Hurricanes stop Devils in push for division lead
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Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored the tie-breaking goal early in the third period Saturday afternoon for the Carolina Hurricanes, who went on to beat the host New Jersey Devils 4-2 in a battle of retooled Metropolitan Division rivals.
Kotkaniemi scored on an angled shot following a lengthy battle for the puck deep in the Devils' zone between New Jersey's Luke Hughes and Carolina's J