LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — The visiting New Jersey Devils will meet the Vegas Golden Knights in a National Hockey League game Friday at T-Mobile Arena. New Jersey enters at 8-5, and Vegas enters at 9-5. The game matches a Devils club coming off a loss with a Golden Knights team that won its most recent home game.

New Jersey most recently dropped a 5-2 decision at Colorado. Connor Brown scored twice and had two shots on goal in the defeat. Cody Glass recorded one assist and one hit, while Amadeus Lombardi added one assist and four shots on goal. Brown is the Devils player to watch. Over his past five games, Brown has three points, with two goals in the loss at Colorado and an assist against Colorado earlier in the season. He also recorded shots on goal in each of those recent appearances.

Vegas most recently beat Ottawa 4-1 at home. Adin Hill made 25 saves on 26 shots in the win. Jack Eichel scored once and had one shot on goal, and William Karlsson scored once with one shot on goal and three hits. Hill is the Golden Knights player to watch. He has five wins in his past six appearances, including the 25-save effort against Ottawa. In that span, Hill also made 25 saves on 31 shots in a loss at St. Louis, stopped 22 of 24 shots in a win over Pittsburgh and made 25 saves on 27 shots in a win at Nashville.

New Jersey had won four consecutive games before its most recent loss, with wins at Dallas and against Los Angeles, Anaheim and Colorado. Vegas had lost three of four before defeating Ottawa, a stretch that included an overtime loss at Columbus and losses at St. Louis and against Tampa Bay. The Golden Knights also have recent wins over Pittsburgh, Calgary and Nashville.

New Jersey’s next 10 games include home games against Edmonton, St. Louis, Washington, Montreal and Columbus and road games at the N.Y. Islanders, Toronto, Winnipeg, Washington and St. Louis. Vegas’s next 10 include road games at Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo and Winnipeg and home games against Utah, Nashville, Vancouver and two against Dallas. Both teams continue their early-season schedules after the game.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Vegas 4, New Jersey 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Vegas a 63.2 percent probability to win. New Jersey has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 6.5.