Devils at Blackhawks preview

DEVILS (11-19-5) at BLACKHAWKS (15-16-6)
8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, MSG+2, NHL.TV

Jesper Boqvist, a forward, has three goals in 21 games this season for the Devils, who have lost two straight and are 2-8-1 in their past 11 games. Adam Boqvist, a defenseman, has three points (one goal, two assists) in 13 games for the Blackhawks, who have won two straight after going 1-4-1 in their previous six games.
John Quenneville will make his Chicago debut and face his former team for the first time; the forward, recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Sunday, played 33 games over three seasons with New Jersey before the Blackhawks acquired him in a trade for forward John Hayden on June 22. Hayden, who will face Chicago for the first time, has one assist in 12 games with the Devils.

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Players to watch

Devils forward Kyle Palmieri has three goals in his past four games. He leads New Jersey with 14 goals.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his past five games and eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past three games against New Jersey.

They said it

"It's a lot of fun for sure. It was something we talked a little bit about when I signed, so it will be a lot of fun." -- Devils forward Jesper Boqvist on playing against his brother, Chicago defenseman Adam Boqvist
"I went to a new team this year and went through a little bit of growing pains to try to switch to a new squad and now I've found a way to have success and get my game going again." -- Blackhawks forward John Quenneville

Devils projected lineup

Jesper Boqvist -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Blake Coleman -- Travis Zajac -- Nikita Gusev
Miles Wood -- Jack Hughes -- Wayne Simmonds
Jesper Bratt -- Pavel Zacha -- John Hayden
Andy Greene -- P.K. Subban
Will Butcher -- Sami Vatanen
Mirco Mueller -- Damon Severson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Gilles Senn
Scratched: Connor Carrick, Michael McLeod, Kevin Rooney
Injured:Louis Domingue (lower body), Matt Tennyson (upper body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- John Quenneville
Alex Nylander -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Kirby Dach -- Ryan Carpenter
Zack Smith -- David Kampf -- Matthew Highmore
Duncan Keith -- Adam Boqvist
Connor Murphy -- Erik Gustafsson
Olli Maatta -- Dennis Gilbert
Corey Crawford
Robin Lehner
Scratched: Slater Koekkoek, Dylan Sikura
Injured: Drake Caggiula (concussion protocol), Calvin de Haan (right shoulder), Brandon Saad (right ankle), Brent Seabrook (undisclosed), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol)

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Status report

Jesper Boqvist was a healthy scratch for a 5-1 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. … Quenneville is in for Sikura. … Seabrook is still being evaluated, Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said.

Stat pack

Gusev has three assists in his past three games. … Keith needs one goal for 100 in the NHL.