Nashville Predators (16-14-6) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (25-7-6)
January 5, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Carolina Hurricanes -227 / Nashville Predators +180; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes meet Thursday in NHL action at the PNC Arena. The Nashville Predators have split their last 8 games. The Carolina Hurricanes have won 11 of their last 12 games.
The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 17.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 14 goals, Roman Josi has 21 assists and Matt Duchene has 83 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 79 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 76 goals on 892 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 25 goals on 297 shots.
The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 19.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrei Svechnikov leads Carolina with 19 goals, Brent Burns has 23 assists and Martin Necas has 135 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 82 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Pyotr Kochetkov has allowed 32 goal on 419 shots faced, and Antti Raanta has allowed 39 goals on 377 shots.
The Predators are 2-5 in their last 7 road games and 4-9 in their last 13 overall. The Hurricanes are 42-14 in their last 56 home games and 15-2 in their last 17 overall. The over is 5-2 in Predators last 7 overall. The under is 8-2 in Hurricanes last 10 home games. The Predators are 2-14 in the last 16 meetings in Carolina and 8-23 in the last 31 meetings. The favorite is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. The home team is 12-2 in the last 14 meetings.
The Nashville Predators just haven’t been able to figure things out on the road this season, and a lot of their main struggles have come on the road. The Carolina Hurricanes have been the hottest team in the league over the last few weeks, and they’ve been a buzz saw at home dating back to last season. I’m going to side with the Canes and the PL for max betting value.
