New Jersey has an all-time record of 81-58-12-6 against Carolina.
The New Jersey Devils will host the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon at Prudential Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 12:30 P.M. Interim head coach Travis Green will meet with the media at 10:00 A.M.
Green confirmed Nico Daws would start, and Akira Schmid would be the backup. Newly acquired goaltenders Kaapo Kahkonen and Jake Allen have yet to arrive.
Devils vs. Hurricanes - Prudential Center
The Devils have a 0-1-1 record against the Hurricanes this season. In their previous meeting, the Devils were handed a 1-0 overtime loss at PNC Arena. Former Devils goaltender Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves on 32 shots.
The Hurricanes are second in the Metropolitan Division (37-19-6). Ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, Carolina brought in forwards Jake Guentzel from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Evgeny Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals. Per Hurricanes team reporter Walt Ruff, the plan is for the latter to play against New Jersey.
"It's an exciting few days," Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said. "Right now we felt that if we could add more goal-scoring to our hockey club, that made the most sense. We were fortunate to land both players."
- New Jersey's injury list includes Dougie Hamilton (out indefinitely) and Nathan Bastian (lower body).
- Carolina's injury list includes Jake Guentzel (upper body).
- Jesper Bratt and Justin Dowling are the only Devils who scored on the Hurricanes this season. The young Swede has seven goals and four assists in 18 games against tonight's opponent in his career.
- The Devils are 12-4-2 when scoring first in a game this season.
- Entering today's game, Jack Hughes has recorded ten games with three or more points this season. Kirk Muller owns the franchise record with 11 games in a single season.
- Carolina's Teuvo Teravainen enters today's game, earning a point in five straight games.
- Hurricanes' defenseman Brent Burns turns 39 today.
Projected Lineup
New Jersey:
Ondrej Palat - Nico Hischier - Timo Meier
Jack Hughes - Erik Haula - Jesper Bratt
Chris Tierney - Curtis Lazar - Dawson Mercer
Curtis MacDermid - Tomas Nosek - Alexander Holtz
Jonas Siegenthaler - John Marino
Kevin Bahl - Brendan Smith
Luke Hughes - Simon Nemec
Nico Daws/Akira Schmid
Carolina:
Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Stefan Noesen - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Seth Jarvis
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov/Frederik Andersen
Watch & Listen: Today's game will be broadcast on ESPN. Fans can also listen on the Devils Hockey Network with Matt Loughlin on play-by-play.
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