Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils

Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

LINE: Devils -168, Flyers +137; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: The New Jersey Devils host the Philadelphia Flyers in a matchup of Metropolitan Division teams.

New Jersey went 7-17-2 in Metropolitan Division games and had a 42-37-3 record overall last season. The Devils committed 254 total penalties last season, averaging 3.1 per game and serving 7.5 penalty minutes per game.

Philadelphia went 43-27-12 overall and 16-13-7 in division games a season ago. The Flyers scored 240 total goals last season (37 power-play goals and seven shorthanded goals).

INJURIES: Devils: Nick Bjugstad: out (pectoral), Johnathan Kovacevic: out (knee), Arseny Gritsyuk: out for season (upper-body), Seamus Casey: out (knee), Connor Brown: out (lower-body).

Flyers: Helge Grans: out (lower-body), Nikita Grebenkin: out (undisclosed), Denver Barkey: out (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.