Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the New Jersey Devils (15-15-7, 37 points) and Chicago Blackhawks (25-7-6, 56 points) go head-to-head live from the United Center in Chicago for the first of two meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. New Jersey fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action on 101.9 FM WFAN while Chicago fans can do the same on 720 WGN.
New Jersey has gone 3-0-1 in its past four games and has pulled itself into playoff contention while Chicago is 5-1-1 over its last seven and is first in the highly-competitive Central Division.
The Blackhawks are coming off of a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday where its special teams were not up to the task.
"I thought our power play might've let us down a little bit tonight," Patrick Kane, who is on an 11-game point streak, said via NHL.com. "We didn't really create any momentum off it and they probably got momentum off killing them off. It's something we'll try to improve on, but definitely disappointing when you're up 2-0 to give up a lead and then lose the game."
The Blackhawks have been led by Kane (21-27-48), Patrick Sharp (16-18-34) and Jonathan Toews (13-20-33) thus far this season.
The Devils are coming off of a 5-4 overtime victory Saturday over the Washington Capitals that saw the team claw its way back from a 3-1 deficit.
"I felt like we were playing very good hockey the first two periods, and I look at the scoreboard and we were down 3-1," Jaromir Jagr said afterward, according to NHL.com. "That was kind of tough to swallow, but we got some lucky bounces in the third period and tied the game and went to overtime again. I thought we responded very well when we were down two goals."
The Devils have been paced by Jagr (13-20-33), Patrik Elias (7-17-24) and Andy Greene (6-14-20), who is 2-3-5 in his last three games.
Martin Brodeur will likely start between the pipes for New Jersey and is 11-8-2 with a 2.38 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage while Antti Raanta will likely start for Chicago and is 7-1-2 with a 2.22 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.
New Jersey looks to keep on winning while Chicago hopes to bounce back from a tough loss and stay atop a competitive division when the lights come up at the United Center tonight in Chicago.
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