Thursday NHL Preview: St. Louis vs. New Jersey

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Thursday NHL Preview: St. Louis vs. New Jersey

The Devils are red-hot right now and they look to continue their streak against the Blues when they make a rare visit.

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This is the only meeting between these clubs in 2011-12. They last met on Nov. 20, 2010, when Brad Winchester snapped a 2-2 tie 5:15 into the third period to give the Blues a 3-2 victory in St. Louis. Jaroslav Halak made 33 saves in the triumph.

Former New Jersey forwards Jamie Langenbrunner and Jason Arnott make their returns to Prudential Center in Newark as members of the Blues, who wrap up a three-game road trip. Arnott, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, has missed two games but is expected to rejoin the club in Newark. Langenbrunner, who served as Devils captain for three-plus seasons before being traded to the Dallas Stars on Jan. 7, 2011, signed a one-year contract with the Blues last July. He has 4 goals, 18 points and a plus-9 rating in 50 games while Arnott has 12 goals, 24 points and a plus-11 rating in 49 games.

Brian Elliott made 28 saves and David Perron scored a pair of goals as the Blues continued their winning ways via a 3-1 victory over the Senators on Tuesday, marking their first triumph in Ottawa since Jan. 26, 2000. The victory was extra sweet for Elliott, who was drafted by the Senators in the ninth round (No. 291) of the 2003 Entry Draft. He went 59-45-15 over parts of four seasons with the team before being traded to Colorado. Elliott signed with the Blues and currently sits first in the League with a 1.69 goals-against average.

New Jersey is riding a season-high five game winning streak after knocking off its cross-state rival the New York Rangers, 1-0, on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. It marked the 11th time in the last 15 meetings between the clubs that the game was decided by two goals or less. Martin Brodeur notched his first shutout of the season and the 117th of his career on 30 saves, including 15 in the third period when the Devils could only muster one shot on net. David Clarkson scored his 21st goal of the season, a career high, off a feed from Zach Parise to extend his point-scoring streak to five games. Clarkson has 5 goals and 8 points over that stretch.

The Devils seem to be doing everything right at this moment and the Blues could possibly be looking for a tough game against the Devils.