New Jersey Devils (6-3-1, third in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (4-6, eighth in the Central Division)
Chicago; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Devils -228, Blackhawks +183; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks and the New Jersey Devils hit the ice in an out-of-conference matchup.
Chicago had a 26-49-7 record overall and a 14-23-4 record in home games last season. The Blackhawks had a -97 goal differential last season, scoring 202 goals while allowing 299.
New Jersey had a 52-22-8 record overall and a 30-12-5 record in road games last season. The Devils had a 21.9% power play success rate last season, scoring 49 goals on 224 chances.
INJURIES: Blackhawks: Colin Blackwell: out (lower body), Luke Philp: out (achilles), Alex Vlasic: day to day (head), Samuel Savoie: out (leg).
Devils: Tomas Nosek: out (lower body), Brian Halonen: out (lower body), Nico Hischier: day to day (upper body), Jack Hughes: day to day (upper-body), Nico Daws: out (hip), Nolan Foote: out (upper body), Colin Miller: out (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
