Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:00 PM ET

Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh

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Two Eastern Conference foes are slated to mix it up on the ice Tuesday night. The New Jersey Devils will play at the CONSOL Energy Center against the Pittsburgh Penguins. New Jersey is 9-11-4 with 22 points on the season. The Devils are only better than Philadelphia, Buffalo, Carolina and Columbus. Pittsburgh shares the top record the Eastern Conference. The Penguins are 16-5-2 overall.

Pittsburgh is ranked as the second best scoring team in all of the NHL. The Penguins are scoring 3.4 goals per game. On the other side, the Penguins are allowing only 2.3 goals per game. The power play unit for the Penguins is ranked 1st overall, scoring on 31.6% of their chances. The Penguins are led in scoring by their center, Sidney Crosby, with 24 assists and 9 goals. Evgeni Malkin has 11 goals to anchor the team.

For New Jersey, they are in need of a scoring punch. The Devils are scoring just 2.4 goals per game. New Jersey is led in scoring by veteran Jaromir Jagr. The former Penguins star has 11 assists and 4 goals. In the most recent loss; a 3-1 decision against the Islanders, they saw Damien Brunner score his second of the season, but that would be all. The Devils use Corey Schneider as their top goaltender. The former Canucks net minder is 9-10-3 on the season.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

New Jersey Devils are 9-15-0 Against the Spread

New Jersey Devils are 11-11-0 against the Over/Under

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

Pittsburgh Penguins are 16-7-0 Against the Spread

Pittsburgh Penguins are 10-10-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

New Jersey Devils

11/29/14 C Adam Henrique Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs Pittsburgh
11/29/14 C Travis Zajac Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Pittsburgh
11/17/14 D Bryce Salvador Lower Body out indefinitely
11/14/14 LW Ryane Clowe Concussion out indefinitely
11/06/14 D Jonathon Merrill Arm out indefinitely

Pittsburgh Penguins

11/29/14 D Kris Letang Undisclosed "?" Tuesday vs New Jersey
11/29/14 C Marcel Goc Foot "?" Tuesday vs New Jersey
11/26/14 RW Beau Bennett Knee expected to miss 2 weeks
11/18/14 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot out for season
11/01/14 D Derrick Pouliot Shoulder out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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