New Jersey hosts Florida after shootout win
Florida Panthers (10-1-1, first in the Atlantic) vs. New Jersey Devils (5-3-2, seventh in the Metropolitan)
Newark, New Jersey; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
LINE: Devils +122, Panthers -144; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: New Jersey hosts the Florida Panthers after the Devils took down San Jose 3-2 in a shootout.
New Jersey went 19-30-7 overall and 7-18-3 at home in the 2020-21 season. The Devils averaged 2.9 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes per game.
Florida went 37-14-5 overall in the 2020-21 season while going 17-9-2 on the road. The Panthers averaged 3.4 goals and 5.6 assists per game last season.
The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.
INJURIES: Devils: Mackenzie Blackwood: out (lower body), Dougie Hamilton: day to day (undisclosed).
Panthers: Sam Bennett: day to day (upper body), Sergei Bobrovsky: day to day (upper body).
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