Preview: Devils at Rangers

DEVILS (12-12-6) at RANGERS (22-10-1)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSG, MSG+2, NHL.TV

Devils team scope

The New Jersey Devils have lost five consecutive games, including 3-1 at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. They also lost 5-0 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden last Sunday. The Devils have scored six goals during their five-game losing streak and have allowed 22. New Jersey is 3-9-3 in its past 15 games and have been outshot in 14 consecutive games. "You'd like to think to get out of something like this, it's not something you can wait or hope for things to happen," forward Michael Cammalleri said after the game. "You have to be proactive in working on habits and working on things that will allow you to be the team you want and the result chases you." The Devils are 4-11-4 on the road this season and are 3-1-1 in the second game of a back-to-back set this season.

Rangers team scope

Rangers coach Alain Vigneault announced Henrik Lundqvist will start in goal. Lundqvist has found his game again after going nine days, featuring four consecutive games, as a backup to Antti Raanta. Lundqvist comes back to the Garden after back-to-back strong starts in road wins against the Dallas Stars (27 saves in a 2-0 win) and Nashville Predators (31 saves in a 2-1 shootout win). Lundqvist didn't get the shutout at Dallas because he was replaced by Raanta for 5:31 in the first period after he had to leave the game briefly following a hit from Stars forward Cody Eakin. Raanta went 3-1-0 and allowed three goals on 89 shots (.966 save percentage) in his four consecutive starts before Lundqvist played in Dallas. Lundqvist needs one win to tie Dominik Hasek for the most wins by a European-born goalie in NHL history (388). The Rangers have won five of their past six games.

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Travis Zajac -- Kyle Palmieri
Miles Wood -- Adam Henrique -- Michael Cammalleri
Sergey Kalinin -- Pavel Zacha -- Nick Lappin
Beau Bennett -- Vernon Fiddler -- PA Parenteau
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Jon Merrill -- Ben Lovejoy
John Moore -- Kyle Quincey
Cory Schneider
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched:Luke Gazdic, Devante Smith-Pelly,
Injured:Jacob Josefson (undisclosed)

Rangers projected lineup

Jimmy Vesey -- Kevin Hayes -- Rick Nash
Chris Kreider -- Derek Stepan -- Mats Zuccarello
J.T. Miller -- Oscar Lindberg -- Jesper Fast
Michael Grabner - Matt Puempel -- Marek Hrivik
Ryan McDonagh -- Dan Girardi
Marc Staal -- Nick Holden
Brady Skjei -- Kevin Klein
Henrik Lundqvist
Antti Raanta
Scratched:Adam Clendening, Brandon Pirri
Injured:Pavel Buchnevich (back), Mika Zibanejad (broken left fibula)

Status report

Following the game Saturday, Devils coach John Hynes did not commit to a starting goalie after watching Keith Kinkaid make 28 saves. Cory Schneider, the Devils' No. 1 goalie, has struggled of late, allowing 14 goals on 110 shots in his past three starts (.873 save percentage) and at least three goals in nine of his past 10 starts for a .877 save percentage. ... Hynes has made Parenteau and Bennett healthy scratches in the past two games. Zacha was a healthy scratch against the Senators after being a minus-2 in 15:18 against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. … Pirri was a healthy scratch for the first time this season against the Predators. He has two goals in his past 25 games after scoring four goals in his first seven.

Who's hot

Nash has goals in back-to-back games, his first two games since he missed four in a row with a groin injury. … Henrique has five points (two goals, three assists in the past five games.