nhl Game Recap
New Jersey Falls 5-2 to Hurricanes - Recap
The Hurricanes got a 3-goal performance from Andrei Svechnikov as Carolina handed New Jersey a 5-2 defeat on Sunday at Prudential Center.
Carolina was favored by -179 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Andrei Svechnikov(3), Jaccob Slavin, and Brent Burns each scored for the Hurricanes in the victory. Svechnikov opened the scoring for Carolina.
Frederik Andersen turned in a 6-save effort for the Hurricanes.
New Jersey got goals from Nico Hischier, and Timo Meier in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Jacob Markstrom stopped 24 of 28 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Carolina went 1-for-3, while the Devils were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 29-22.