Devils at Kraken

DEVILS (29-12-3) at KRAKEN (26-14-4)

Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula -- Jack Hughes -- Dawson Mercer
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Boqvist -- Tomas Tatar
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- Damon Severson
Nikita Okhotiuk -- Brendan Smith
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Kevin Bahl, Fabian Zetterlund
Injured: John Marino (upper body), Jonathan Bernier (hip), (upper body)
Kraken projected lineup
Ryan Donato -- Alex Wennberg -- Jared McCann
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Andre Burakovsky -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Daniel Sprong -- Morgan Geekie -- Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Carson Soucy -- Cale Fleury
Martin Jones
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: John Hayden
Injured: Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed), Justin Schultz (undisclosed)
Status report
Bastian is expected to return after missing 22 games with a shoulder injury. He was removed from injured reserve and likely will replace Zetterlund in the lineup. Forward
Nolan Foote
was assigned to Utica of the American Hockey League. ... Schultz will not play after the defenseman was injured during a 5-2 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. ... Jones will make his ninth start in 11 games.