The New Jersey Devils visit the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, one of 12 games on tap as the NHL returns from its Winter Olympic break (10:30 pm ET, VERSUS, CSN).

San Jose is a -150 favorite and the over/under is 5.5 in NHL Betting at Sportsbook.com.

New Jersey is 7-3 in the past 10 meetings. The Devils have had tremendous success against the Sharks when facing them in San Jose, going 6-1 in the past seven visits.

This is the first meeting of the season. The Devils out-gunned the Sharks 6-5 in their last meeting on Feb. 15 last season. The Devils had been +105 home underdogs, and the score easily cleared the over/under total of 5.5.

New Jersey’s last game was a 5-2 loss on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 13. The Devils had been -130 road favorites.

San Jose’s last game was also Feb. 13, a 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo.

Prior to the Olympic break, New Jersey had been struggling, going 1-4 SU in its last five games. And the Devils have really had trouble on the road recently, going winless (0-5) in their past five.

San Jose is 5-2 SU in its last seven games at home.

New Jersey is 37-21-3 this season and San Jose is 40-13-9.

The Montreal Canadiens look to snap a three-game slide when they visit the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Friday (7 pm ET, MSG).

The Devils are -190 moneyline favorites and the over/under is 5 in Hockey Betting Odds at Sportingbet.

New Jersey is 7-3 over the past 10 meetings. Only two of those 10 games have gone over the total.

The teams met just two weeks ago, when the Devils edged the Habs 2-1 in Montreal.

The Canadiens could be a tired team, as they lost 4-3 in overtime to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, as a -130 favorite. The score went over the 5.5-point total)

Scott Gomez had a goal and an assist in the loss.

Martin Brodeur needed to make just 22 shots to post his seventh shutout of the season on Wednesday, as the Devils blanked the Florida Panthers 2-0. The Devils won that contest as -175 favorites, and the teams played under the over/under total of 5.

Travis Zajac potted the early goal for the Devils, and Dean McAmmond scored into an empty net to seal the victory.

Montreal is 23-23-5 and has lost three straight games. New Jersey is 33-14-1.

Montreal is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road. New Jersey is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.

The New Jersey Devils shoot for their third-straight win while the Phoenix Coyotes hope to snap a three-game losing skid when they clash Thursday at Jobing.com Arena (9 pm ET, MSG).

The Devils are -130-moneyline favorites and the over/under total is 5 in Hockey Betting at Sportsbook.com.

New Jersey is 6-4 over the past 10 meetings. The teams last squared off on March 12 last season, when the Devils won 5-2 as a -300 home favorite. The score went over the total of 5.5.

In the Devils last game on Tuesday, goaltender Martin Brodeur stopped all 51 shots he faced in a 1-0 shut out of the arch-rival New York Rangers. New Jersey won as -105 road favorites, while the teams played under the 5-goal total.

And Radim Vrbata netted the lone goal in the Coyotes’ 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. San Jose cashed as a -105 road pick ‘em, while the game played under the 5-goal total.

New Jersey (32-11-1) has won two straight games. Phoenix (26-16-5) has lost three straight games.

New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last five games overall, and 7-2 SU in its last nine games on the road. Phoenix is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home.

The New Jersey Devils shoot for their fourth-straight win when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday (7 pm ET, TSN, NHLN-US).

The Devils are -125 moneyline favorites and the over/under is 5 in NHL Betting.

Vancouver is 6-4 in the past 10 matchups, including 5-2 in the past seven, but lost 5-3 the last time the teams met on Jan. 13 last season in Vancouver. The last time the Canucks were in New Jersey was Jan. 13, 2006, when the Devils shut them out 3-0.

The Canucks lost to the San Jose Sharks 4-2 as a -105 home underdog on Sunday. The six goals scored went over the total of 5.5.

Kyle Wellwood and Jannik Hansen scored for Vancouver in the loss

Brian Rolston and Patrik Elias each had two goals and two assists and Martin Brodeur made 22 saves to lead New Jersey to a 6-1 win over New York on Saturday.

The Devils won as -190 favorites, while the final score went over the total of 5.

New Jersey is 17-6-1 and has won three straight games. Vancouver is 14-12-0.

New Jersey is 5-0 SU in its last five games at home, and 11-3 SU in its last 14 games overall.

The slumping Pittsburgh Penguins will try to stop their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Boston Bruins on Saturday (7:30 pm ET, NESN ,FS-P).

The Stanley Cup champions are mired in a four-game slump amidst a rash of injuries, including Evgeni Malkin.

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Boston, who’ve also been struggling and are missing two top players, are 5-3-0-1 in the past 10 meetings with Pittsburgh. The teams met on Tuesday, when the Bruins shut out the Pens 3-0 as a -140 home favorite.  

Boston was shut out 1-0 by the Florida Panthers on Thursday, as a -185 home favorite. Needless to say, the score went under the total of 5.5.

In their last game, the Penguins lost 4-1 to the red-hot New Jersey Devils on Thursday. The Penguins had been a -130 home favorite, and the score went under the total of 5.5.

Besides Malkin (shoulder), Pittsburgh injuries include All-Star defenseman Sergei Gonchar (broken wrist); forward Tyler Kennedy (groin); defenseman Kris Letang (shoulder); defenseman Brooks Orpik (lower-body injury); and forward Maxime Talbot (shoulder).

Boston is missing two-thirds of its top line. Milan Lucic is out with a broken finger and Marc Savard is out with a broken foot.