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New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes Preview & Picks – Hurricanes To Double NHL Playoffs Series Lead

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22 Apr 2025
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Leigh Copson 22 Apr 2025
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  • New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes picks for Tuesday, April 22
  • NHL Playoff game is taking place at Lenovo Center
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    New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes Preview & Picks
  • New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • New Jersey Devils Form
  • Carolina Hurricanes Form

New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes Preview & Picks

Carolina are backed to follow up their series-opening victory with another tonight.

The Hurricanes have been in excellent form at home over the past few weeks, and they have a great recent track record against the Devils.

  • Carolina Hurricanes are 12-3 in their last 15 home games
  • New Jersey Devils are 1-5 in their previous 6 games
  • Carolina Hurricanes are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with New Jersey
  • 5 of the last 6 meetings have produced over 5.5 total goals

Head To Head

  • New Jersey Devils lead the all-time series 94-80-18
  • Carolina Hurricanes won 4-1 when the two teams last met on April 20

New Jersey Devils Form

New Jersey earned their trip to the playoffs by putting together a 42-33-7 record to finish third in the Metropolitan Division.

The Devils entered the postseason on a poor run of form though, and they have now lost five of their last six games.

They ended March with back-to-back wins and began April with a 4-0 shutout of the New York Rangers, only to cool off after that.

New Jersey suffered three consecutive home defeats, losing 7-2 to Boston, 4-2 to Pittsburgh and 1-0 to the New York Islanders.

The Devils avoided a fourth straight loss by beating Boston 5-4 in overtime on the road, but failed to back that up as they ended the regular season with a 5-2 loss to Detroit.

They then began the postseason with a 4-1 defeat to Carolina in the opening game of this series.

Carolina Hurricanes Form

Carolina earned their spot in the postseason by compiling a 47-30-5 record to claim second place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Hurricanes ended the regular season in bad form though, losing seven of their final eight games.

They began April with a 5-1 win over Washington, but their form then nose-dived on the road as they lost 5-3 in Detroit, 5-1 at Boston, 3-0 in Buffalo and 5-4 at Washington.

Carolina avoided a fifth straight defeat as they beat the New York Rangers 7-3, but they failed to back that up.

The Hurricanes closed out the regular season by losing 4-1 to Toronto, 4-2 in Montreal and 7-5 at Ottawa, but that losing run ended in their playoff opener.

They gained the early lead in this series as they beat New Jersey over the weekend, 4-1.

Verdict

Carolina made a dominant start to this series and we expect them to back that up with a Game 2 win.

The Hurricanes have been stacking up wins on the home ice, while the Devils have gone cold at the wrong time.

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