Devils Game 51, Vibes? Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Canucks

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The vibes are decent right now for the New Jersey Devils (26-22-2). They want it to continue visiting the Vancouver Canucks (17-28-5) on Friday night in Rogers Arena.

In their last meeting, the Canucks had a bit of a shot in the arm after shipping out Quinn Hughes and bringing in three key pieces to their future in Zeev Buium, Marco Rossi, and Liam Ohgren. The Devils dropped that game on home ice in regulation, which was near the beginning of disastrous play for the Devils.

However, the Devils are winners in four of their last five games, and three of those wins are against playoff positioned teams.

With their position in the standings, tonight is a game the Devils can ill-afford to give away.

Let’s dive into tonight’s matchup.

What to Know vs. Canucks​

— The Devils and Vancouver conclude their 2025-26 regular-season series, after the Devils dropped a 2-1 contest against the Canucks on Dec. 14, 2025, at the Rock.

— The Devils have won three consecutive contests at Vancouver since Nov. 1, 2022, and have recorded five, or more goals, in all three of those games.

2025-26 vs. Canucks​

12/14/25 L 2-1 Prudential Center

1/23/26 10:00 P.M. ET Rogers Arena

Devils vs. Canucks​

All-time Record: 40-40-4-3

All-time Home Record: 21-19-3-2

All-time Road Record: 19-21-1-1

Projected Devils Lineup*​

Forwards​

Timo Meier – Jack Hughes – Jesper Bratt

Ondrej Palat– Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer

Evgenii Dadonov – Paul Cotter – Connor Brown

Arseny Gristyuk – Cody Glass – Lenni Hämennaho

Defensemen​

Brett Pesce – Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler – Johnathan Kovacevic

Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec

Goaltenders​

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

*Lineup subject to change

Current Injuries: Marc McLaughlin (undisclosed), Zack MacEwen (upper body, out for season), Luke Hughes (separated shoulder)

2025-26 Total Man-Games Lost: 236

Projected Canucks Lineup*​

Forwards​

Evander Kane – Elias Pettersson – Jake DeBrusk

Drew O’Connor – David Kampf – Brock Boeser

Liam Ohgren – Teddy Blueger – Conor Garland

Nils Hoglander – Max Sasson – Linus Karlsson

Defensemen​

Zeev Buium – Filip Hronek

Elias N. Pettersson – Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson – Tom Willander

Goaltenders​

Kevin Lankinen

Jiri Patera

*Lineup subject to change

How to Watch the Devils Game — 10:00 P.M. ET​

Watch: MSGSN

Radio: DEVILS HOCKEY NET

Next Up​

Sun., Jan. 25 At SEA 4:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue., Jan. 27 Vs WPG 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu., Jan. 29 Vs NSH 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Sat., Jan. 31 At OTT 7:00 P.M. E.T.

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