Andersen suffered an injury as Devils forward Timo Meier crashed into the netminder midway through the game, frustrating Canes head coach Rod Brind'Amour. Andersen exited the game after colliding with Meier following an upper-body hit by the forward, which sent him sprawling backward into the net.

Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen was forced to leave Game 4's victory over the New Jersey Devils with an undisclosed injury.

Frederik Andersen left the game after the Devils’ Timo Meier ran into him in the second period, but the Hurricanes survived and took a 3-1 series lead behind Andrei Svechnikov’s hat trick.