Pre-Game Post, Devils @ Isles 11/10/07 7:00 PM

The Isles and Devils square off for the second time this season tonight at 7:00. In the previous meeting, the Isles took an exciting game in OT when Bill Guerin scored making it a 4-3 win. Tonight, things may come out totally different.
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The Isles are red-hot right now. With a 8-4 record, nothing is stopping them. Tonight, they go for their 4th win in a row. After the news of Freddy Meyer returning to the Isles earlier today, the team now has some extra defense. Obviously, Meyer won't be playing today. But the news itself may have a good or bad impact on the team. Injuries are still eating at them, with 5 regular guys still hurt.

My Projected Lines:

Goaltenders
39 Rick DiPietro
34 Wade Dubielewicz

Defensemen
32 Brendan Witt - 24 Radek Martinek
25 Andy Sutton - 47 Marc-Andre Bergeron
14 Chris Campoli - 8 Bruno Gervais


Forwards
26 Ruslan Fedotenko - 89 Mike Comrie - 7 Trent Hunter
11 Andy Hilbert - 18 Mike Sillinger - 13 Bill Guerin
10 Richard Park - 63 Josef Vasicek - 81 Miroslav Satan
12 Chris Simon - 29 Ben Walter - 28 Tim Jackman


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The Devils, on the other hand, haven't had such a good start. With Kevin Weekes actually playing one of the first few games, Marty Brodeur is very well rested. The elite goaltender seeks his 500th career win tonight. The Devils are 5-7-2, and hope for their 6th win tonight. They've lost 2 of the last 3 games, and really didn't look good. It may take some really hard work to overcome the Isles talent tonight.

My Projected Lines:

Goaltenders
30 Martin Brodeur
1 Kevin Weekes

Defensemen
7 Paul Martin - 2 Vitaly Vishnevski
29 Johnny Oduya - 28 Karel Rachunek
6 Andy Greene - 8 Sheldon Brookbank


Forwards
9 Zach Parise - 19 Travis Zajac - 14 Brian Gionta
26 Patrik Elias - 18 Sergei Brylin - 23 David Clarkson
20 Jay Pandolfo - 11 John Madden - 16 Dainius Zubrus
17 Mike Rupp - 10 Rod Pelley - 22 Arron Asham