The New Jersey Devils, now 5-1-0 after a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday and are on a five-game win streak, face the Minnesota Wild at Prudential Center in their first back-to-back in 2025-26, who stand at 3-3-1 with a 2-2-1 road record.
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Sheldon Keefe’s group has shown offensive depth with Jesper Bratt (3G, 7A) and Jack Hughes (6G, 3A) leading the way, while goaltending remains solid with Jake Allen stepping up for the injured Jacob Markstrom. However, it will be Nico Daws between the pipes in New Jersey tonight, capping off the back end of consecutive games.
The Wild, paced by Matt Boldy (4G, 6A) and Kirill Kaprizov (5G, 5A), enter The Rock having just defeated the Devils’ rival, the New York Rangers, at Madison Square Garden.
Let’s dive into tonight’s matchup.
What to Know vs. Wild
— New Jersey logged a 2-0-0 record against Minnesota last season and outscored the Wild 8-4.
— Jesper Bratt (2G-1A) and Nico Hischier (1G-2A) led the Devils with three points against Minnesota last season.
2025-26 vs. Wild
10/22/25 7:00 P.M. ET Prudential Center
1/12/26 8:00 P.M. ET Xcel Energy Center
Devils vs. Wild
All-time Record: 19-9-2-3
All-time Home Record: 10-4-1-2
All-time Road Record: 9-5-1-1
Projected Devils Lineup*
Forwards
Ondrej Palat – Jack Hughes – Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier – Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer
Arseny Gritsyuk – Cody Glass – Connor Brown
Paul Cotter – Lucas Glendening – Brian Halonen
Defensemen
Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce
Dougie Hamilton – Jonas Siegenthaler
Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec
Goaltenders
Nico Daws
Jake Allen
*Lineup subject to change
Current Injuries: Stefan Noesen (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9), Johnathan Kovacevic (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9), Marc McLaughlin (Upper-body, out since Oct. 9), Seamus Casey (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9), Evgenii Dadonov (hand fracture, out since Oct. 9), Jacob Markstrom (lower-injury, out since Oct. 15).
2025-26 Total Man-Games Lost: 30
Projected Wild Lineup*
Forwards
Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson – Danila Yurov – Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno – Ryan Hartman – Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin – Ben Jones – Tyler Pitlick
Defensemen
Jonas Brodin – Brock Faber
Zeev Buium – Jared Spurgeon
Jacob Middleton – David Jiricek
Goaltenders
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
*Lineup subject to change
How to Watch the Devils Game — 7:00 P.M. ET
Watch: MSGSN
Radio: DEVILS HOCKEY NET
Next Up
Fri., Oct. 24 Vs SJS 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Sun., Oct. 26 Vs COL 1:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue., Oct. 28 At COL 9:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu., Oct. 30 At SJS 10:00 P.M. E.T.
Sat., Nov. 1 At LAK 9:00 P.M. E.T.
