The New Jersey Devils kick off the 2025-26 campaign in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes in a 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs rematch. Both teams enter their respective season openers with a bit of a new look after each saw additions and subtractions in free agency. However, whereas the Hurricanes are established as a Stanley Cup Contender, the Devils are still looking to propel themselves to that status.
It all starts tonight.
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What to Know vs. Hurricanes
—The Devils open their 2025-26 campaign with a three-game road trip, while the franchise’s all-time season-opening record is 26-13-11.
—The team’s .630 point percentage for season-opening contests ranks fifth all-time in NHL history (1. UTA 2. VGK 3. TBL 4. COL).
—The team’s power-play percentage (28.2) ranked third in the NHL last season, and marked a franchise record for a single season.
—New Jersey’s penalty-kill percentage (82.7) ranked second in the NHL behind Carolina (83.6) for the 2024-25 campaign. —The Devils earned nine shutout victories in 2024-25, which marked their most in a single season since 2010-11 (9).
— The Devils and Carolina face-off for the first of four matchups in 2025-26. The Devils were also 2-2-0 against Carolina in 2024-25.
2025-26 vs. Hurricanes
10/9/25 TBD Lenovo Center
01/04/26 TBD Prudential Center
01/17/26 TBD Prudential Center
03/28/26 TBD Lenovo Center
Devils vs. Hurricanes
All-time Record: 83-61-12-6
All-time Home Record: 48-24-4-3
All-time Road Record: 35-37-8-3
Projected Devils Lineup*
Forwards
Evgenii Dadonov–Jack Hughes–Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier–Nico Hischier–Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat–Cody Glass–Connor Brown
Paul Cotter–Luke Glendening–Arseny Gritsyuk
Defensemen
Luke Hughes–Brett Pesce
Dougie Hamilton–Jonas Siegenthaler
Brenden Dillon–Simon Nemec
Goaltenders
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
*Lineup subject to change
Current Injuries: Stefan Noesen (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9), Johnathan Kovacevic (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9), Marc McLaughlin (Upper-body, out since Oct. 9), Seamus Casey (Lower-body, out since Oct. 9). 2025-26 Total Man-Games Lost: 0
Projected Hurricanes Lineup*
Forwards
Nikolaj Ehlers–Sebastian Aho–Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov–Logan Stankoven–Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook–Jordan Staal–William Carrier
Taylor Hall–Jesperi Kotkaniemi–Eric Robinson
Defensemen
Jaccob Slavin–Sean Walker
K’Andre Miller–Jalen Chatfield
Alexander Nikishin–Shayne Gostisbehere
Goaltenders
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
*Lineup subject to change
How to Watch the Devils Game—7:30 P.M. ET
Radio: DEVILS HOCKEY NET
Next Up
Sat., Oct. 11 At TBL 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Mon., Oct. 13 At CBJ 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu., Oct. 16 Vs FLA 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Sat., Oct. 18 Vs EDM 3:30 P.M. E.T.
Tue., Oct. 21 At TOR 7:00 P.M. E.T.
