By MATT BEARDMORE
STATS Writer

New Jersey (9-4-0) at Ottawa (7-4-2), 7:00 p.m. EDT

It's been more than seven months since the New Jersey Devils
have lost on the road.

They haven't dropped a game to the Ottawa Senators in more than
two years.

The surging Devils look to set the NHL's second-longest road
winning streak to open a season Saturday night, when they try to
win their seventh straight over Ottawa.

Following Friday's 2-1 win over the visiting New York Islanders
- New Jersey's fourth straight victory and 10th in 12 games -
the Devils (10-4-0) hit the road, where they've won nine
straight since a 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh on April 1.

With Saturday's 2-1 shootout victory over Tampa Bay, New Jersey
tied three other teams for second all-time with its seventh
consecutive road win to open the season.

Buffalo won a league-record 10 in a row on the road to begin
2006-07.

The Devils could inch closer to that mark at Scotiabank Place,
where they've won three straight.

In its last visit there April 9, New Jersey won 3-2 in a
shootout to snap the Senators' franchise-record nine-game home
winning streak.

Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur made 28 saves through overtime
before denying Mike Fisher and Jason Spezza in the shootout, as
New Jersey won its sixth straight in the series since a 4-1 loss
on Oct. 27, 2007.

That was Brodeur's only matchup versus Ottawa last season due to
a torn left biceps that sidelined him 50 games.

After getting the night off versus the Islanders - Devils
goaltender Yann Danis made 23 saves in his second appearance of
the season - Brodeur is expected back in net Saturday.

He is 19-8-2 with a 2.07 GAA in 29 career starts in Ottawa.
Brodeur, who has five career shutouts visiting the Senators,
needs one more to tie Terry Sawchuk for first all-time with 103.

Spezza and the Senators (7-4-2) will try to make sure that
doesn't happen.

After missing the previous two games with back spasms, Spezza
scored his first goal of the season 4:17 into overtime to lift
the Senators to a 3-2 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday.

Spezza, who had 100 goals over the last three seasons and is one
shy of 150 for his career, also notched assists on goals from
Daniel Alfredsson and Fisher.

Spezza has three goals and 15 assists in 18 career games versus
New Jersey.

"When he has the puck he can do so many things," Ottawa goalie
Pascal Leclaire said.

Leclaire, acquired from Columbus in March, could make his second
career start opposite one of his boyhood idols in Brodeur.

"In Columbus, we didn't play (the Devils) a whole lot," Leclaire
told the Senators' official Web site. "It happened three years
ago. I think we lost 2-1 (actually 1-0 on Oct. 28, 2006). It was
a pretty big deal (for me) to play against one of my idols.

"Tomorrow will be a little bit different. I'm older now but he's
a big name and he's still one of the best - if not the best -
goalies in the league. It's a great challenge."

Devils center Patrik Elias, second on the team with 78 points
last season, made his season debut Friday following hip and
groin surgery. He scored three goals with five assists against
the Senators in 2008-09.

New Jersey is 10-3-1 in Ottawa since the beginning of the
2001-02 season. The Devils won a franchise-record 10 straight
road games Feb. 27-April 7, 2001.