The Carolina Hurricanes controlled the early portion of their first-round series against the New Jersey Devils with excellent defense and brick wall goaltending from veteran starter Frederik Andersen.

Game 4 between the Devils and Hurricanes took an unexpected turn early in the second period Sunday when Carolina had to make a goalie change.

Simon Nemec scored 2:36 into the second overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series to cut the Canes series lead to 2-1.