Know The Enemy – Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes
A few notes and stats to get you caught up on today’s opponent –
Devils (22-30-4 / 12-13-3 at home) vs Hurricanes (27-22-8 / 13-13-6 on the road)
- Game info: 7:00 p.m. start time at Prudential Center. TV: MSG+ (HD) RADIO: WFAN 660 AM
- For tickets and ticket price data for this game, click here.
- Johan Hedberg will get the start in goal.
- Ilya Kovalchuk has 17 points (9g-8a) in his last 15 games. The Devils are 12-1-2 in those 15 games.
- Kovalchuk has nine points (5g-4a) during a seven-game points streak.
- The Devils have 17 points in their last 10 games.
- This is the third of four meetings between the teams this season. The teams have split the previous meetings, with the home team winning each game. The two teams meet again this Saturday in Carolina.
- Hurricanes are in 3rd place in the Southeast division, 8th in the Eastern conference, and 19th in the NHL overall.
| Canes | Stats | Devils |
| 57 | GP | 56 |
| 27 | W | 22 |
| 22 | L | 30 |
| 8 | OT | 4 |
| 62 | P | 48 |
| 0.544 | P% | 0.429 |
| 2.88 | G/G | 2.11 |
| 3.00 | GA/G | 2.80 |
| 17.9 | PP% | 14.1 |
| 79.7 | PK% | 83.0 |
| 30.6 | S/G | 29.2 |
| 34.0 | SA/G | 27.3 |
| 44.3 | FO% | 51.6 |
2010-2011 Hurricanes
| # | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% |
| 12 | C | Eric Staal | 57 | 27 | 29 | 56 | -11 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 218 | 12.4 |
| 53 | C | Jeff Skinner | 57 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 14.5 |
| 15 | R | Tuomo Ruutu | 57 | 13 | 30 | 43 | -6 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 13.8 |
| 36 | L | Jussi Jokinen | 45 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 13.2 |
| 26 | R | Erik Cole | 57 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 132 | 12.1 |
| 77 | D | Joe Corvo | 57 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 7.3 |
| 25 | D | Joni Pitkanen | 49 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 2.0 |
| 14 | L | Sergei Samsonov | 52 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 11.7 |
| 59 | R | Chad LaRose | 57 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 7.8 |
| 16 | C | Brandon Sutter | 57 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 12.1 |
| 4 | D | Jamie McBain | 57 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| 7 | D | Ian White | 55 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2.3 |
| 39 | R | Patrick Dwyer | 55 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 9.5 |
| 6 | D | Tim Gleason | 57 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -10 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3.1 |
| 19 | C | Jiri Tlusty | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 |
| 11 | C | Zach Boychuk | 23 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9.1 |
| 29 | C | Ryan Carter | 50 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| 44 | D | Jay Harrison | 55 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| 22 | C | Zac Dalpe | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18.8 |
| 20 | R | Troy Bodie | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| 18 | C | Jon Matsumoto | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| 42 | L | Brett Sutter | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 28 | D | Bryan Rodney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 27 | D | Brett Carson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 21 | L | Drayson Bowman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| 71 | R | Jerome Samson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| # | Goalie | GPI | GS | Min | GAA | W | L | OT | SO | SA | GA | Sv% | G | A | PIM |
| 30 | Cam Ward | 50 | 50 | 2871 | 2.72 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1622 | 130 | .920 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Justin Peters | 11 | 7 | 588 | 3.88 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 314 | 38 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
NEW JERSEY Devils vs. CAROLINA Hurricanes
All-Time regular season record vs Canes:
(W – L – T – OT L – SO L)
30 – 17 – 2 – 2 – 0
Goals for: 147 Goals against: 124
All-Time post season record vs Canes:
10 – 14
Goals for: 56 Goals against: 51
Home games vs Canes: 23 – 13 – 1 – 0 – 0
Road games vs Canes: 17 – 18 – 1 – 2 – 0
Last season: 3 – 1
Oct 17, 2009 @ NJ – New Jersey 2 – 0 Carolina
Dec 9, 2009 @ NJ – New Jersey 4 – 2 Carolina
Feb 13, 2010 @ Car – Carolina 5 – 2 New Jersey
Apr 3, 2010 @ Car – New Jersey 4 – 0 Carolina
This season: 1 – 1
Saturday January 1st, 2011 – NJ 3 – 6 Carolina
Tuesday February 8th, 2011 – Carolina 2 – 3 NJ (OT)
Wednesday February 16th, 2011 – Carolina at NJ
Saturday February 19th, 2011 – NJ at Carolina
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