Devils fall to the Hurricanes 3-2, 1/25/24

January 25, 2024

Devils fall to the Hurricanes 3-2, 1/25/24

The New Jersey Devils lost 3-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena on Thursday, January 25th. It was a rough game for the Devils, not able to get any shots in the net until the final period... making sure they didn't get shutout. However, it was a good win for the Hurricanes. After a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins the night before, they managed to get another win, two wins straight.

Devils lineup against the Hurricanes:

Meier - Hischier - Bratt

Toffoli - Mercer - Palat

Lazar - Haula - Bastian

Dowling - Tierney - Holtz

Bahl - Nemec

Hughes - Marino

Hatakka - Miller

Daws

Vanecek

Hurricanes lineup against the Devils:

Bunting - Aho - Teravainen

Noesen - Drury - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Jarvis

Lemieux - Kotkaniemi - Fast

Slavin - Burns

Skjei - Pesce

Orlov - Chatfield

Raanta

Only 90 seconds into the first period, Sebastian Aho opens the scoring. Aho scored with a backhand shot past Nico Daws. The final score of the first frame was 1-0.

Teuvo Teravainen nets one and makes the score 2-0... just 15 seconds in between, Jordan Staal scores by redirecting a shot from Brady Skjei. The Devils trail behind a 3-0 score...

Scoring his first goal as a Devil, Justin Dowling scores with a beautiful pass by Alexander Holtz and gets the puck past Antti Raanta. A goal that was thought to be Jesper Bratt's turned out to be Tyler Toffoli's... Toffoli tipped in a shot by Bratt with just 2.3 seconds remaining in the final frame.

Notes:

- After the two goals in the second period by Carolina, Nico Daws was replaced by Vitek Vanecek for the remainder of the game.

- Devil's coach, Lindy Ruff, didn't return for the third period... He was held back after taking a puck to the face. Travis Green took his place.

- Travis Green said that Lindy Ruff was doing a bit better postgame

- Three Stars of the Game: Teuvo Teravainen, Antti Raanta, and Jordan Staal

Justin Dowling on contributing to helping the team: "It was huge for me. It's been over a year since I've been in the NHL. So, being able to come in and contribute, and do everything I can to help the team win was nice... It's just the hard work that you put into it. It's nice to get rewarded every once in a while."