Carolina Hurricanes (3-0) vs. Edmonton Oilers (1-2)
October 20, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Edmonton Oilers -113 / Carolina Hurricanes -106; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers meet Thursday in NHL action at the Rogers Place. The Carolina Hurricanes look to stay undefeated on the season. The Edmonton Oilers look to get back to a .500 record.
The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 0 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrei Svechnikov leads Carolina with 3 goals, Martin Necas has 3 assists and Brent Burns has 12 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 1 goal per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Frederik Andersen has allowed 2 goal on 55 shots faced and Antti Raanta has allowed 1 goal on 19 shots.
The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 36.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Connor McDavid leads Edmonton with 4 goals, Leon Draisaitl has 5 assists and Evander Kane has 14 shots on goal. Defensively, the Edmonton Oilers are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 81.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jack Campbell has allowed 7 goals on 47 shots faced, and Stuart Skinner has given up 3 goals on 54 shots.
The Hurricanes are 2-6 in their last 8 road games and 16-7 in their last 23 overall. The Oilers are 19-7 in their last 26 home games and 1-6 in their last 7 overall. The under is 8-2-1 in Hurricanes last 11 overall. The over is 19-9-1 in Oilers last 29 home games. The Hurricanes are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in Edmonton and 5-1 in the last 6 meetings. The favorite is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings. The road team is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.
The Edmonton Oilers are more than capable of winning a game like this, and they’ve played their best hockey overall at home. However, the Carolina Hurricanes have been the best team in the league through the first week or so and they look elite at both ends, where the offense is piling up the shots and the defense hasn’t given up anything. The cheap price makes the Canes hard to turn down. I’d need plus money to consider the Oilers.
