolvanen, Michael McCarron
Injured: Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula -- Jack Hughes -- Dawson Mercer
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Fabian Zetterlund
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Boqvist -- Alexander Holtz
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- John Marino
Brendan Smith -- Damon Severson
Vitek Vanecek
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Nico Daws, Kevin Bahl
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Ondrej Palat (lower body), Mackenzie Blackwood (knee), Nathan Bastian (shoulder)
Status report
Saros will make his seventh start in eight games. ... Marino likely will play after participating in the Devils morning skate Friday; he missed practice on Wednesday with an upper-body injury. ... Palat, a forward, and Blackwood, a goalie, each is skating and progressing; Blackwood could return to the lineup sooner than Palat, according to New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff.