season series: 4-1, canes
bottom line: the mighty hurricanes sat atop the eastern conference for most of the season while the undermanned devils backed into the playoffs with a 4-6 mark in their last 10.
what to watch for: carolina scoring. a lot. the devils D is a no name group and they played like it this year in front of marty. the devils gave up by far the most goals of any eastern conference playoff team with 262 while the canes lead the east in goals with 298.
prediction: canes in 4.