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DEVILS (15-16-7) at HURRICANES (16-13-7)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-SE, NHL.TV

Devils team scope

The New Jersey Devils will complete a back-to-back set after a 3-0 win against the Boston Bruins at Prudential Center on Monday. The Devils have won two of their past three games (2-1-0) after losing nine of 10 (1-8-1) but are eight points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. Cory Schneider, who made 22 saves agains the Bruins, will start again Tuesday. "I thought it was the best he's tracked the puck," Devils coach John Hynes said of Schneider. "He really reads the play well. That was back on track last night and his rebound control was excellent." Travis Zajac will return to the lineup after missing one game because of an illness. Zajac, who has eight goals and 24 points in 37 games, will take the place of Luke Gazdic.

Hurricanes team scope

Goalie Cam Ward will make his 13th straight start for the Carolina Hurricanes after backup Eddie Lack was diagnosed with a concussion for the second time this season. Goalie Daniel Altshuller was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League. Defenseman Justin Faulk (lower body) took part in the morning skate but will miss his fourth straight game. Coach Bill Peters hopes to have Faulk back either Thursday or Friday for road games at the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks. "That's just me being positive, but he's definitely taking steps in the right direction," Peters said. Forward Elias Lindholm will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury. He has skated the past two days and Peters said he might play on the two-game road trip as well.

Devils projected lineup

Michael Cammalleri -- Adam Henrique -- Kyle Palmieri
Taylor Hall -- Travis Zajac -- PA Parenteau
Miles Wood -- Pavel Zacha -- Nick Lappin
Beau Bennett -- Sergey Kalinin -- Devante Smith-Pelly
Andy Greene -- Ben Lovejoy
Jon Merrill -- Steven Santini
Damon Severson -- Kyle Quincey
Cory Schneider
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched: Luke Gazdic
Injured:Vernon Fiddler (lower body), John Moore (concussion), Jacob Josefson (illness)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Victor Rask -- Derek Ryan
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Joakim Nordstrom
Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen -- Lee Stempniak
Andrej Nestrasil -- Jay McClement -- Viktor Stalberg
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Ron Hainsey -- Ryan Murphy
Noah Hanifin -- Matt Tennyson
Cam Ward
Daniel Altshuller
Scratched: Klas Dahlbeck
Injured:Justin Faulk (lower body), Elias Lindholm (upper body), Eddie Lack (concussion) Bryan Bickell (illness)

Status report

The Devils did not hold a morning skate. They placed forward Reid Boucher on waivers one day after claiming him from the Nashville Predators. Josefson will miss his second straight game.

Who's hot

Hall has one goal and four assists in his past four games. Parenteau has three goals in his past four games. ... Teravainen has a goal and four points during a four-game point streak.