Colorado Avalanche vs Carolina Hurricanes 11/12/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Carolina Hurricanes and the Colorado Avalanche meet in NHL action from the Ball Arena on Saturday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to build on their 7-2 rout of the Edmonton Oilers in their last game. Martin Necas has a team-high 19 points with 7 goals and a team-high 12 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 10 assists along with 7 goals as part of his 17 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 17 points with a team-high 11 goals this season. Frederik Andersen has gone 5-3 with a 2.72 GAA and an .891 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 3-1-1 with a 2.36 GAA and a .914 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.

The Colorado Avalanche will try to build on their current three game win streak after a 5-3 win over Nashville last time out. Nathan MacKinnon leads the Avs with 21 points including a team-high 18 assists while Mikko Rantanen has 19 points with a team-high 9 goals and 10 assists. Valeri Nichushkin has 12 points with 7 goals of his own while Cale Makar’s got 14 points with 13 assists. Alexandar Georgiev is 7-1-1 with a 2.66 GAA and a .924 save percentage while Pavel Francouz is 0-3 with a 3.08 GAA and an .898 save percentage between the pipes for Colorado this season.

Carolina is 5-2 in their last 7 games overall and 60-24 in their last 84 games against the Western Conference while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games played on 1 day’s rest. Colorado is 62-16 in their last 78 home games and 75-29 in their last 104 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 home games.

I get the case to be made across the board here, but I’m looking at the under here. These are two top level defensive units and even though we’re only 15 or so games into the year, this feels like a potential Stanley Cup final preview. I honestly think this game is a first to 3 wins kind of game so give me the under here.