Scheduled lineup: December 27th in New Jersey

NEWARK, NJ – The Carolina Hurricanes may have done this Pyotr Kochetkov (14-6-0 | 2.43 GAA | .903 SV%) between the pipes on Friday as they take on the New Jersey Devils.

Kochetkov will look to earn his 15th win of the season, building on his 22-save win over the Rangers five days ago. In doing so, he also became the first NHL goaltender this season to score multiple points.

As for the group of skaters in front of him, Sebastian Aho went into the holidays well, picking up points in five consecutive games. Jack Roslovicwho is expected to start alongside Aho in tonight’s five-on-five game, enters back-to-back contests with points.

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Today’s betting odds…

Odds at time of publication provided by Fanatics Sportsbook: Sticks +105

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The planned lineup this evening…

Forward

Jarvis – Aho – Roslovic

Svechnikov – Kotkaniemi – Necas

Martinook – Staal – Carrier

Robinson-Jost-Blake

defense

Slavin – burns

Orlov – Chatfield

Gostisbehere-Walker

goalkeeper

Kochetkov

(Backup: Tokarski)

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Injuries

Jack Drury (Hand | Out “At Least Four Weeks” out December 12th)

Frederik Andersen (knee | out 8-12 weeks from November 22nd)

Jesper Fast (neck | out for 2024-25 season)

scratch

N/A

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PP1: Aho, Jarvis, Necas and Svechnikov with Gostisbehere

PP2: Blake, Jost, Kotkaniemi and Roslovic with Burns