Devils lines
The New Jersey Devils' lines as deployed at the Capitals (L 2-4) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — home to the Avalanche.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
Hischier also took 1:17 with L1.
Gritsyuk also took 1:02 with L4. Boqvist also took 1:11 with L2.
What changed since Thu, Oct 15
The top line held: Bratt, J. Hughes and Gritsyuk together again. Moved: Hischier (L4 → L2), Meier (L4 → L2), Mercer (L4 → L2), Mantha (L2 → L4), Noesen (L2 → L4) and Rodrigues (L2 → L4).
In net this season
Jake Allen has started 5 of the Devils' 8 games, Nico Daws 3. Jake Allen started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | 5 | 8 | .876 | Sat, Oct 17 |
| Nico Daws | 3 | 8 | .857 | Thu, Oct 15 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Devils live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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