Devils at Canucks preview

DEVILS (4-7-4) at CANUCKS (9-5-3)
4 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNP, MSG+, NHL.TV

Jack Hughes, an 18-year-old center selected No. 1 in the 2019 NHL Draft, scored his first NHL goal in New Jersey's 1-0 home win against the Canucks on Oct. 19, the first NHL game between the brothers. He has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past nine games for the Devils, who have lost two in a row but are 4-3-2 in their past nine games after starting the season 0-4-2.
Quinn Hughes, a 20-year-old defenseman selected with the No. 7 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 16 games. The Canucks are winless (0-2-1) in their past three games and 1-2-2 in their past five after going 8-1-1 in the previous 10.
The Devils will be without Sami Vatanen to wrap up a five-game road trip. Vatanan, who leads New Jersey defensemen with eight points (four goals, four assists) in 15 games, left after taking a hit midway through the first period of a 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Players to watch

Devils forward Taylor Hall had his point streak end at seven games Friday (nine points; one goal, eight assists).
Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"You get on the road sometimes and you struggle a little bit, and it's up to guys like me to be better on there." -- Devils forward Taylor Hall on the New Jersey power play going 0-for-10 the past three games after scoring at least one goal in six straight
"He's a warrior, and if he's not really hurt badly, something broken or something like that, he is going to play." -- Canucks coach Travis Green on defenseman Chris Tanev, who was injured against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, played against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday, and returned to the game after being hobbled blocking a shot
Devils projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Jack Hughes -- Kyle Palmieri
Pavel Zacha -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Blake Coleman -- Travis Zajac -- Nikita Gusev
Miles Wood -- Kevin Rooney -- Wayne Simmonds
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- P.K. Subban
Mirco Mueller -- Matt Tennyson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Cory Schneider
Scratched: John Hayden, Pavel Zacha
Injured:Sami Vatanen (undisclosed), Connor Carrick (finger)

Canucks projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Sven Baertschi -- Bo Horvat -- Tanner Pearson
Josh Leivo -- Brandon Sutter -- Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller -- Jay Beagle -- Loui Eriksson
Alexander Edler -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Christopher Tanev
Jordie Benn -- Troy Stecher
Jacob Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched:Adam Gaudette, Oscar Fantenberg
Injured: Tyler Motte (foot), Antoine Roussel (knee), Micheal Ferland (concussion protocol)

Status report

Neither team practiced Saturday coming off back-to-back road games, but Blackwood will start after Schneider played against the Oilers, and Markstrom is expected to start after Demko played against the Jets.

Stat pack

Palmieri has no points in his past three games after having six (three goals, three assists) in his previous three. … Horvat has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games. … Miller has four points (two goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak and 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past nine games.