New Jersey faces Calgary on 4-game road skid

Updated Mar. 16, 2022 3:10 a.m. ET
Associated Press

New Jersey Devils (22-33-5, seventh in the Metropolitan) vs. Calgary Flames (36-16-7, first in the Pacific)

Calgary, Alberta; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT

LINE: Flames -334, Devils +260; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: New Jersey hits the road against Calgary looking to end its four-game road losing streak.

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The Flames are 18-5-5 at home. Calgary ranks sixth in the league averaging 3.4 goals per game, led by Elias Lindholm with 30.

The Devils have gone 8-19-2 away from home. New Jersey is 10th in the Eastern Conference averaging 3.0 goals per game, led by Jack Hughes with 19.

In their last meeting on Oct. 26, Calgary won 5-3. Andrew Mangiapane scored a team-high two goals for the Flames in the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lindholm leads the Flames with 30 goals, adding 32 assists and totaling 62 points. Johnny Gaudreau has six goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Calgary.

Hughes leads the Devils with 19 goals and has 46 points. Jesper Bratt has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for New Jersey.

LAST 10 GAMES: Flames: 6-3-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.1 assists, 4.6 penalties and 11.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game with a .911 save percentage.

Devils: 5-5-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.5 assists, 3.4 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while allowing three goals per game with a .905 save percentage.

INJURIES: Flames: Oliver Kylington: day to day (lower body).

Devils: Jonas Siegenthaler: day to day (illness).

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