Penguins at Devils preview

PENGUINS (31-21-7) AT DEVILS (23-28-8)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNP, MSG+, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

Crosby, who has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) during the streak, needs three goals to tie Jaromir Jagr for second most in Penguins history (439). Mario Lemieux is first with 690 goals in 915 games.
Pittsburgh defeated the New York Rangers 6-5 on Sunday, holds the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and is tied in points (69) with the Columbus Blue Jackets for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Travis Zajac will play his 900th NHL game, all with New Jersey. The Devils seek their second season sweep against the Penguins since 2009-10 (6-0-0). They have won three games by a combined score of 15-6.

Players to watch

Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will look to extend his personal point streak to eight games. He has four goals and seven assists in his previous seven, missing one because of a suspension.
Devils right wing Jesper Bratt has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"The Devils play a similar brand no matter where they are in the standings and they work really hard, are fast, and put a lot of pressure on you so I think regardless of where they're at, we should expect that." -- Penguins captain Sidney Crosby
"I owe a lot to this organization. From the start they believed in me and helped me grow into a professional hockey player, and that's been my dream all along." -- Devils center Travis Zajac

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Zach Aston-Reese -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Jared McCann -- Nick Bjugstad -- Patric Hornqvist
Tanner Pearson -- Matt Cullen -- Dominik Simon
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Jack Johnson -- Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Teddy Blueger, Garrett Wilson, Juuso Riikola
Injured:Olli Maatta (upper body)

Devils projected lineup

Marcus Johansson -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- Kyle Palmieri
Kenny Agostino -- Blake Coleman -- Joey Anderson
Brett Seney -- Kevin Rooney -- Drew Stafford
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Mirco Mueller -- Eric Gryba
Will Butcher -- Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid
Cory Schneider
Scratched:Steven Santini, Kurtis Gabriel
Injured:Taylor Hall (lower body), Sami Vatanen (concussion), Stefan Noesen (lower body), Pavel Zacha (upper body)

Status report

Pearson will play after he was a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Coleman returns after missing four games with an upper-body injury.

Stat pack

Letang has six points (three goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak. ... Kessel has five assists in his past four games. ... Palmieri has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past two games. ... New Jersey has scored a power-play goal in five straight games (5-for-15).