TEAM COMPARISONS<\/p>\n
Seven straight wins \u2014 Montreal\u2019s longest streak since Oct. 18 to Nov. 2, 2016 \u2014 and still, they\u2019re not satisfied. For all the attention on Caufield\u2019s chase for 50, the message from him and the room hasn\u2019t wavered: it\u2019s about winning. With a playoff spot not yet secured and the battle for the Atlantic Division alive and well, it has to be. The hottest team in the NHL rolls into a weekend home-and-home with a chance to cap a perfect five-game road trip before returning to what should be a raucous Bell Centre on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
The Devils haven\u2019t been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, but their window is all but closed. Still, much like the New York Rangers, they haven\u2019t packed it in. New Jersey has gone 7-3-0 over its last 10 games and owns a solid 20-15-3 record at Prudential Center.<\/p>\n
SEASON SERIES<\/p>\n
Nov. 6 @ NJD: 4-3 NJD (OT)<\/p>\n
Apr. 4 vs. NJD:<\/p>\n
Apr. 5 @ NJD:<\/p>\n
PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR<\/p>\n
One away from history, 27 goals in his last 28 games, Caufield is poised to become the franchise\u2019s first 50-goal scorer in 36 years.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, his close friend, Jack Hughes, is on a heater for the Devils, piling up nine points across his last three outings, including a four-point night on March 29 and a five-point performance on April 2.<\/p>\n
BY THE NUMBERS: HABS-DEVILS<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the Canadiens and Devils match up by the numbers:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEAM COMPARISONS Seven straight wins \u2014 Montreal\u2019s longest streak since Oct. 18 to Nov. 2, 2016 \u2014 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,5,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-540257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-new-jersey-devils","12":"tag-newjersey","13":"tag-newjerseydevils","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116346657614668094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540257","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=540257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}