The New Jersey Devils were without defensemen Luke Hughes, Brenden Dillon and Johnathan Kovacevic against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.

Andrei Svechnikov scored three goals and the Hurricanes beat the Devils​ 5-2 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Andrei Svechnikov scored a hat trick, and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-2 in Game ...

In the end, the lead the Devils spotted to the Carolina Hurricanes early in the game was an insurmountable deficit. The ...