You had to know changes were coming.

Practicing for the first time since losing their first two games of the season, the Devils rolled out new lines and defensive pairings during drills on Monday at Prudential Center in Newark.

Even the top line of Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier and Kyle Palmieri was separated, as every grouping experienced some kind of change.

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Here’s how the lineup looked in practice:

FORWARDS

Taylor Hall - Nico Hischier - Nikita Gusev

Jesper Bratt - Travis Zajac - Kyle Palmieri

Blake Coleman - Jack Hughes - Wayne Simmonds

Miles Wood - Kevin Rooney - John Hayden

Pavel Zacha, Jesper Boqvist extra

DEFENSEMEN

Sami Vatanen - P.K. Subban

Andy Greene - Damon Severson

Will Butcher - Connor Carrick

Mirco Mueller extra

GOALIES

Cory Schneider / Mackenzie Blackwood

Among the forwards, the biggest change is likely Gusev moving up to the top line with Hall and Hischier. Early in the season, Gusev played primarily on the left wing, but in that trio, he’s on his natural side on the right.

Defensively, the Devils broke up the Mueller-Severson pairing that struggled in the first two games. Vatanen also jumped onto his opposite side to play in the top pairing with Subban.

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