Carolina faces New Jersey in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
RALEIGH, N.C. – The National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes today announced the Carolina Hurricanes’ schedule for the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Hurricanes will face the New Jersey Devils in the first round and the series opens with Game 1 on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Lenovo Center. Tickets are currently still available for the games and can be purchased here.
The series will mark the sixth meeting between the two teams in the postseason. The Hurricanes are 4-1 in postseason series against the Devils, falling in six first-round games in 2001 before winning in six first-round games in 2002, in five second-round games in 2006, in seven first-round games in 2009 and in five second-round games in 2023.
The Hurricanes have home-ice advantage for this year’s seven-game series. Carolina owns a 45-26 all-time postseason record at Lenovo Center and has won 12 of its last 15 playoff series starting on home ice dating back to 2002. The Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division and are making their seventh consecutive playoff appearance for the first time in the franchise’s North Carolina history.
All first-round games will be televised on FanDuel Sports Network and streamed on the FanDuel Sports Network app and FanDuelSportsNetwork.com. On the call for each game will be play-by-play announcer Mike Maniscalco, analyst Tripp Tracy and reporter Hanna Yates. Hurricanes LIVE, the network’s pre- and postgame show, will be hosted by Yates alongside analyst Shane Willis.
Carolina’s complete 2025 First Round schedule is below (games denoted with an * mean if necessary):
It’s official — we’re dancing with the Devils again. Round 1 is set, and the Loudest House is calling. Lock in your seat now and experience playoff hockey, Raleighwood-style.
