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New Jersey Devils: 5 Things To Watch In First Week Of Season

By Nick Villano

GOTHENBURG, SWE - OCTOBER 5: NJ Devil of the New Jersey Devils poses for a photo with a fan during practice at Scandinavium on October 5, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
GOTHENBURG, SWE - OCTOBER 5: NJ Devil of the New Jersey Devils poses for a photo with a fan during practice at Scandinavium on October 5, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
(Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) /

 Dealing With Last Minute Injury

The Devils got terrible news on Friday morning, when they learned that right wing Jesper Bratt broke his jaw in practice. It was a total bad luck injury. Apparently, the puck hit off the crossbar and hit him right in the face. That’s not what you want to hear on the eve of the season beginning.

How will the Devils deal with the last-minute changes? For one, the lines seemed to be perfectly set up. Miles Wood, Travis Zajac and John Quenneville look like a trio to finally add secondary scoring depth. Pavel Zacha was finding chemistry with Bratt and Marcus Johansson on the second line. Brian Boyle was playing in between the Texas boys Blake Coleman and Stefan Noesen.

Now, Jean-Sebastien Dea is forced into this lineup despite being on the team for a week. Noesen looks like he’s playing on the second line. Boyle is playing left wing in practice for some reason. It seems like this injury really caused issues for John Hynes. It will be interesting to see what he does on Saturday.

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