The New Jersey Devils will take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 on Tuesday night without two of three injured players.

"He is the youngest partner I have had in my career," Pesce told NHL.com in March. "It kind of makes me feel young again. He is young but hungry, wants to get better, and cares so much. That shows a lot of maturity in a 21-year-old."

New Jersey Devils defensemen Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon will sit out Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C.