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(Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins will continue their push for the postseason tonight when they visit the New Jersey Devils for a battle at Prudential Center.

The Bruins enter tonight as the eighth and final playoff seed in the Eastern Conference, but they are just two points ahead of Atlanta, which is playing this evening in Toronto. Boston has seven games left on its schedule, giving it a game in hand over the Thrashers.

Meanwhile, the Devils, who have already clinched a postseason spot, will try to draw even with Pittsburgh for first place in the Atlanta Division tonight. New Jersey enters Tuesday trailing the Penguins by two points for the division lead as well as the second seed in the East.

New Jersey would appear to have the upper hand in tonight's matchup as the Devils are 3-0 against the Bruins this season. Overall, the Devils have taken five of six and nine of 12 in the series. Boston has also lost five of its last six on the road in this series.

However, the Devils have just two wins in their last six games (2-2-2) and were handed a 5-1 setback Sunday in Philadelphia. Ville Leino and Simon Gagne each had a goal and an assist to lift the Flyers to the easy win over their division rivals.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored the lone goal while Martin Brodeur was charged with four goals on 19 shots over two periods for the Devils. Yann Danis played the third period in net and stopped five shots.

"You can't fault Marty for the screened shots," Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. "We have to do a better job in front of him."

As for Kovalchuk, he continues to be productive for the Devils since coming over in a trade with Atlanta last month, posting 20 points (8 goals, 12 assists) in 20 games. Still, Jersey has been less than stellar with the Russian sniper in the lineup, going 9-8-3 with Kovalchuk on the wing.

The Devils are 25-10-2 as the host this year and are playing the first of two straight on home ice tonight. Jersey will also welcome Chicago to the Rock on Friday.

Meanwhile, Boston has lost two of its last three games and the Bruins failed to pick up a point in Monday's 3-2 loss against visiting Buffalo. Ryan Miller stopped 40-of-42 shots to lead the Sabres to the close victory at TD Garden.

David Krejci and Dennis Seidenberg scored for the Bruins. Starter Tim Thomas was pulled after allowing three goals on 14 shots in 26-plus minutes. Tuukka Rask stopped all 19 shots he faced the rest of the way. Rask is expected to get the start tonight.

The Bruins have a 18-13-6 record as the visiting team this year, but they have won their last two road tilts.