New Jersey has lost four of its last five games

New Jersey has lost four of its last five games New Jersey is still looking for answers this season and its six-game road trip now canadiens carries the club out west where it will visit the San Jose Sharks, who are still looking for their first victory at HP Pavilion.

New Jersey has lost four of its last five games and seven of nine to begin the season. Things took an interesting turn for the Devils on Saturday, when Ilya Kovalchuk was made a healthy scratch in an eventual 6-1 loss to the Sabres for reasons MacLean did not reveal.

Kovalchuk returned to the lineup the next day in New York and scored New Jersey's lone canadiens goal in a 3-1 setback versus the Rangers. The Devils have just 15 goals on the season and have been held to just one goal in three of their last four games.