Travis Green, the interim head coach of the New Jersey Devils, confirmed that Nico Daws will start in goal and Ondrej Palat will return to the lineup. Tyler Toffoli will not play due to trade-related precautionary reasons. Timo Meier is taking Toffoli's spot in the lineup, aiming for a fourth goal. Akira Schmid will back up Daws for the game against the Hurricanes, with Simon Nemec remaining in the lineup.
“We’re taking every game and trying to win every game that we can. I thought we had a good game last game and we need to build off of that.” Hear from Interim Head Coach Travis Green ahead of today’s game vs the Hurricanes. #NJDevils | @Genucel https://t.co/o1zoEjz4Zg
Simon Nemec remains in the #NJDevils lineup today, says Green
Akira Schmid will back up Nico Daws this afternoon, says #NJDevils IHC Travis Green
Nico Daws starts for #NJDevils today vs the Hurricanes. Schmid is the backup. Kahkonen and Allen are not here yet.
Will catch up with Tom Fitzgerald at 4:45pm. #NJDevils
Tom Fitzgerald meets with the media at 4:45. #NJDevils
Travis Green is putting Timo Meier out again, with a different line, giving him the opportunity for a fourth goal. #NJDevils
And Timo Meier is on the ice looking for goal No. 4 https://t.co/QKyAYlF9Qh
Timo Meier jumps on the ice for the #NJDevils first PP. He takes Tyler Toffoli's spot.
Nico Daws vs. Jordan Binnington #NJDevils #StlBlues
Nico Daws and Jordan Binnington in nets tonight. #NJDevils vs. Blues.
Btw Travis Green said Ondrej Palat is filling Tyler Toffoli’s spot in the top 6. He’s back today. #NJDevils
As Travis Green said, holding him out of last game was an opportunity to rest and reset and he’s going right back in tonight. #NJDevils https://t.co/dcrcvDZr9u
#NEWS: Tyler Toffoli (precautionary: trade-related reasons) will not play tonight.
Nico Daws starts tonight for the #NJDevils, per Travis Green.
Nico Daws will start for #NJDevils, Travis Green confirms.
Travis Green confirms Tyler Toffoli is out for “trade deadline precautionary reasons.” No one else will be scratched for those purposes. Ondrej Palat is back in the #NJDevils lineup.
Palat returns to #NJDevils lineup, confirms Travis Green
As for #NJDevils, we’ll catch up with Travis Green at 4:30pm. Haven’t asked if he’s the type of coach who reveals his goaltender, but I’ll give it a shot! https://t.co/UtbUw7UKJP