Overview
- Carolina beat New Jersey 4–1 on the road as Andrei Svechnikov recorded his fourth NHL hat-trick, scoring twice 57 seconds apart.
- The Hurricanes sit atop the Metropolitan Division with 64 points from 49 games and have won six of their past eight.
- The victory followed a 9–1 rout of Florida in Raleigh, highlighted by a Nikolaj Ehlers hat-trick and multipoint nights for Svechnikov and Alexander Nikishin.
- Nikishin reached 20 points this season after the Florida game, with six goals and 14 assists in 47 appearances as a rookie defenseman.
- Svechnikov was reported at 401 career NHL points after the Florida win, becoming the 27th Russian player to surpass 400.