{"id":540481,"date":"2026-04-04T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:53:16","slug":"nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-new-jersey-devils-with-line-combinations-04-04-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540481\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 04\/04\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NHL-Game-Preview-Montreal-Canadiens-at-New-Jersey-Devils-with-Line-Combinations-04.04.2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 04\/04\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Yuki Iwamura-AP)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens (44-21-10, 98 pts) at New Jersey Devils (39-34-2, 80 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Prudential Center<br \/>Date: Saturday, April 4<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0NHL Network, MSG Network<br \/>Radio: TSN 690 \/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>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Canadiens beat the Rangers 3-2 in their last game on Thursday night. In their previous five games, Montreal has a 5-0-0 record, scoring 3.2 goals per game while conceding 1.2. The Canadiens lost the only meeting this season with the Devils 4-3 in overtime back on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Devils beat the Capitals on Thursday, 7-3. In their last five games, New Jersey has a 3-2-0 record, scoring 3.8 goals per game while allowing 3.4.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky<br \/>Newhook-Kapanen-Demidov<br \/>Bolduc-Evans-Anderson<br \/>Veleno-Danault-Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Dobson<br \/>Struble-Hutson<br \/>Guhle-Xhekaj<\/p>\n<p>Dobes<br \/>Fowler<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Montreal&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Montreal Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Meier-Hischier-Mercer<br \/>Bratt-Hughes-Brown<br \/>Hameenaho-Glass-Bjugstad<br \/>Dadonov-Cotter-Tsyplakov<\/p>\n<p>Siegenthaler-Hamilton<br \/>Hughes-Kovacevic<br \/>Dillon-Nemec<\/p>\n<p>Markstrom<br \/>Allen<\/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>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Noah%20Dobson&amp;post_tag=noah-dobson\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Noah%20Dobson&amp;post_tag=noah-dobson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Dobson<\/a> had two assists in the Canadiens overtime loss to the Devils 4-3 on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Jesper%20Bratt&amp;post_tag=jesper-bratt\" id=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Jesper%20Bratt&amp;post_tag=jesper-bratt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesper Bratt<\/a> scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Devils in their 4-3 overtime win over the Canadiens on November 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/?s=Patrik%20Laine&amp;post_tag=patrik-laine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrik Laine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D David Reinbacher \u2013 Out<br \/>F Kirby Dach \u2013 Out<br \/>D Alexandre Carrier \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<br \/>D Brett Pesce \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Arseny Gritsyuk \u2013 OUT<\/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\/04\/1775317996_268_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. 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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: Yuki Iwamura-AP) Montreal Canadiens (44-21-10, 98 pts) at New Jersey Devils (39-34-2, 80 pts) Venue: Prudential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[1603,25554,2866,265,3566,5,3170,4687,264,21,5147,151,4,5573,778,640,854,1091],"class_list":{"0":"post-540481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-alexandre-carrier","9":"tag-arseny-gritsyuk","10":"tag-brett-pesce","11":"tag-canadiens","12":"tag-david-reinbacher","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-jesper-bratt","15":"tag-kirby-dach","16":"tag-montreal","17":"tag-montreal-canadiens","18":"tag-montrealcanadiens","19":"tag-new-jersey-devils","20":"tag-nhl","21":"tag-nhl-game-preview","22":"tag-noah-dobson","23":"tag-patrik-laine","24":"tag-stefan-noesen","25":"tag-zack-macewen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116347248782208216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540481","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=540481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}