#### **DEVILS (47-20-8) at BLACKHAWKS (24-45-6)****Devils projected lineup**Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson MercerOndrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper BrattTomas Tatar -- Erik Haula -- Jesper BoqvistMiles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Yegor SharangovichJonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie HamiltonRyan Graves -- John MarinoKevin Bahl -- Damon SeversonVitek VanecekMackenzie Blackwood***Scratched:** Brendan Smith****Injured:** Jonathan Bernier (hip), Nathan Bastian (upper body), Curtis Lazar (lower body)***Blackhawks projected lineup**Lukas Reichel -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Anders BjorkTyler Johnson -- Jason Dickinson -- Taylor RaddyshAustin Wagner - Jonathan Toews -- Reese JohnsonBoris Katchouk -- Jujhar Khaira -- Joey AndersonCaleb Jones -- Seth JonesAlex Vlasic -- Connor MurphyWyatt Kaiser -- Nikita ZaitsevAlex StalockPetr Mrazek***Scratched:** Ian Mitchell, Andreas Englund, MacKenzie Entwistle****Injured:** Jarred Tinordi (hip), Colin Blackwell (groin), Cole Guttman (shoulder), Philipp Kurashev (shoulder)***Status report**The Devils reassigned forward Nolan Foote to Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday … Toews is expected to play for the first time since Jan. 28; he announced on Feb. 21 he was stepping away from the Blackhawks to deal with the effects of long COVID-19 and Chronic Immune Response Syndrome, which kept him out the entire 2020-21 season. ... Tinordi is close to returning, according to coach Luke Richardson; the defenseman is expected to miss his third straight game. ... Stalock will start.
