1. The Devils are playing their first road game of 2015-16. New Jersey is playing a road opener in Washington for the fourth time overall and the first time since Oct. 9, 2010.
2. Tonight’s contest is the club’s first vs. the Metropolitan Division. The Devils were 10-13-7 within the Metro last season.
3. The Devils are closing out their first of 12 sets of back-to-back games. New Jersey doesn’t play another back-to-back set until Nov. 27-28, a home-and-home against Montreal.
4. Travis Zajac and Washington forwards Taylor Chorney and T.