- The New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at RBC Center to continue their first-round playoff series.

Oddsmakers currently have the Hurricanes listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Devils, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.

The Devils defeated Carolina 3-2 in overtime as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The five goals scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (5).

Travis Zajac scored in overtime for New Jersey and Martin Brodeur made 28 saves in the win.

Ryan Bayda and Chad LaRose scored for Carolina and Cam Ward made 32 saves.

Team records:
New Jersey: 51-27-4
Carolina: 45-30-7

New Jersey most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Buffalo are 8-2
After playing Carolina are 6-4
After a win are 6-4

Carolina most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing New Jersey are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Jersey’s last 6 games on the road
Carolina is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
Carolina is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina’s last 9 games when playing at home against New Jersey
Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games

Next up:
Carolina at New Jersey, Thursday, April 23