| New Jersey Devils (23-12-3) at Carolina Hurricanes (20-15-5), 7 p.m. |
| 2008-09 Head-to-head record |
First meeting |
| 2007-08 Head-to-head record |
New Jersey 3-1 (2-0 at NJ; 1-1 at Car) |
| 2006-07 Head-to-head record |
New Jersey 3-1 (1-1 at NJ; 2-0 at Car) |
| 2005-06 Head-to-head-record |
Tied 2-2 (1-1 at NJ; 1-1 at Car) |
| 2004-05 Head-to-head-record |
None |
| 2003-04 Head-to-head-record |
New Jersey 3-1 (1-1 at NJ; 2-0 at Car) |
| 2002-03 Head-to-head-record |
Tied 2-2 (1-1 at NJ; 1-1 at Car) |
| 2001-02 Head-to-head record |
New Jersey 2-1-1 (0-1-1 at NJ; 2-0 at Car) |
| Home Record: |
New Jersey 13-7-1; Carolina 11-9-1 |
| Away Record: |
New Jersey 10-5-2; Carolina 9-6-4 |
| Record vs. Southeast Division: |
New Jersey 8-1-0 |
| Record vs. Atlantic Division: |
Carolina 2-3-3 |
| Record vs. Eastern Conference: |
New Jersey 21-9-3; Carolina 16-10-4 |
| 2007-2008 Meetings |
| 01/10 - New Jersey, 4-1 (at Car) |
| 02/09 - New Jersey, 6-1 (at NJ) |
| 02/18 - New Jersey, 5-1 (at NJ) |
| 02/26 - Carolina, 2-1 ot (at Car) |
| 2006-2007 Meetings |
| 10/06 - New Jersey, 4-0 (at Car) |
| 11/07 - New Jersey, 3-2 so (at NJ) |
| 03/15 - New Jersey, 3-2 (at Car) |
| 03/17 - Carolina, 7-2 (at NJ) |
| 2005-2006 Meetings |
| 10/15 - Carolina, 6-1 (at NJ) |
| 12/17 - Carolina, 4-1 (at Car) |
| 02/03 - New Jersey, 3-0 (at NJ) |
| 04/11 - New Jersey, 4-3 ot (at Car) |
| 2003-2004 Meetings |
| 10/11 - New Jersey, 2-1 (at Car) |
| 01/21 - Carolina, 2-1 (at NJ) |
| 02/14 - New Jersey, 4-1 (at NJ) |
| 03/06 - New Jersey, 4-1 (at Car) |
| 2002-2003 Meetings |
| 10/19 - Carolina, 3-1 (at Car) |
| 10/29 - Carolina, 2-1 (at NJ) |
| 01/17 - New Jersey, 2-1 (at Car) |
| 01/18 - New Jersey, 5-2 (at NJ) |
| 2001-2002 Meetings |
| 01/05 - New Jersey, 2-1 (at Car) |
| 01/19 - Tied, 3-3 ot (at NJ) |
| 03/23 - Carolina, 4-2 (at NJ) |
| 04/03 - New Jersey, 3-2 (at Car) |
| Game Notes |
| Note - Carolina snapped a three-game series losing streak on 02/26/08. |
| Note - New Jersey has won eight of 10 and 10 of the last 14 meetings. |
| Note - New Jersey has won 13 of 18 and 14 of the last 21 meetings. |
| Note - New Jersey is 16-8-1 in the last 25 and 17-9-2 in the last 28 meetings. |
| Note - Carolina snapped a four-game series home losing streak on 02/26/08. |
| Note - New Jersey has won seven of nine and nine of its last 12 at Carolina. |
| Note - New Jersey is 10-5-1 in its last 16 at Carolina. |
| Note - Carolina has lost two straight and four of its last five at New Jersey. |
| Note - Carolina has lost five of seven and six of its last nine at New Jersey. |
| Note - Carolina is 5-8-1 in its last 14 and 6-11-1 in its last 18 at NJ. |
| New Jersey last five games |
Carolina last five games |
| 12/27 - W at NY Rangers, 4-2 |
12/26 - W at Atlanta, 5-4 |
| 12/30 - W at St. Louis, 4-3 |
12/27 - L vs. Boston, 2-4 |
| 12/31 - L at Dallas, 2-4 |
12/31 - W vs. Atlanta, 3-1 |
| 01/02 - W vs. Montreal, 4-1 |
01/02 - W vs. St. Louis, 2-1 |
| 01/04 - W vs. Ottawa, 4-3 (OT) |
01/03 - W at Tampa Bay, 3-2 |