The New Jersey Devils skate into today’s 2:00 PM matinee against the Winnipeg Jets carrying far more than just two points on their minds....

Curtis Lazar will return to the New Jersey Devils’ lineup for Tuesday night’s game (Dec. 17) against the St. Louis Blues. He suffered a knee injury that required surgery at the beginning of the season. At the end of October, the team announced that Lazar would be out indefinitely. Updates on his condition have been few and far between, but yesterday, the team revised his status to day-to-day. When asked about his injury, the 29-year-old said he was happy with the progression of his recovery. After missing 21 games, he will be back in action tonight. #NEWS: We have placed F Justin Dowling on waivers with the intention of assigning him to Utica (AHL).We have activated...

The Ottawa Senators take on the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 1 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NHLN, TSN5, RDS Senators projected lineup Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Adam GaudetteBrady Tkachuk — Josh Norris — Drake BathersonNick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Ridly GreigMatthew Highmore — Zack Ostapchuk — Michael Amadio Jake Sanderson — Artem ZubThomas Chabot — Nick JensenTyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo Anton ForsbergLeevi Merilainen Scratched: Donovan Sebrango Injured: Linus Ullmark (back), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Jacob Bernard-Docker (high ankle sprain), David Perron (upper body), Noah Gregor (lower body), Cole Reinhardt (upper body) Status report Forsberg is expected to start after Merilainen made 23 saves in a...