Projected Lineups for the Devils vs. Sabers Global Series Game – 10/04/2024 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The New Jersey Devils take on the Buffalo Sabers to kick off the 2024-25 NHL regular season in Czechia as part of the league’s Global Series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, taken from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers and others.

DEVILS (0-0-0) vs. SABERS (0-0-0)

2024 NHL Global Series Czechia presented by Fastenal

1pm ET; MSGSN, NHLN, MSG-B, SN

The Sabers identified the plan

JJ Peterka – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch

Zach Benson – Dylan Cozens – Jack Quinn

Jordan Greenway – Ryan McLeod – Jason Zucker

Beck Malenstyn – Sam Lafferty – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Rasmus Dahlin – Henri Jokiharju

Owen’s Power – Bowen Byram

Mattias Samuelsson – Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levy

Scratched: Lukas Rousek, Jiri Kulich, Peyton Krebs, Kale Clague, Dennis Gilbert, Jacob Bryson, James Reimer

Injured: Nothing

Status Report:

• McLeod, Zucker, Malenstyn, Lafferty and Aube-Kubel will each make their Sabers debuts.

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Proposed list of devils

Timo Meier – Jack Hughes – Jesper Bratt

Tomas Tatar – Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer

Ondrej Palat – Erik Haula – Stefan Noesen

Paul Cotter – Curtis Lazar – Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon – Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler – Johnathan Kovacevic

Seamus Casey – Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Nolan Foote, Shane Bowers, Kurtis MacDermid, Colton White, Nick DeSimone, Nico Daws

Injured: Luke Hughes (left shoulder), Brett Pesce (broken fibula)

Status Report:

• Pesce did not join the Devils in Prague and is a day-to-day defenseman but could play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 10.
• Casey will make his NHL debut.
• Cotter, Dillon, Kovacevic and Markstrom will each make their New Jersey debut.

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