The New Jersey Devils end the penultimate week of their 2024-25 season schedule with a Friday night home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. A team still with stars but heading towards a rebuilding era. Hopefully, NJ helps them get there tonight. Talk about it here in this Gamethread.
The New Jersey Devils host another team that is not making the playoffs. This one features two of the best players of their generation and a franchise that may have to accept their rebuilding fate. Step lightly. The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Devils real bad in their previous meeting.
The Time: 7:00 PM ET
The Broadcast: TV: MSGSN, SportsNet-Pittsburgh, NHL Network; Audio: Devils Hockey Radio
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Song of the Evening: Continuing the tradition: Pittsburgh equals Don Cab. One of my favorite songs, this instrumental reminds me of my college days for some reason. It has movements. It is five minutes of an aural journey. From the seminal What Burns Never Returns, this is “Slice Where You Live Like Pie.”
The Rules: The rules remain the same as the Devils are hosting a Penguins team that will have to accept their fate sooner or later. Please keep your language clean (this means no swearing, don’t mask it, it’s not enough, no swearing), respect your fellow Devils fan with no personal attacks (play nice or you will not play here), no illegal streams (this means no asking, no hints, no nothing about it), and please keep your comments relevant to this game. Go Devils!