NHL Playoff Preview: New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 4/22/2025

New Jersey Devils (0-1-0) at Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0)

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Time: 6:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN/SN360
Radio:
New Jersey – Devils App, 98.7 ESPN
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

New Jersey +1.5 ML +200
Carolina -1.5 ML -245
O/U 5.5

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New Jersey Devils News & Notes:

The Devils look to even the series up following Sunday’s 4-1 loss to start their best-of-seven series with the Hurricanes. The Devils are looking to make a deep run in the Stanley Cup finals, something they haven’t done since the 2011-12 series when they lost in the finals.

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. They haven’t been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since the 2019-20 season. A win tonight helps them build confidence as they head to New Jersey for game three.  

New Jersey Devils Projected Lines

Noesen-Hischier-Bratt
Haula-Mercer-Meier
Cotter-Glass-Sprong
Palat-Dowling-Bastian

Hughes-Pesce
Dumoulin-Kovacevic
Dillon-Hamilton

Markstrom
Allen

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

Jarvis-Aho-Blake
Hall-Kotkaniemi-Svechnikov
Martinook-Staal-Stankoven
Robinson-Roslovic-Carrier

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Gostisbehere-Walker

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Players To Watch:

New Jersey Devils

Nico Hischier this season had 69 points on 35 goals and 34 assists. He scored a goal in game one of their best-of-seven series. This season, in four games, he scored two goals and was a minus-three.

Carolina Hurricanes

Logan Stankoven has 38 points this season on 14 goals and 24 assists. He had nine points since Carolina acquired him, with five goals and four assists. He scored two goals in game one of the series. This season in two regular-season games, he didn’t record a point.

Injury Report:

New Jersey Devils

D Jonas Siegenthaler – IR
C Jack Hughes – Out

Carolina Hurricanes

F Jesper Fast – IR

Next Game

Game 3: Friday, April 25 at Prudential Center

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