NEWARK -- Beau Bennett will return to the Devils' lineup on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators after missing the past nine games with a lower body injury suffered while blocking a shot.
Forward Joseph Blandisi will sit with Bennett joining the lineup, but he wont' be optioned to Albany in the AHL after playing the past five games in the NHL. To make room on the active roster, the Devils played defenseman Kyle Quincey on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 4.
"(Blandisi's) come in, he's played some good games," Devils coach John Hynes said.