nhl Game Recap
New Jersey Ices Carolina 4-2 - Recap
New Jersey skated to a 4-2 victory over Carolina on Friday in NHL action at Prudential Center.
The Devils were a -118 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.
New Jersey got goals from Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat, Luke Hughes, and Dawson Mercer in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 16:12 of the first period.
Jacob Markstrom turned in a 29-save effort for the Devils.
Carolina got goals from Eric Robinson, and Brent Burns in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 19 of 23 shots for the Hurricanes, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New Jersey went 0-for-0, while the Hurricanes were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 31-23.