The New Jersey Devils will travel to Anaheim, California to face the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center with the puck scheduled to drop at 10:00 PM ET on Friday night and will air on Bally Sports West and Root Sports North.

The New Jersey Devils enter this game in 4^th place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 30-25-4 and 64 points which also puts them in 9^th place in the Eastern Conference while having won two of their last three games including a 7-2 win on the road against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. The Devils have been one of the higher-scoring teams in the league this season as they rank 9^th in scoring in the NHL with an average of 3.36 goals per game and 15^th in power-play success rate at 22.1%. 

Defensively, New Jersey has been below average as they are allowing the 7^th most goals per game and rank 17^th in penalty-kill percentage at 79.21% while allowing an average of 3.47 goals per game. Jesper Bratt has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in points and assists with 39 assists and 61 points. The New Jersey Devils will look to get their 3^rd win in their last four games when they travel to face the Anaheim Ducks.

The Anaheim Ducks enter this game with a record of 21-35-3 and 45 points which puts them in 7^th place in the Pacific Division and gives them the 3^rd worst record in the Western Conference, however, they are coming off a 6-4 win on the road against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday which also ended their three-game losing streak. 

Offensively, Anaheim has been one of the worst teams in the league as they are averaging the 3^rd fewest goals per game and rank 20^th in power-play success rate at 19.32% while averaging 2.6 goals per game. The Ducks have also been one of the worst teams defensively in the NHL this season as they are allowing an average of 3.57 goals per game which is the 4^th most allowed per game this season and have the 7^th worst penalty-kill percentage at 76.39%. 

Troy Terry has been one of the best players for the Ducks this season as he leads the team in assists and is tied for the team lead in points with 28 assists and 45 points. The Anaheim Ducks will look to build off the momentum following the win on the road against the Sharks when they host the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

BookMaker has the New Jersey Devils listed as -250 moneyline favorites on the road against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. The teams are 5-4-1 in the last ten while New Jersey has won two of the previous three meetings. The teams have averaged 2.8 goals apiece over the last ten while the Devils have won by an average margin of .67 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

New Jersey enters this game with a better record and has been the better team most recently in the series, winning two of the previous three contests. However, the teams have averaged 2.8 goals apiece over the last ten while the Devils have only won by an average margin of .67 goals per game over the previous three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Anaheim Ducks at +1.5 when they host the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.