New Jersey Devil's injuries suffer for game 5

The New Jersey Devils are fighting to stay alive against Carolina Hurricanes. In the series with 3: 1, the devils need all the help you can get in game 5.

Unfortunately, for the devils, their injury problems continue with their season. The team reporter Amanda Stein shared a disappointing update. The devils will be without three important defenders for game 5: Luke Hughes, Brenden Dillon and Johnny Kovacevic.

The loss of all three is significant, with New Jersey's blue line offering a different element. Hughes was over one of her best Puck Movers all year round. He played in just one post -season this season and his absence is noticeable. In 71 regular season games, he scored seven goals and 37 templates for 44 points and achieved an average of over 21 minutes of ice age.

While Hughes' offense is overlooked, the defensive performance of the devils also suffer without Dillon and Kovacevic. Two of the team's best criminal minder and most physical defenders, the Devils have no reliable replacement to enter. Her offensive tasks shift to Dougie Hamilton, who is already the team's top defender. However, there is no one on the defensive side of the puck.

The devils will rely even more in game 5 on Rookie Simon Nemec. He is impressed in a limited sample size, including overtime goals, but he is only 21 years old. His inexperience could be something that the hurricanes want to exploit in an excretion game.

The series returns to Carolina for game 5. It will already be a difficult environment for the devils to stay alive, and now your short defense will only make things more difficult. New Jersey now has to dig deeply with an exhausted blue line to keep her hopes of the Stanley Cup playoffs going.

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