New Jersey brings a three-game winning streak and a top-six power-index ranking into a Saturday test at UBS Arena.
Saturday’s 7 p.m. ET meeting at UBS Arena pits the Devils, second in this matchup with 22 points, against an Islanders team sitting on 16. New Jersey is 11-5-0, ranked sixth in the power index and riding a three-game streak; the Islanders are 7-6-2, ranked 21st and have lost two straight. The Islanders took the season’s first meeting 6-0, but the Devils arrive 4-1 in their last five while New York is 2-3. Jack Hughes leads New Jersey with 21 points in 16 games, so containing his playmaking is central to the Islanders’ chances—while Matthew Schaefer, at 15 points in 15 games, is a key answer for the home side.