The New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes meet Tuesday in NHL action at the PNC Arena. The New Jersey Devils have lost 5 straight games. The Carolina Hurricanes have won 5 straight games.

The New Jersey Devils are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 20.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Jack Hughes leads New Jersey with 16 goals, Jesper Bratt has 20 assists and Dougie Hamilton has 110 shots on goal. Defensively, the New Jersey Devils are allowing 2.4 goals per game and are killing 81.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Vitek Vanecek has allowed 43 goals on 489 shots faced, and Akira Schmid has allowed 13 goals on 191 shots.

The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 18.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrei Svechnikov leads Carolina with 17 goals, Brent Burns has 18 assists and Martin Necas has 107 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 79.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Pyotr Kochetkov has allowed 27 goal on 351 shots faced, and Antti Raanta has allowed 27 goals on 248 shots.

The Devils are 11-1 in their last 12 road games and 21-8 in their last 29 overall. The Hurricanes are 38-14 in their last 52 home games and 5-0 in their last 5 overall. The under is 12-4-1 in Devils last 17 overall. The under is 4-1 in Hurricanes last 5 overall. The Devils are 1-6 in the last 7 meetings in Carolina and 1-4 in the last 5 meetings. The favorite is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The home team is 10-2 in the last 12 meetings.

The New Jersey Devils come into this game ice-cold, as their defense has fallen off a cliff. The Carolina Hurricanes are playing their best hockey of the season right now, and they’ve been insanely good on their home ice dating back to last season. In the current form of both clubs, you can argue the Canes should be bigger favorites. I’ll gladly lay the reasonable juice with the Hurricanes at home.