Matchup - Hurricanes (5-6-3 - 13 points) vs. Devils (6-5-1 - 13 points)
TV - Versus, TSN 2 (HD)
Puck drop - 7:30 PM ET
Projected starting goalies - Cam Ward (CAR) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJD)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game

Carolina - 2.50 / 3.29
New Jersey - 2.25 / 2.75

Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage

Carolina - 14.5% / 80%
New Jersey - 13.9% / 91.3%

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Hurricanes:

Forwards

Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Chad LaRose
Zach Boychuk - Tuomo Ruutu - Alexei Ponikarovsky
Jiri Tlusty - Brandon Sutter - Pat Dwyer
Zac Dalpe - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart

Defense

Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason
Joni Pitkanen - Derek Joslin
Tomas Kaberle - Jay Harrison

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:

Forwards

Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus
Mattias Tedenby - Ryan Carter - Nick Palmieri
Rod Pelley - Brad Mills - Cam Janssen

Defense

Bryce Salvador - Adam Larsson
Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne
Mark Fraser - Anton Volchenkov

Hurricanes to watch out for:

Eric Staal - He's really struggling right now. How bad, you might ask? He is 8th on the team in scoring with 5 points (3G, 2A) in 14 games.

Joni Pitkanen - He's tallied 7 points (2G, 5A) in 14 games. Pretty impressive numbers for a defenseman.

Tomas Kaberle - He's hasn't exactly lived up to expectations thus far in Carolina as he only has 3 points (0G, 3A) in 14 games.

Devils to watch out for:

Adam Henrique - He has five points (3G, 2A) in his last three games and looks really comfortable centering the Devils top line.

David Clarkson - He has been surprisingly good so far this season and is getting a chance to play on the top line with Ilya Kovalchuk out due to injury.

Adam Larsson - After tallying 0 points in his first nine games he has 2 points (0G, 2A) in the last three games.

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