Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils

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Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils have had plenty of success at home on the ice and hope that continues when they go up against the Carolina Hurricanes.

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This is the second of four meetings this season between the two Eastern Conference foes. The Devils scored a 4-2 victory at Prudential Center back on Oct. 10 as Ilya Kovalchuk scored the deciding goal and added two assists. Zach Parise scored twice and Mark Fayne connected for a goal to lead the Devils to their sixth straight home triumph over Carolina. The clubs will next meet Dec. 26 in Raleigh.

The Devils are winners of two straight following decisions over the Philadelphia Flyers and Winnipeg Jets. The Hurricanes have not only lost two straight but six of their last eight and are in dire need of a solid all-round effort to break the slide. The team could use a boost on the power-play. While the team did strike for two goals with the man advantage in a loss to Dallas on Sunday, it still ranks 22nd in the League (10-for-69) with a 14.5 percent efficiency. The Devils are third in the League on the penalty-kill with a 91.3 percent efficiency (killing 42 of 46).

Carolina lost to the Dallas Stars, 5-2, for the fifth time in six meetings on Sunday. Starting goalie Cam Ward (5-4-2) stopped 10 of 14 shots before being relieved by Brian Boucher at 3:48 of the second with the Stars holding a 4-1 advantage. Chad LaRose and Tuomo Ruutu scored power-play goals for Carolina.

Despite the absences of Kovalchuk (lower body), injured centers Travis Zajac (Achilles tendon) and Jacob Josefson (broken clavicle) and offensive-defenseman Andy Greene (lower body), the Devils pulled out a 3-2 overtime decision over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday when rookie Adam Henrique connected for the first two-goal game of his career. Henrique, drafted in the third round (No. 82) by the Devils in 2008, zipped home a shot off a breakaway with 3:32 remaining in OT to give the Devils their sixth win in 12 games this season. It took the team 21 games to pick up its sixth win in 2010-11.

Carolina forward Jeff Skinner has points in three straight games (2 goals, 2 assists). Devils goalie Johan Hedberg is 4-0-0 over the last two seasons against the Hurricanes. "Moose" made 24 saves in a 4-2 victory over the Hurricanes on Oct. 10. Offensively for the Devils, Henrique has 3 goals and 5 points over the last three games.

The Devils will be hard pressed to pull off the home streak against a rough and tumble Carolina team that is playing some very good hockey right now.