Devils without 3 injured defensemen for Game 4; Hurricanes goalie Andersen leaves with injury

By Canadian Press on April 27, 2025.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils were without defensemen Luke Hughes, Brenden Dillon and Johnathan Kovacevic on Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.

The Hurricanes then lost goalie Frederik Andersen when he left the game at 4:19 of the second period after he was knocked down by the Devils’ Timo Meier. Officials initially called a five-minute penalty on Meier, but waved off the penalty after a review.

Pyotr Kochetkov came on for Andersen with Carolina leading 3-1 and gave up a goal to Meier 3:15 later on the second shot he faced.

The Hurricanes announced during the second intermission that Andersen would not return to the game.

Hughes and Dillon each missed his third straight game after suffering injuries in the series opener. Kovacevic left Game 3 when he didn’t return to the ice after the first intermission, leaving the Devils with five blue liners for the rest of the game they won 3-2 on 21-year-old defenseman Simon Nemec’s goal at 2:36 of the second overtime.

Dennis Cholowski was in the lineup in Kovacevic’s place for Game 4 with New Jersey trailing the best-of-seven series 2-1.

The Devils got defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler back for Game 3 after he had been out with a lower body injury since Feb. 4.

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