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.

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