DEVILS (6-4-2) at CANUCKS (4-1-3)

10:30 p.m. ET; SN1, MSGSN

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer

Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt

Paul Cotter — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen

Tomas Tatar — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Simon Nemec, Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Curtis Lazar (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser

Arshdeep Bains — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland

Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood

Nils Hoglander — Pius Suter — Daniel Sprong

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers

Erik Brannstrom — Noah Juulsen

Arturs Silovs

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Nils Aman, Derek Forbort, Vincent Desharnais

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)

Status report

Lazar, a center, did not travel with the Devils on their three-game western Canada road trip after being injured during a 6-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and was still being evaluated, according to coach Sheldon Keefe. … Dowling was called up from Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and will make his season debut in Lazar’s spot. … Bastian takes the spot of MacDermid, a forward, after being scratched the past two games. … Juulsen replaces Desharnais, a defenseman, after being scratched the previous five games. … Bains moves up to the second line in place of Hoglander.