A second trip to the playoffs in three seasons means the New Jersey Devils safely can declare their extended rebuild is complete.For the Detroit Red Wings, such sentiments must once again wait until next year.The Devils will continue preparing for the playoffs while the Red Wings keep playing out the string Wednesday night when the teams meet in Newark, N.J.The Devils are completing a back-to-back set after edging the host Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday. The Red Wings were off Tuesday, one day after beating the visiting Dallas Stars 6-4.With their playoff seed set and a three-game losing streak snapped Tuesday, the Devils (42-32-7, 91 points) only have one objective on Wednesday: to exit their regular-season finale as close to full health as possible.New Jersey will finish in third place in the Metropolitan Division and face the second-place Carolina Hurricanes in a first-round postseason series.The Devils dodged an injury scare Tuesday, when left winger Ondrej Palat exited after blocking a pair of shots in the first period. Coach Sheldon Keefe said X-rays were negative but that Palat would sit out Wednesday, when New Jersey also may rest several other players.The Devils scratched seven players Tuesday, when they were also without forward Paul Cotter, who served the first contest of a two-game suspension for delivering an illegal check to the head of the New York Islanders’ Adam Pelech on Sunday.”Our whole group, we’ll have to look at,” Keefe said. “We’ve got a number of guys here today — a combination of guys who are on our injured list nursing some things and just having some conversations with how guys are feeling to make the right decisions (Wednesday) and make sure we’re not putting anyone in harm’s way unnecessarily.”