{"id":485127,"date":"2026-03-04T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485127\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:49:13","slug":"nhl-game-preview-toronto-maple-leafs-at-new-jersey-devils-with-line-combinations-03-04-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485127\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 03\/04\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NHL-Game-Preview-Toronto-Maple-Leafs-at-New-Jersey-Devils-with-Line-Combinations-03.04.2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 03\/04\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: ESPN)<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10, 64 pts) at New Jersey Devils (30-29-2, 62 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Prudential Center<br \/>Date: Wednesday, March 4<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, HULU<br \/>Radio: Sportsnet 950 AM The Fan, TSN 1050 AM\/101.9 FM WFAN<\/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>Toronto Maple Leafs News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">They lost their last game 3-2 in a shootout to the Flyers on Monday. They\u2019ve now received three point of of ten in their last five games. They have a 1-3-1 record in those previous five games, scoring 1.8 goals per game while conceding 3.8. With the NHL Trade Deadline closing in, rumors have been swirling around the Leafs regarding potential moves that could shift this team\u2019s look significantly if they choose to go the full-blown tear-down and rebuild route.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Devils beat the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, 5-1. In their previous five games, the Devils have a 2-3-0 record, scoring 2.2 goals per game while allowing 2.2. This will be the third meeting of the season between these two teams, and the series is tied 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>McMann \u2013 Matthews \u2013 Nylander<br \/>Knies \u2013 Tavares \u2013 Domi<br \/>Maccelli \u2013 Roy \u2013 Joshua<br \/>Lorentz \u2013 Laughton \u2013 Cowan<\/p>\n<p>Rielly \u2013 Carlo<br \/>Benoit \u2013 McCabe<br \/>Ekman-Larsson \u2013 Myers<\/p>\n<p>Stolarz<br \/>Woll<\/p>\n<p>Buy Toronto Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/toronto-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=tor&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Toronto Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Meier-Hischier-Mercer<br \/>Gritsyuk-Hughes-Brown<br \/>Bratt-Glass-Hameenaho<br \/>Cotter-Bjugstad-Tsyplakov<\/p>\n<p>Hughes-Pesce<br \/>Siegenthaler-Hamilton<br \/>Dillon-Nemec<\/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>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=bobby%20mcmann&amp;post_tag=bobby-mcmann\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=bobby%20mcmann&amp;post_tag=bobby-mcmann\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby McMann<\/a> had a goal and an assist while leading the Leafs in shots with six in their 4-0 win over the Devils back on December 30th.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Jack%20Hughes&amp;post_tag=jack-hughes\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Jack%20Hughes&amp;post_tag=jack-hughes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Hughes<\/a> had a hat trick in the Devils 5-2 win over the Maple Leafs back on October 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">D Chris Tanev \u2013 Out<br \/>D Dakota Mermis \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Stefan%20Noesen&amp;post_tag=stefan-noesen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Noesen<\/a>\u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/zack-macewen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zack MacEwen<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/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\/03\/1772639353_581_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: ESPN) Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10, 64 pts) at New Jersey Devils (30-29-2, 62 pts) Venue: Prudential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[3819,3651,19792,5,1272,20,5172,151,4,5573,854,66,31,5171,1091],"class_list":["post-485127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-bobby-mcmann","tag-chris-tanev","tag-dakota-mermis","tag-hockey","tag-jack-hughes","tag-maple-leafs","tag-mapleleafs","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-stefan-noesen","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-torontomapleleafs","tag-zack-macewen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116171700082469547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485127","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=485127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}