--The Devils finished 3-5-1 on their season-opening nine-game road trip. Their new arena opens Saturday night against Ottawa.

--The Devils play the next three games and five of the next six in the new arena.

--The Devils were eliminated by the Senators in the second round of last year's playoffs and also lost at Ottawa, 4-2, in the third game this season. Aaron Asham and Zach Parise scored the Devils' goals in that game.

--The Devils have been shut out in three of their first nine games and two of the last three.

--The Devils were blanked at Madison Square Garden for the first time in 10 years on Thursday night.

--The Devils still have seven games left with the rival Rangers.

--The Devils have scored two goals or less in five of the first nine games.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"Your mindset is to come in here and win the game 1-0, not lose it. And the way you lose the game ... a bad, bad mistake." -- Devils coach Brent Sutter on the botched line change by his defense that led to the Rangers' first goal Thursday night.

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