Devils Fall to Hurricanes, Head Home for Blackhawks

0:00It's March 29th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is NHL News today, your AI Power Team Report. New Jersey Devils hit the road for a back-to-back and faced the Carolina Hurricanes on March 28th at the Lenovo Center. Coming off seven wins in their last ten games, they aimed for a third straight victory. Instead, Carolina dominated with a 5-2 final score, snapping that streak. Devils struck first when Timo Meyer buried his 22nd goal of the season on a slick pass from Dawson Mercer. Golly Jacob Markstrom shut the door early, stopping every shot in the first period. But a tripping penalty on Lenny Hamanaho, midway through the second, flipped the script, letting Carolina tie a quick and then pile on three straight. Goals. Fans saw the Devils grind hard, but Carolina outshot them 34-19 overall, holding New Jersey to just five shots in the second. And third periods combined. That one failed kill shifted all the momentum, and the Hurricanes never looked back, adding two more in the final frame.

1:04Bright spots emerged, despite the defeat. Mercer played his 400th NHL game while extending his Iron Man streak, and if Gin-Eye Datanoff notched his. First point is a devil with a late goal. The road trip wrapped at three wins, two losses, no overtime. Now the devil's head home to Prudential Center for the back-to-back finale against the Chicago Black Hawks tonight, ready to shake this off and get back. And the win column.