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Carolina at New Jersey

January 4, 2026
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Carolina has won six of the past seven meetings and it aims to snap a three-game skid tonight at New Jersey. The Devils have lost five of six against Eastern Conference foes and they will be up against Carolina goalie Brandon Bussi, who is 13-2-1 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a 9.00 save percentage. Bussi looks to bounce back from a rare poor performance on Thursday when the Hurricanes lost 7-5 to Montreal. New Jersey has gone UNDER nine of its past 10 games and four of five at home. Carolina has stayed UNDER five of six versus the Metropolitan Division. The Devils are 0-6 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 days situation and they have lost five of six against teams with winning records. The Hurricanes have won 19 of 26 Sunday games with the last four going UNDER. The Devils are 4-0 UNDER following a win. Take the Hurricanes on the puck line and the UNDER.

2 units on Carolina -1.5 goals +215 (puckline) (risk 2 to return 6.3)
Result:
WIN
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 6.5 -130 (risk 1 to return 1.77)
Result:
WIN
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