> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Preview and GDT: Leafs @ Devils - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/preview-and-gdt-leafs-devils/ - Published: 2024-04-09T19:00:24.000Z - Updated: 2024-04-09T21:17:15.000Z - Description: It's the Devils again, and not for the last time, either. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: Game Coverage ### Toronto Maple Leafs @ New Jersey Devils 07:00 PM at Prudential Center Watch on: TSN4, MSGSN2 ### The Leafs last game was at home on April 8 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, which Toronto won by a score of 3-2 in overtime. The Leafs have a record of 45-23-9 for a 0.643 Points %. The New Jersey Devils last played at home on April 7 against the Nashville Predators. The Devils lost by a score of 3-2 in a shootout, and their current league record is 37-36-5 for a 0.506 Points %. ### Them One assumes a computer makes a lot of the NHL schedule. And then people get their sticky fingers on it and tinker. Beyond the general design this season for home-and-homes, sometimes separated by many days and a couple of games, there seems to have been a try at giving the Leafs a banger of a finish. Anyone could have thought a run of Devils games post deadline would be great entertainment. The Devils are young and fast, a lot like the Leafs were in 2018, and the once young Leafs are now grizzled veterans of 25 and 26 who have been sobered up by playoff losses. The matchup is ideal. Not the first time some goalies got together and destroyed a narrative. We learned about the Devils the last game, and little has changed. They are dangerous offensively, get by on defence, and Jake Allen is on a hot streak, but their early goaltending destroyed their playoff chances. Allen has looked a little less like a starter lately, although he appears to have been the sole reason they even got to a shootout in their last game. They recalled Akira Schmid today to backup likely starter Allen, and Jack Hughes is out with an injury. #### Lines Amanda Stein via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-jersey-devils/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Shane Bowers - Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt Timo Meier - Erik Haula - Alexander Holtz Ondrej Palat - Tomas Nosek - Dawson Mercer Brian Halonen - Chris Tierney - Nolan Foote Luke Hughes - John Marino Kevin Bahl - Brendan Smith Jonas Siegenthaler - Simon Nemec Jake Allen - assumed starter Akira Schmid ### Us With this game a back-to-back with travel, expect only late breaking news on roster changes. The options, assuming no one is newly healthy who wasn't yesterday, are Nick Robertson and Noah Gregor on offence and Conor Timmins on defence. #### Lines Last Game (04/08) via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/toronto-maple-leafs/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Tyler Bertuzzi - Auston Matthews - Max Domi Bobby McMann - John Tavares - Mitchell Marner Matthew Knies - Pontus Holmberg - William Nylander Connor Dewar - David Kämpf - Ryan Reaves Morgan Rielly - Ilya Lyubushkin Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe Mark Giordano - T.J. Brodie Joe Woll - assumed starter Ilya Samsonov or Martin Jones ### The Game Motivation for the Leafs to win: > The [@NHLBruins](https://twitter.com/NHLBruins?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have a chance to secure consecutive divisions titles for the first time in a dozen years when they take the ice tonight against the Hurricanes - who will counter by trying to keep their own division title hopes alive.[#NHLStats](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLStats?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com): [https://t.co/djVhaPAOAQ](https://t.co/djVhaPAOAQ?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/N2AzXIT0KJ](https://t.co/N2AzXIT0KJ?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — NHL Public Relations (@PR\_NHL) [April 9, 2024](https://twitter.com/PR%5FNHL/status/1777697982801944611?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The Devils aren't formally eliminated, but they are out of contention. You never know how hard a team like that will pretend, though. Consider this your preview and GDT. We'll update with the Leafs roster at game time. Go Leafs Go! Update: > Lineup changes for the Leafs tonight in New Jersey > > IN: Timmins, Gregor, Robertson > > OUT: Lyubushkin, Reaves, Dewar > > Woll starts; Jones backs up > > Samsonov didn't make the trip & was given the day off[@TSN\_Edge](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FEdge?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [April 9, 2024](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1777806150693433679?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)