Preview: Devils at Penguins

DEVILS (13-13-7) at PENGUINS (21-8-5)
7 p.m. ET; TVA Sports, ROOT, MSG+ 2, NHL.TV

Devils team scope

Cory Schneider could start in goal for the New Jersey Devils for the second straight game Friday. He made 16 saves in a 4-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday to help end the Devils' seven-game losing streak (0-6-1). The win also was Schneider's first in six starts; he had been 0-4-1 in his previous five. "You could tell the emotions, the passion and commitment were there," Schneider said Thursday. "I think we're just tired of losing, just tired of not winning. That could manifest itself in a lot of ways and [Thursday], it was a positive." Coach John Hynes also could opt to use Keith Kinkaid, who made a season-high 46 saves in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 26. He last started Dec. 17, when he made 28 saves in a 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Forward Jacob Josefson was placed on injured reserve Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 17, when he had a concussion. He'll miss his fourth straight game Friday. They did not have a morning skate.

Penguins team scope

Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to start Friday after Matt Murray allowed an NHL career-high six goals on 23 shots in a 7-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. Fleury made four saves on five shots after replacing Murray in the third period. He made a season-high 41 saves in his last start, a 2-1 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 17. The Penguins allowed seven goals in a game for the second time this season on Thursday; they lost 7-1 to the Washington Capitals on Nov. 16. The loss Thursday came two days after seven players scored in a 7-2 win against the New York Rangers. "We've got to compete harder away from the puck," coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday. "We've got to compete harder on the puck. We just have to be more competitive. … We've got a good team and we know it. When we play the game the right way we can play with anybody." Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said Thursday the best thing to do is to have a short memory. "We've got to move on," he said. "We've got to move on here to [Friday] and keep that game [Thursday] in the back of our mind and make sure we don't let it happen again." The Penguins did not have a morning skate Friday.

Devils projected lineup

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

Penguins projected lineup

Conor Sheary -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Chris Kunitz -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Carl Hagelin -- Nick Bonino -- Phil Kessel
Scott Wilson -- Matt Cullen -- Eric Fehr
Ian Cole -- Justin Schultz
Derrick Pouliot -- Steve Oleksy
Olli Maatta -- Brian Dumoulin
Marc-Andre Fleury
Matt Murray
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel
Injured:Kris Letang (lower body), Trevor Daley (upper body), Tom Kuhnhackl (lower body)

Status report

The Devils recalled Helgeson from Albany of the American Hockey League on Thursday. He played 10:07 in 17 shifts and had five penalty minutes in his first game of the season. … Daley began skating on his own Tuesday, four days after sustaining an upper-body injury against the Los Angeles Kings. He and Letang (lower body) are not expected play Friday.

Who's hot

Parenteau had a goal and an assist Thursday. He has at least one point in five of his past seven games. … Crosby has 11 goals and 21 points in his past 15 games. He has scored at least one goal in 18 of 28 games since returning from a concussion that kept him out the first six games of the season. Malkin has six goals and 20 points in his past 14 games. Schultz has six goals and 15 points in his past 12 games.