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Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 22, 2024

Modified Jan 22, 2025 14:47 GMT

The Boston Bruins are on the road to play the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. Boston (23-19-6) is coming off a 6-3 home win over San Jose. New Jersey (26-17-6) is coming off a 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

Bruins vs Devils: Head-to-head & key stats

Boston is 100-45-19-14 all-time against New Jersey
The Bruins are averaging 2.77 goals per game
New Jersey is 13-8-4 at home
Boston is allowing 3.16 goals per game
The Devils are allowing 2.53 goals per game
The Bruins are 9-12-3 on the road
New Jersey is averaging 3.02 goals per game

Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils: Preview

David Pastrnak leads the Bruins with 53 points, followed by Brad Marchand with 37, Pavel Zacha with 27 and Elias Lindholm with 24. The Bruins are set to start Jeremy Swayman who's 15-15-4 with a 2.94 GAA and a .897 SV%. Swayman is 2-0-1 with a 1.31 GAA and a .958 SV%.

New Jersey, meanwhile, is on a four-game losing streak and is 1-4 in its last five. The Devils will start Jacob Markstrom who's 21-9-5 with a 2.20 GAA and a .912 SV%. In his career against Boston, he's 6-5-1 with a 2.78 GAA and a .907 SV%.

The Devils are led by Jack Hughes who has 55 points, Jesper Bratt (52), Nico Hischier (39) and Timo Meier (31).

Bruins vs Devils: Odds & Prediction

Boston is a +180 underdog while New Jersey is a -218 favorite, the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Devils have been struggling as of late, but this is a good spot for New Jersey to get back into the win column here. Boston is coming off a win over San Jose, but defensively they played poorly, as the Bruins are giving up too many chances.

Markstrom should play much better here as New Jersey will get a massive win at home here.

Prediction: Devils 3, Bruins 1.