Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils odds, picks and predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes (24-6-6) visit the New Jersey Devils (23-11-2) Sunday to tip-off the new year. Face-off from the Prudential Center is set for 3 pm ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Hurricanes vs. Devils oddsand make our expert NHL picks and predictions.

The Hurricanes roll into this game on a 10-game winning streak after Friday’s 4-0 rout of the Florida Panthers. The streak includes a 4-1 win on Dec. 20 vs. The 1st game of a 4-game season series in New Jersey.

The Devils are coming off a 4-2 Friday night win vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins as C Jack Hughes scored 2 goals. New Jersey is 2nd in the Metropolitan Division, 6 points behind the Hurricanes.

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Hurricanes at Devils odds

Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:49 am ET.

• Moneyline (ML): Hurricanes -110 (bet $110 to win $100) | Devils -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
• Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Hurricanes -1.5 (+220) | Devils +1.5 (-300)
• Over/Under (O/U): 5.5 (O: -125 | U: +105)

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Devils projected goalies at Hurricanes

Pyotr Kochetkov (10-1-0, 1.94 GAA, .928 SV%) vs. Vitek Vanecek (13-5-0, 2.38 GAA, .911 SV%)

Kochetkov’s last start came against the Devils that Dec. 20 wins. In that game he allowed 1 goal on 38 shots and had an SV% of .974.

Vanecek started in Friday’s win vs. the Penguins, allowing 2 goals on 27 a SV% of .926.

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Hurricanes at Devils picks and predictions

Prediction

Devils 4, Hurricanes 3

Moneyline

LEAN DEVILS -110.

This is your riskiest bet for this game.

These 2 teams are both very good and evenly matched, but I think the Hurricanes are simply too hot coming into this game. Because of this long winning streak combined with the fact that they already beat the Devils once, I think the Devils are the perfect team to bring the Hurricanes back down to Earth.

Puck line/Against the spread

PASS.

This Devils +1.5 would be your best bet for this game if it wouldn’t cost you 3 times your investment.

Whether New Jersey wins or loses this game they should at least be within 1 goal of the Hurricane. The Devils are the underdog here only because of the Hurricanes’ win streak, which I understand, but these teams are both highly talented and are divisional rivals. This should be a fantastic game to watch and no matter which team wins it should only be by 1 goal.

Over/Under

BET OVER 5.5 (-130).

These teams both have fantastic goalies coupled with high scoring, electric offenses. This is a matchup of 2 divisional rivals who sit atop the division and are playing each other for the 2nd time in 2 weeks so expect this game to be electrifying and high scoring.

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