The Hurricanes are coming into this game with a 21-12-1 record this season, but they have not been playing well in their recent games. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming off of a 5-2 loss against the Predators in their last game. Their offense has not been great in these as they have been averaging 2 goals scored per game in their last 3 straight. They have also been much worse on the road in their recent games as they have lost 6 of their last 7 games on the road, and their defense has been awful in these as they have been allowing a lot of goals. They are going up against a Devils team that is 23-11-3 this season and they have been playing very well in their recent games. They have won their last 2 straight as well as 5 of their last 6 games and their defense has been great in these. They have allowed just 1 goal or less in 5 of their last 6 games and they have not allowed a goal in each of their last 2 games either. Their offense has been good though, scoring at least 4 goals in 3 of their last 5 games as well. The Hurricanes won the 1st meeting between these two this season at home at the beginning of the year, but the Devils won the last meeting at home and have been playing better recently. The Devils have also played 3 more games than the Hurricanes and only have a 6 point lead so this is a big game for them to keep their lead in the division and they are going to get up for it at home. The Devils will win this game at home.