Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 1: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes 3 to New Jersey Devils 1, on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New Jersey Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLSunday, January 4, 2026
DateJan 4, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ
TVESPN+
Attendance16,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| New Jersey Devils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesNew Jersey Devils
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
25-14-3Record22-18-2
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Metropolitan Division
8-3Road record / home record8-2
WWLWWLast 5LWWWW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesNew Jersey Devils
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 | 3:32 | 4:36 | 13:00 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:57 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 11:26 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 11:17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 4:31 | 0:00 | 11:49 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:07 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:24 | 0:30 | 1:02 | 6:52 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 0:00 | 4:43 | 15:13 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Philp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 | 0:09 | 2:09 | 8:30 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:42 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 6:50 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:11 | 0:50 | 3:44 | 12:37 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 12:20 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:26 | 0:00 | 3:51 | 17:35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:39 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 17:56 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 | 0:00 | 6:15 | 17:07 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:23 | 2:17 | 1:09 | 10:57 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Nystrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 9:05 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:55 | 2:29 | 4:45 | 16:41 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .966 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:25 | 6:48 | 1:24 | 15:13 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 | 2:02 | 3:00 | 9:49 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 10:34 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:47 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 5:58 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:49 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 12:36 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 25:16 | 6:56 | 2:27 | 15:53 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 62.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:55 | 7:32 | 0:04 | 17:19 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Juho Lammikko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:36 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 15:23 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:58 | 3:07 | 1:44 | 14:07 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stefan Noesen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 6:51 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Palat | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 8:19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 10:18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:27 | 4:06 | 1:10 | 20:11 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 22:43 | 5:38 | 1:47 | 15:18 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce | 2 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 17:46 | 0:00 | 3:13 | 14:33 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 | 0:07 | 2:12 | 16:45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 55:44 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR leads series 2-0
Mar 28, 2026NJ 2, CAR 5
Jan 17, 2026CAR 4, NJ 1
Jan 4, 2026CAR 3, NJ 1
Oct 9, 2025NJ 3, CAR 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 3-1, on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils?
Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 1.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Taylor Hall (1 goals). New Jersey Devils: Dawson Mercer (1 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils played?
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ.
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