Bastian Back at Practice as Devils | NOTEBOOK

After a trip to the Sunshine State, where the Devils went 2-1-0, the team is back on the ice in Newark for a practice session today!

There were some notable additions to practice today, with Nathan Bastian participating in the first half of the session which was plenty of skills work before the start of the regular session. Bastian, who head coach Sheldon Keefe said is 'not close to being available', did not participate in the second half of the practice session.

Also on the ice was Nolan Foote, Justin Dowling, Shane Bowers and Nick DeSimone. All four were recalled on Monday and were at practice.

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In and Out

While those mentioned above joined the practice session, several players did not participate. Timo Meier was kept off the ice due to back spasms, while Brett Pesce took a maintenance day.

"Considered day-to-day at this point," Keefe said. "We'll see what tomorrow brings. An additional day today was going to be helpful for them. They've been playing through some stuff and the break has been really important in lots of ways. Not only to give them rest, but in some cases some guys maybe wouldn't have played in Tampa the other night if we didn't have the break coming. We'll take advantage of this time and see where they're at tomorrow."