Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/09/2023

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Venue:  Prudential Center, Newark, NJ

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +135, Devils -155; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +130, Devils -150; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +125, Devils -155; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Carolina Hurricanes:  52-21-9 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

New Jersey Devils:  52-22-8 (2nd place, Metropolitan Division)

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Carolina Hurricanes:  7-3-0 last 10

New Jersey Devils:  5-5-0 last 10

The Hurricanes are entering this game finishing the regular season with 113 points, a 52-21-9 record overall, and they were 24-11-6 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the New Jersey Devils in their last game, losing that one on the road 8-4. Jordan Martinook, Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho, and Jordan Staal each scored 1 goal in that game. Jordan Martinook, Seth Jarvis, Jesper Fast, and Jaccob Slavin each led the team in assists with 1 while Jesper Fast and Jack Drury each led the team in shots on net in that game with 3. Frederik Andersen was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 12 shots with 8 saves and a .667 sv percentage before getting replaced by Pyotr Kochetkov who allowed 4 goals on 22 shots with 18 saves and a .818 save percentage. Their offense has scored 266 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 213 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The Devils are entering this game finishing the regular season with 112 points, a 52-22-8 record overall, and they were 24-13-4 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a win against the Carolina Hurricanes in their last game, winning that one at home 8-4. Jack Hughes scored 2 goals while Nico Hischier, Ondřej Palát, Michael McLeod, Timo Meier, Damon Severson, and Miles Wood each scored 1 goal in that game. Dawson Mercer led the team in assists with 3 while Nico Hischier led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Vitek Vanecek was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 30 shots with 26 saves and a .867 save percentage. Their offense has scored 291 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 226 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Devils listed as a favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 4 of a 7-game series between the Devils and the Hurricanes for the 2nd round of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. The Hurricanes are entering this game with a 2-1 series lead after the Devils cut that lead in half with a home win in game 3. The Devils showed up big after getting blown out in 2 games in a row in Carolina as they won game 3 at home 8-4 and it wasn't even close as the Devils were up 3-0 by the end of the 1st period. Now they have some momentum behind them with a chance to even up this series on home ice and they will come to play game 4 just as hard as they have been in this situation before earlier in these playoffs against the Rangers in the 1st round. The Devils won 3 games in a row against the Rangers after starting the series down 2-0 and they are going to dig in deep here to even up this series. The Hurricanes have been really tough to beat on home ice in the playoffs over the last few years so the Devils know they need to take advantage of being at home here since it won't look good for them going down 3-1 in the series going back to Carolina where they were so bad. The Devils will throw everything they have at the Hurricanes once again on home ice here to even up the series. The best way to place a bet here is on the Devils to win this game and even up the series 2-2.

Hurricanes Devils Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Tuesday, May 9, 2023 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Devils 4 Hurricanes 2.

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Carolina Hurricanes: 33-26 (-12.8 units) on the moneyline after allowing 4 goals or more. 23-20 (-7.2 units) on the moneyline after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game. 13-6 OVER when leading in a playoff series. 5-1 OVER off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival.

New Jersey Devils: 56-34 (+9.8 units) on the moneyline in all games. 14-5 (+8.6 units) on the moneyline after playing 2 straight games where 7 or more total goals were scored. 25-12 OVER after playing a game where 9 or more total goals were scored. 10-3 OVER after a blowout win by 4 goals or more.

Carolina Hurricanes:  A. Raanta (G) Ques Tues - Illness. O. Kase (RW) Mid May - Concussion. T. Teravainen (LW) Mid May - Hand. A. Svechnikov (RW) out for season - Knee. M. Pacioretty (LW) out for season - Achilles. J. Gardiner (D) Out indefinitely - Hip.

New Jersey Devils:  R. Graves (D) Ques Tues - Upper Body. J. Bernier (G) Out indefinitely - Hip.

“We knew they were going to come with a push. They were ready for us. They didn't do anything crazy special. They got the puck in and played our style of game. They did it better than us tonight.” - Jordan Staal after their loss against the Devils in their game on Sunday, game 3 of this series.

“It feels good. It’s a series now so that’s what we wanted to do, have a bounce-back game and scoring eight goals is a statement. We still have a couple things to clean up but, hey, we’ll take a win now and it’s 2-1.” - Nico Hischier after their win against the Hurricanes in their game on Sunday, game 3 of this series.

LW Noesen, Stefan

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Jarvis, Seth

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Burns, Brent

G Andersen, Frederik

LW Palat, Ondrej

C Hischier, Nico

RW Bratt, Jesper

LD Siegenthaler, Jonas

RD Hamilton, Dougie

G Vanecek, Vitek

Points: M. Necas (71)

Goals: S. Aho (36)

Assists: M. Necas (43)

GAA: A. Raanta (2.23)

Points: J. Hughes (99)

Goals: J. Hughes (43)

Assists: J. Hughes (56)

GAA: A. Schmid (2.13)

Coaches:

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind'Amour (5th season)

New Jersey Devils: Lindy Ruff (3rd season)