(My Sportsbook) - The sixth-seeded Carolina Hurricanes will try to rebound tonight when they host the New Jersey Devils at RBC Center for a crucial Game 4 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

Carolina split a pair of meetings with the third-seeded Devils in New Jersey, but the Hurricanes couldn't take advantage of home ice in Game 3. Instead, the Devils recorded an overtime victory in Raleigh, and with another win tonight could have a chance to end the series when the clubs meet Thursday for Game 5 in the Garden State.

The last two games of this series have been decided in overtime with the 'Canes claiming a 2-1 decision in Game 2 before the Devils earned Sunday's 3-2 decision. The Game 3 victory for the Devils was their first playoff OT win over Carolina in six tries.

Travis Zajac, who had not scored since mid-March, lit the lamp 4:58 into overtime to lift the Devils to Sunday's thrilling victory. Zach Parise and Brian Gionta also tallied for the Devils.

Martin Brodeur turned aside 28 of the 30 shots he faced and improved his lifetime record in playoff overtime games to 12-20.

In the extra session, Parise nestled the puck across the blueline and his shot from the top of the right circle was knocked down. Zajac picked up the puck and ripped a low shot on goal that Cam Ward kicked out with the left pad. Zajac gathered his own rebound and shoveled it past the sprawled netminder for the game-winner.

The Devils won despite not having captain Jamie Langenbrunner, who did not make the trip to Raleigh after suffering a lower-body injury in Game 2. Langenbrunner, whose status for Game 5 is still unknown, was third on the team this season in both goals (29) and points (69).

Ryan Bayda and Chad LaRose each had a goal for the Hurricanes, who were playing their first home playoff game since Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. Carolina, of course, won the franchise's first Stanley Cup title in 2006 by beating Edmonton in the final round, but then missed the postseason in each of the following two seasons.

Ward, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for Carolina in '06, was beaten three times on 35 shots in defeat and fell to 16-10 in his playoff career.

Carolina had an excellent 26-14-1 record as the home team this season and ended the regular season with victories in 12 of 13 contests at RBC. Jersey had a solid 23-15-3 record as the visiting club during the regular season, giving the Devils the second-highest road win total behind Boston and Detroit's 24 away victories.

This is the fourth time since 2001 these two teams have met in the postseason. New Jersey won the first matchup en route to the Stanley Cup Final in 2001 but lost to the Hurricanes in both 2002 and 2006.