The New Jersey Devils snapped a losing skid the last time they played the Ottawa Senators.

Now, the Devils look to do that again and avoid a fifth straight defeat as they begin a four-game homestand against the Ottawa Senators tonight.

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The Senators will welcome back defenceman Chris Phillips who was a healthy scratch for two-straight games. 

The Devils had lost five of the previous six meetings with Ottawa before Jaromir Jagr scored in overtime to give New Jersey a 3-2 road victory Oct. 25. Devils coach Peter DeBoer will have a different counterpart behind the bench for this matchup after the Senators (12-12-6) fired Paul MacLean on Dec. 8 and replaced him with assistant Dave Cameron.

Ottawa has gone 1-1-1 since the change after falling 5-4 in a shootout at Buffalo on Monday. Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist and New Jersey native Bobby Ryan also scored to give him two goals and four assists over his last five.

"It feels like we're moving forward," defenseman Erik Karlsson said. "Everybody seems to be feeling better about their game and that's what we strive for. Going forward, especially before Christmas, we have to try and win as many games as we can."

Robin Lehner has started the last two, but Cameron said Craig Anderson will be back in net for this contest. Anderson has allowed at least three goals in nine of his last 10 starts, going 2-6-2 with a 3.28 goals-against average in that stretch.

Cory Schneider, who is 2-0-1 with a 1.26 GAA in his career against the Senators after making 33 saves in the first meeting, could get the nod for New Jersey.

Scott Gomez won the Calder Trophy and two Stanley Cups during seven standout seasons in New Jersey to begin his career, but he was largely a disappointment after signing a seven-year, $51.5 million contract with the New York Rangers and wound up spending time in Montreal, San Jose and Florida.

The Devils (11-15-6) brought him in for a tryout as an unsigned player in training camp, and after injuries to Travis Zajac and Martin Havlat they signed Gomez for the rest of the season Dec. 1.

New Jersey has gone just 2-4-2 since Gomez came aboard, but he's produced two goals and four assists. He had one of each in Monday's 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Islanders and has scored in back-to-back games.

"He's given us some life offensively by creating plays," coach DeBoer said. "We don't have a lot of that. He's really been a nice addition."

Gomez is more focused on getting the Devils back on track.

"We need points," Gomez said. "We've got to get wins and we've got to get on a streak here. We don't want to get too far behind and that's the way we're thinking right now."

The Devils lost to Chicago in a shootout at home Dec. 9 before going 0-2-1 on their road trip despite Zajac returning against the Islanders after an eight-game absence due to the mumps.

"It's been a tough stretch," DeBoer said. "I think we're all looking forward to getting home."

New Jersey, though, is 0-2-2 in its last four at the Prudential Center, where it hasn't lost five straight since dropping its first seven home games of the 2010-11 season.

Senators (30PTS) at Devils (28PTS)

NJ is 1-0-0 vs OTT this season, OTW in OTT
OTT has gone 2-1-0 past 3 games in NJ (lost last)
NJ (11-15-6):
0-2-2 past 4 games, 8GF, 3/7 on PP
rank 30th on PK at home (70.6%)
Gomez (2G, 2A) 3 game PT streak
OTT (12-12-6):
1-1-1 past 3 games, 11GA, 1/10 on PP
2-5-2 past 9 road games, 4/31 on PP (both wins in a shootout)
Ryan (1G, 1A) vs NJ this season
Stone (2G, 1A) 3 game PT streak