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Recap - Hurricanes Defeat New Jersey 6-1

Martin Necas scored twice to lead the Hurricanes over New Jersey 6-1 on Tuesday at Prudential Center.

Carolina was an underdog by +138 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Martin Necas(2), Jordan Martinook, Brent Burns, Jesper Fast, and Brett Pesce each scored for the Hurricanes in the victory. Necas opened the scoring for Carolina.

Frederik Andersen stopped 21 of 22 New Jersey shots in the victory.

Jack Hughes scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Frederik Andersen.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 12 of 17 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Carolina scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while New Jersey went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 28-22.