- It would be a surprise to see defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler suit up for the Devils in their series against Carolina, relays team reporter Amanda Stein (Twitter link). The 27-year-old has missed the last two-and-a-half months with a lower-body injury and had initially been ruled out for the rest of the regular season. Clearly, Siegenthaler, who logged nearly 20 minutes a night before being injured, will need more time to recover. Meanwhile, Stein relays in a separate tweet that defenseman Brenden Dillon was eager to return to play today after exiting in the second period but was held back by team doctors. Nonetheless, that’s an encouraging sign for his availability heading into Tuesday’s second game. However, there was no update on center Cody Glass who exited the game after taking a slash from teammate Jacob Markstrom.