Timo Meier has not had the best start to his journey with the Devils. After being acquired at the trade deadline last year Meier put up just 4 points in 11 playoff games. So far this year he has yet to record a point and his ice time is dwindling. While the power forward was used to getting 20 minutes a night or more with San Jose he's averaging just 15 minutes a game this year through three games. A big part of that is the fact that he was benched during the 3rd period tonight.
Those green bars indicate players who were benched for that period of time. As you can see, several Devils were benched for almost the entire 3rd period, including Meier. Ruff addressed this in his post-game interview. He added specifically that he was unhappy with the penalties Meier took.