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DEVILS’ LANGENBRUNNER HURT; HOME ICE GONE IN OT

Venue isn’t the only thing that has turned on the Devils. So have the tables.

They head to Raleigh, where they’ve lost their last six playoff visits, having conceded home-ice advantage. They may be without their captain, as well, for Game 3 tomorrow.

Brent Sutter sounded as if the Devils may have to manage without Jamie Langenbrunner for a while, after the captain left last night’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Hurricanes in Newark with what the team called a “lower-body injury.””We’ll see as we go along,” Sutter said of the lines he revamped because of Langenbrunner’s absence. “Hopefully, Jamie will be right back. We’ll know more [today].”Besides performing his role as captain, Langenbrunner shared the team’s goal-scoring lead since New Year’s (24) with Zach Parise.

“When you lose a player on one line, you have to, to some degree, replace that. It means the Brian Rolstons have to step up. We need contributions from other guys, and he’s certainly one of them,” Sutter said.

Carolina took advantage of the forced line shuffling to press in the Devils’ zone, and the Hurricanes were at it again when Tim Gleason scored the winner on a point shot off Devils defenseman Niclas Havelid at 2:40 of OT.

“They found ways to put it in the net. If we can’t find ways, we’re in trouble,” John Madden said.

Gleason’s goal gave the Hurricanes a split of the opening pair in Newark. The Devils had lost Game 2 after an opening victory eight times previously, and stand only 4-4 in those situations.

The Devils have now lost all five overtime games they have played against the Hurricanes. Carolina is 10-2 in its last 12 home playoff games. The Hurricanes also won 12 of their last 13 home games during this regular sesason.

“It wasn’t going to be a cakewalk. They out-bounced us,” Martin Brodeur said.

The series turned nasty and chippy last night, with the Hurricanes turning the momentum with charges and stickwork, and suddenly Carolina looked like the speed team it’s supposed to be.

Parise had an apparent goal disallowed at 10:16 of the first, swatting in Paul Martin’s power-play rebound with a high stick. Parise needed another 26 seconds to make one count, deflecting Martin’s right point shot over the waffle of Cam Ward for his second in two games, and 11th of his playoff career.

The Hurricanes started throwing the body at that juncture, with Tuomo Ruutu and Erik Cole leading the way, and momentum began shifting.

Eric Staal squared the score on the power play with 24.7 seconds left in the first, waiting in the left flat for Ray Whitney’s slot shot off the end boards. Staal had an open side for his 10th career playoff goal.

Carolina continued hitting through the rest of regulation, and Whitney was a particular threat all night.

mark.everson@nypost.com