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Preview: Game #42 Devils @ Leafs

By Cam Charron

Apr 15, 2013, 16:13 EDTUpdated: Apr 15, 2013, 16:12 EDT

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It’s a difficult afternoon to concentrate on hockey, so this New Jersey Devils/Toronto Maple Leafs “preview” post will just be a few numbers and line combinations rather than any pontificating spiel about roster decisions or optimization.

Broadcast Info:

TV: Leafs TV

Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EDT

By The Numbers:

	New Jersey	Toronto
Corsi Tied %	52.4% (7th)	45.6% (25th)
5v5 GF/GA Ratio	.81 (26th)	1.12 (9th)
Team Shooting %	6.34%	10.77%
Team Save %	0.912	0.925
Team PDO	0.975	1.030

Special Teams:

	New Jersey	Toronto
PP Success	15.7% (22nd)	18.2% (14th)
5v4 GF/60	5.04 (20th)	6.26 (14th)
5v4 SF/60	50.4 (9th)	44.7 (20th)
PK Success	81.1% (18th)	87.6% (3rd)
4v5 GA/60	6.06 (16th)	4.36 (3rd)
4v5 SA/60	37.5 (2nd)	39.8 (5th)

Starting Goalies:

	EV SV%	Quality Start Rate	Starts	Quality Starts
Martin Brodeur	0.916	54.17%	24	13
James Reimer	0.924	52.00%	25	13

Stats via Hockey Analysis and NHL.com

Setup:

The short season and an untimely injury to Ilya Kovalchuk could mean the New Jersey Devils will be the best team to ever miss the playoffs.

Lines:

Patrik Elias – Travis Zajac – Steve Sullivan
David Clarkson – Adam Henrique – Dainius Zubrus
Alexei Ponikarovsky – Andrei Loktoinov – Matt D’Agostini
Steve Bernier – Ryan Carter – Stephen Gionta

Andy Greene – Mark Fayne
Marek Zidlicky – Henrik Tallinder
Adam Larsson – Peter Harrold

Martin Brodeur
Johan Hedberg

via Left Wing Lock

Per Randy Carlyle, Joffrey Lupul is available for the Leafs tonight. We should know by warm up whether or not he’s back in the lineup. I don’t think it’s a boost the Leafs need at this point. They have a lot of scoring right now and would clinch a playoff spot if they managed just five points in their last seven games. I get you don’t want to take your foot off the gas pedal, but I don’t think they should take chances with head injuries of any kind.

Any members of Leafs Nation in or around Boston today, stay safe. Every other member of Leafs Nation… you guys stay safe as well. Full recap as scheduled after the game.