{"id":390393,"date":"2026-01-04T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/390393\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:04:13","slug":"nhl-game-preview-carolina-hurricanes-at-new-jersey-devils-with-line-combinations-1-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/390393\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 1\/4\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NHL-Game-Preview-Carolina-Hurricanes-at-New-Jersey-Devils-with-Line-Combinations-1.4.26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 1\/4\/26\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by: Karl DeBlaker-AP)<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-3, 51 pts) at New Jersey Devils (22-17-2, 46 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Prudential Center<br \/>Date: Sunday, January 4<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, FDSNS, MSGSN<br \/>Radio:\u00a099.9 The Fan\/104.5 The Team<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0lost their last game 5-3 against the Colorado Avalanche. They\u2019re 2-3-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 4.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Devils won their second straight game with a 4-1 win over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday. They\u2019re 2-2-1 in their last five games, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing three goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Ehlers-Aho-Svechnikov<br \/>Hall-Jankowski-Blake<br \/>Martinook-Staal-Stankoven<br \/>Carrier-Kotkaniemi-Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Gostisbehere-Chatfield<br \/>Miller-Walker<br \/>Nikishin-Nystrom<\/p>\n<p>Bussi<br \/>Andersen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/carolina-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=carolina&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Hughes-Hischier-Bratt<br \/>Meirer-Mercer-Gritsyuk<br \/>Palat-Glass-Brown<br \/>Lammikko-Glendening-Noesen<\/p>\n<p>Siegenthaler-Hamilton<br \/>Hughes-Pesce<br \/>Dillon-White<\/p>\n<p>Allen<br \/>Markstrom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/new-jersey-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=new&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0&amp;_gl=1*zn95uv*_gcl_au*ODQ3ODgyOTQzLjE3NjMxMjY4NjY.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your New Jersey Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sebastian-aho\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Aho<\/a> had a goal and an assist in the Hurricanes 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on January 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/brett-pesce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Pesce<\/a> had two assists in the Devils 4-1 win over the Utah Mammoth on January 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">D Charles-Alexis Legault \u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/seth-jarvis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Jarvis<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jaccob-slavin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaccob Slavin<\/a> \u2013 Out<br \/>G <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/pyotr-kochetkov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/pyotr-kochetkov-probably-done-for-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">IR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/johnathan-kovacevic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnathan Kovacevic<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/evgenii-dadonov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evgenii Dadonov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/simon-nemec\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Nemec<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/zack-macewen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zack MacEwen<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767542653_165_8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. 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If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: Karl DeBlaker-AP) Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-3, 51 pts) at New Jersey Devils (22-17-2, 46 pts) Venue: Prudential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[2866,49900,34759,201,38981,5,8214,1771,576,151,5185,5184,4,1267,1174,1177,1178,1091],"class_list":["post-390393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-jersey-devils","tag-brett-pesce","tag-carolina-huirricanes","tag-charles-alexis-legault","tag-devils","tag-evgeni-dadonov","tag-hockey","tag-jacob-slavin","tag-johnathan-kovacevic","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-newjersey","tag-newjerseydevils","tag-nhl","tag-pyotr-kochetkov","tag-sebastian-aho","tag-seth-jarvis","tag-simon-nemec","tag-zack-macewen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115837682798238318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}