NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New York Rangers 3 New Jersey Devils 4 (OT)
(22-12-7—51 PTS) (25-12-3—53 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Hughes 2. D. Severson 3. N. Hischier
Goals:
NYR: J. Vesey, J. Gauthier, C. Kreider
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
NY Rangers 1 2 0 – 3
DEVILS 0 1 2 1 – 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: J. Hughes, J. Bratt (PPG), J. Hughes, D. Severson (OT-Winner)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 40
Nate Bastian I.R. Upper-Body Nov. 27 17
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 8
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 123
DATE PLAYER ACTION
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
1/1/23 Tyler Wotherspoon Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Tyce Thompson Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
1/5/23 Ondrej Palat Activated off I.R.
1/6/23 Akira Schmid Reassigned to Utica
The Devils defeated the New York Rangers at Prudential Center on Saturday afternoon, after a 4-3 overtime win. The win snapped an eight-game home winless streak. Jersey also improved to 4-2 for games decided in overtime this season.
Jersey’s team embarks on a season-long five-game road trip:
1/10 at CAR
1/13 at ANA
1/14 at LAK
1/16 at SJS
1/19 at SEA
The Devils enter Tuesday’s contest vs Carolina with a 14-2-1 road record which ranks second in the NHL for wins, but the Devils ranks first in the league for points-percentage on the road at .853. The Devils are 19-0-1 when leading after the second period this season, which is tied with Toronto for the second most wins in the NHL behind Boston (21), per Jan. 9. The Devils are 17-11-2 when outshooting an opponent this season, while Jersey is 7-1-1 when outshot in a game for the 2022-23 campaign. Jersey’s team experienced its first contest decided in a shootout this season via New Year’s Day vs Carolina, which marked the franchise’s longest stretch from the start of a season without entering a shootout round (36 GP). The second longest stretch was 27 games in 2018-19. Jersey’s team is 23-4-3 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 10 times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season. Jersey is one of nine teams that hasn’t been shut out this season. The Devils are 15-10-2 vs the Eastern Conference and 7-5-2 vs the Metropolitan Division. Jersey’s team is 21-4-3 when Nico Hischier recorded a point in a game this season and 13-5-2 when Jack Hughes scored a goal in a game for 2022-23. The league named Jack Hughes the NHL’s second Star of the Week for the week ending on Jan. 8.
It marked the third Devils player this season who earned the Stars of the Week honors:
M. Blackwood: Week ending on Oct. 23
J. Bratt: Week ending on Oct. 30
Goaltender Vitek Vanecek was named the second Star of the Month for November. The NHL announced on Thu.,Jan. 5, that Jack Hughes was named New Jersey 2023 NHL All-Star. Hughes was a first-time NHL All-Star last season at Vegas.
The team’s 25 wins after 40 games played from the start of a season ranks as the third most in franchise history:
29 wins: 2009-10
26 wins: 1997-98
Miles Wood, John Marino and Nate Bastian all traveled with New Jersey on the five-game road trip. Wood left practice early on Monday after going down and being helped off the ice. As of Jan. 9, Carolina and New Jersey ranked first and second for shots against, per game, respectively.
CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 4-3 shootout loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, marking their first road shootout loss since 2017 (also at CBJ). After Carolina fell down 2-0 in the second period, Max Pacioretty scored the first goal of his Hurricanes career to cut the deficit. Brady Skjei tied the game on the man-advantage, and Pacioretty scored his second goal and Carolina’s second power-play goal of the period to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead. Antti Raanta made 15 saves in regulation but suffered his first shootout loss of the season and his first loss in eight decisions. Andrei Svechnikov and Teuvo Teravainen scored Carolina’s only goals in the shootout.
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed 28 games (11/9-1/7)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 40 games (10/12-1/7)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 39 games (10/14-1/7)
Stefan Noesen, lower-body, missed two game (1/5-1/7)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 166
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 5 Assigned Cavan Fitzgerald to Chicago (AHL)
Jan. 4 Activated Max Pacioretty from injured non-roster list, placed Ondrej Kase on long-term injured reserve and placed Cavan Fitzgerald on waivers
Dec. 28 Reassigned Jack Drury to Chicago (AHL)
STREAKS
Paul Stastny has recorded a point in three consecutive games (1/3-1/7: 1g, 3a)
Brady Skjei has tallied a goal/point in back-to-back games (1/5-1/7: 2g, 1a)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Jan. 10 New Jersey 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN
Jan. 12 at Columbus 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 14 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 15 Vancouver 5 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 19 Minnesota 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Jan. 10 Tuesday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
Jan. 11 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
Jan. 12 Thursday Nationwide Arena 11:30 a.m.
Jan. 13 Friday Invisalign Arena 12 p.m.
Jan. 14 Saturday Invisalign Arena 10:30 a.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
HURRICANES vs. DEVILS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing New Jersey in the third of four meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season. The Hurricanes travel to Prudential Center on 3/12.
— Carolina and New Jersey are meeting for the 154th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 62-73-12-6 overall record, including a 36-32-8-2 home record.
— The Hurricanes lead the season series 2-0-0 in 2022-23 (Devils: 0-1-1), and they are now 7-2-0 in the teams’ last nine meetings, with wins in each of the last five.
— Carolina posted a 4-1 win over New Jersey at PNC Arena on 12/20. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen each scored for the Hurricanes, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 37 of 38 shots faced in net.
— The Hurricanes earned a 5-4 shootout win over the Devils at Prudential Center on 1/1. Sebastian Aho (1g, 1a), Stefan Noesen (2a) and Derek Stepan (2g) recorded two points, and Martin Necas scored a power-play goal to force overtime before Andrei Svechnikov scored the only goal in the shootout. Antti Raanta made 24 saves in regulation/overtime and stopped all three shootout attempts.
— Brent Burns has posted 17 points (4g, 13a) in 22 career regular-season games against New Jersey.
— Jesperi Kotkaniemi has earned nine points (4g, 5a) in 10 career regular-season games against the Devils.
— Stefan Noesen tallied 43 points (22g, 21a) in 145 NHL games with New Jersey from 2017-19. He also played four postseason games with the Devils in 2018 and scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round, the only playoff goal of his NHL career. Noesen has tallied three points (1g, 2a) in four career regular-season games against New Jersey.
— Max Pacioretty has registered 22 points (14g, 8a) in 31 career regular-season games against the Devils.
— Brett Pesce is a native of Tarrytown, N.Y., about 40 miles northeast of Newark. He played youth hockey with the North Jersey Avalanche and spent one season with the EJHL’s New Jersey Hitmen in 2011-12.
— Paul Stastny’s father, Peter, spent parts of four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1990-93, posting 173 points (64g, 109a) in 217 games.
— Derek Stepan has earned 31 points (15g, 16a) in 43 career regular-season games against New Jersey.
— Dougie Hamilton registered 121 points (42g, 79a) in 184 NHL games with Carolina from 2018-21 and added 14 points (6g, 8a) in 31 playoff games with the Hurricanes. He was selected to the NHL All-Star Game in 2020 and named a Second-Team All-Star in 2021. Hamilton was acquired from CGY along with Micheal Ferland and Adam Fox in exchange for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm on 6/23/18.
— Erik Haula recorded 22 points (12g, 10a) in 41 games with Carolina in 2019-20. Acquired from VGK in exchange for Nicolas Roy and a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft (Oscar Plandowski) on 6/27/19, Haula was traded to FLA along with Lucas Wallmark, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 2/24/20.
— Brendan Smith tallied eight points (4g, 4a) in 45 games with the Hurricanes in 2021-22. He added four points (1g, 3a) in 14 playoff games with Carolina, scoring his first career postseason shorthanded goal in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round vs. NYR.
— Devils Video Coach Jerry Dineen’s brother, Kevin, was selected by the Whalers in the third round (56th overall) of the 1982 NHL Draft and played 708 games with Hartford/Carolina over two stints with the franchise (1984-91, 1995-99), recording 544 points (250g, 294a) and a franchise-record 1,439 penalty minutes. Kevin ranks top-four in franchise history in games played, goals, assists, points, powerplay goals (71) and power-play points (173).
