New Jersey (34-15-6, 74 PTS, 1st Atlantic, 2nd East) vs. Tampa Bay (30-24-2, 62 PTS, 3rd Southeast, 8th East)
The Swamp
3:30 PM
TV:
(Also Available in HD)
http://www.nbcsports.com/download/2007/0207/1005062.pdf (NBC COVERAGE MAP)
Radio: WFAN 660 AM

Last Meeting: The Devils went down to Florida and beat Tampa Bay 2-0 on goals by Gionta and Pandolfo. Season series is tied at 1 as the Lightning won this year’s first Swampland meeting.

Leading Scorers
New Jersey
#26 Patrik Elias 18-32-50
#9 Zach Parise 21-22-43
#14 Brian Gionta 24-18-42
#23 Scott Gomez 9-33-42
#15 Jamie Langenbrunner 19-22-41

Tampa Bay
#26 Martin St. Louis 32-40-72
#4 Vincent Lecavalier 34-36-70
#19 Brad Richard 19-26-45
#22 Dan Boyle 11-32-43
#20 Vaclav Prospal 8-27-35

Goaltenders
New Jersey
#30 Martin Brodeur 34-14-5, 2.04, .927%
#40 Scott Clemmensen 0-1-1, 3.60, .878%

Tampa Bay
#40 Johan Holmqvist 19-11-0, 2.68, .900%
#30 Marc Denis 11-13-2, 3.15, .880%
#31 Karri Ramo 0-0-0, 2.31, .889%

Prediction: Devils 4, Lightning 2.