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Sunday, 05 February 2012 11:30

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

A preview of the Devils.

When and where: 1 p.m., EST. Prudential Center.

TV: Root Sports, MSG Plus.

Record: 29-19-3, 61 points. The Devils are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Atlantic Division.

Leading Scorer: Patrik Elias, 50 points (18 goals, 32 assists).

Last Game: 6-4 road win against the Flyers, yesterday. Kurtis Foster had two goals and an assist for the Devils.

Last Game against the Penguins: 3-1 road win, Jan. 7. Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the Penguins.

Devils Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Dainius Zubrus (right). He has six points in his last three games.

Ex-Penguins on the Devils: Johan Hedberg, G; Alexei Ponikarovsky, LW; Petr Sykora, RW.

Ex-Devils on the Penguins: Arron Asham, RW; Bill Guerin, player development coach; Paul Martin, D; Steve Sullivan, LW.

Useless Devils/Rockies/Scouts Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: The first overtime goal scored against the Devils franchise after it moved to New Jersey was scored by former Penguins captain Randy Carlyle in a 6-5 Penguins road win, Dec. 23, 1983.

Best Devils Video We Could Find: The audio on this is cruddy, but here's a pretty sweet backhanded goal scored by Steven Sullivan, then of the Devils, in 1996-97:

Probable goaltenders: The Penguins have not announced if Marc-Andre Fleury (28-12-2, 2.25 GAA, .914 SV%) or Brent Johnson (2-6-2, 3.20 GAA, .884 SV%) will get the start. Martin Brodeur (16-12-2, 2.77 GAA, .894 SV%) for the Devils.

Injuries: For the Penguins, right winger Arron Asham (head) is out. Centers Sidney Crosby (head/neck), Jordan Staal (knee) and defensemen Simon Despres (knee) are on injured reserve. For the Devils, center Ryan Carter (hand) and defenseman Adam Larsson (back) are doubtful. Centers Adam Henrique and Travis Zajac are on injured reserve.

Potential lines and defensive pairings: The Penguins' primary lines and defensive pairings against the Bruins yesterday were:

Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Dustin Jeffrey - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Cal O'Reilly - Tyler Kennedy
Richard Park - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams

Brook Orpik - Kris Letang
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland

-The Devils primary lines and defensive pairings against the Flyers yesterday were:

Zach Parise - Patrik Elias - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Dainius Zubrus - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jacob Josefson - Steve Bernier
Eric Boulton - Brad Mills - Peter Harrold

Andy Greene-Mark Fayne
Bryce Salvador-Anton Volchenkov
Matt Taormina-Kurtis Foster

Notes:

-Park has scored 99 career goals.

-Kennedy has 146 career points.

-Our live blog begins at approximately 12:45 p.m. Please tune in.

(Photo: Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

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