Devils at Hurricanes 2/14/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The New Jersey Devils will complete a back-to-back Friday when visiting the Carolina Hurricanes after hosting the Detroit Red Wings Thursday. New Jersey fell to 20-25-10 and 50 points after losing 5-3 to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Kyle Palmieri, Kevin Rooney and Jack Hughes each scored a goal for the Devils and Louis Domingue stopped 28 shots in net.

Kyle Palmieri is the leading goal scorer for New Jersey with 21 and the points leader with 38, while Nikita Gusev is the assist leader with 22. New Jersey is scoring an average of 2.71 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.44 goals per game. In net, Mackenzie Blackwood is 27-12-7 with a goals against average of 2.84 and save percentage of .910.

Carolina looks to bounce back from a loss on Tuesday when hosting the New Jersey Devils on Friday. The Hurricanes are 32-21-3 with 67 points following a 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars. Sebastian Aho scored Carolina's only goal of the game during the first period, while Petr Mrazek made 33 saves in net for the Hurricanes.

Sebastian Aho leads the Hurricanes in goals scored with 31, while Teuvo Teravainen is the assist leader with 42 and points leader with 54. Carolina is scoring an average of 3.14 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.80 goals per game. In net, Petr Mrazek is 18-15-5 with a goals-against average of 2.74 and save percentage of 901.