NEWARK -- Good morning from the Prudential Center, where the Bruins will play their first game of 2010-11 on North American ice. The Bruins have been off since last Sunday, when they recorded a 3-0 win over Phoenix. The Devils are coming off a 3-1 loss to Colorado last night.

Puck drop: 7 p.m.

Record: Bruins 1-1-0, Devils 1-3-1

TV info: NESN (Jack Edwards, Andy Brickley)

Projected lineup

Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Jordan Caron-Patrice Bergeron-Blake Wheeler
Mark Recchi-Tyler Seguin-Michael Ryder
Shawn Thornton-Gregory Campbell-Brad Marchand

Zdeno Chara-Dennis Seidenberg
Andrew Ference-Johnny Boychuk
Mark Stuart-Matt Hunwick

Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask

Healthy scratches: Daniel Paille, Brian McGrattan

Storylines: Thomas, coming off a shutout last Sunday, will make his second straight start tonight, said Claude Julien... The Devils have only one win in five games. "It's a desperate team here that's probably lost more games than they'd have liked to at this point," Julien said. "There's character in that dressing room. There's always been a lot of character in that organization. We're going to be facing a tough opponent tonight."... The Devils scrubbed their morning skate. The Bruins are going through an optional.