Forward Taylor Hall will play his first game at the Edmonton Oilers since being traded to the New Jersey Devils on June 29. Hall played his former team for the first time at New Jersey on Saturday, a 2-1 Devils loss. "It's going to be different, the first few shifts and warmup, that type of thing, is going to be a bit awkward, a feeling out process just for myself," Hall said. "I think as the game goes on, I'll get used to it. Like the game in New Jersey, it just became a hockey game by the end of it and I hope I can get to that point sooner than in New Jersey." The Devils are on a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) and are playing the first of a four-game road trip. "It's tough in the middle of a season to say any stretch is a make or break," coach John Hynes said, "but] it's a situation where we have to play better hockey, we have to find a way to win some games, get some points and move on and get our game back." Center Blake Coleman will make his NHL debut, recalled from Albany of the American Hockey League along with defenseman Karl Stollery on Tuesday. "I'm extremely excited, it's something I've been waiting for since I was a little kid," said Coleman, who will play on the third line between Devante Smith-Pelly and Nick Lappin. "I'm sure I'll have a lot of emotions going into it and I'll just let the game come to me."
