2025 NHL playoff preview: Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils. By The Athletic NHL Staff. April 16, 2025 Updated April 21, 2025. By Shayna Goldman, Sean Gentille and Dom Luszczyszyn.

Carolina Hurricanes' Brent Burns (8) protects the puck from New Jersey Devils' Nico Hischier (13) during the first period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in ...

Carolina’s lines will also depend on New Jersey’s injury updates. The Hurricanes adjusted their lines in the third to counter New Jersey’s changes, as is the nature of the cat-and-mouse game.

The Carolina Hurricanes and New Jersey Devils will face off in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The series begins in Carolina with Games 1 and 2. Tickets are on sale for each game in the series.

Carolina Hurricanes center Logan Stankoven (22) offers fans a puck as he is recognized for scoring two goals following the HurricanesÕ 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, April 20 ...

Why they’re not: Depth disadvantage. In part because of New Jersey’s injuries, Carolina is a deeper team. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Hurricanes had 74.05 percent of the five-on-five ...