The Carolina Hurricanes play against the New Jersey Devils in game 5 of their NHL Playoff series tonight. The matchup will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT on TBS. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trial offered by DirecTV Stream. Alternatively, Sling offers a first-month discount to new users.

The Hurricanes enter this matchup with a 3-1 series lead, as they defeated New Jersey 5-2 last game. During the victory, Andrei Svechnikov led the Carolina offense with three goals. If he performs similarly this evening, then the Hurricanes will be a difficult team to beat.

Notably, Svechnikov leads the Carolina offense with five points in the postseason this year.

In order to keep their season alive tonight, the Devils will need to rely on their star forward Nico Hischier. He leads the New Jersey offense with three goals in this series, so he will try to continue his great play this evening.

Hischier has scored one goal in three separate postseason games this year.

Fans can watch game 5 of this NHL Playoff series for free online by using the free trial offered by DirecTV Stream. Alternatively, Sling offers a first-month discount to new users.