{"id":398345,"date":"2026-01-08T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398345\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:09:17","slug":"nhl-game-preview-new-jersey-devils-at-pittsburgh-penguins-with-line-combinations-1-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398345\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 1\/8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NHL-Game-Preview-New-Jersey-Devils-at-Pittsburgh-Penguins-with-Line-Combinations-1.8.26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 1\/8\/26\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Heather Khalifa-AP)<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils (22-19-2, 46 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (20-12-9, 49 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: PPG Paints Arena<br \/>Date: Thursday, January 8<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, MSGSN<br \/>Radio:\u00a0101.9 WFAN, 105.9 FM The X, 970 AM, Fox Sports<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>They lost their last game, 9-0, to the Islanders on Tuesday. They\u2019re 2-3-0 in their last five games, averaging 1.6 goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins beat the Blue Jackets 5-4 in Overtime on Sunday. They\u2019re 5-0-0 in their last five games, averaging five goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Hughes-Hischier-Bratt<br \/>Meirer-Mercer-Gritsyuk<br \/>Palat-Glass-Brown<br \/>Lammikko-Glendening-Noesen<\/p>\n<p>Siegenthaler-Hamilton<br \/>Hughes-Pesce<br \/>Dillon-White<\/p>\n<p>Allen<br \/>Markstrom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/new-jersey-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=new&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0&amp;_gl=1*zn95uv*_gcl_au*ODQ3ODgyOTQzLjE3NjMxMjY4NjY.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your New Jersey Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Rakell-Crosby-Rust<br \/>Kindel-Malkin-Chinakhov<br \/>Mantha-Novak-Brazeau<br \/>Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon-Karlsson<br \/>Kulak-Letang<br \/>Shea-St.Ivany<\/p>\n<p>Skinner<br \/>Silovs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/pittsburgh-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=pittsburgh&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>Arseny Gritsyuk scored the Devils\u2019 only goal in regulation during their 2-1 shootout victory over the Penguins back in November. Gritsyuk has only registered two points, a goal and an assist, over the last five games.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Sidney Crosby recorded an assist and three shots in the shootout loss to the Devils in their last meeting in November. He has nine points over his last five games for the Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/johnathan-kovacevic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnathan Kovacevic<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/evgenii-dadonov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evgenii Dadonov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/simon-nemec\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Nemec<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/zack-macewen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zack MacEwen<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/filip-hallander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hallander<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G Joel Blomqvist<br \/>D Caleb Jones<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: Heather Khalifa-AP) New Jersey Devils (22-19-2, 46 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (20-12-9, 49 pts) Venue: PPG&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[25554,3282,201,38981,2522,5,98,1771,576,151,5185,5184,4,100,768,1178,1091],"class_list":["post-398345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-jersey-devils","tag-arseny-gritsyuk","tag-caleb-jones","tag-devils","tag-evgeni-dadonov","tag-filip-hallander","tag-hockey","tag-joel-blomqvist","tag-johnathan-kovacevic","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-newjersey","tag-newjerseydevils","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-simon-nemec","tag-zack-macewen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115861767151762267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}