Carolina Hurricanes vs Detroit Red Wings 12/16/21 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds
Detroit Red Wings (14-12-3) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (19-7-1)
December 16, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Carolina Hurricanes -186 / Detroit Red Wings +161; Over/Under: +6
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The Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes meet in NHL action from PNC Arena on Thursday night.
The Detroit Red Wings come into this game on the heels of a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders last time out. Lucas Raymond leads the Red Wings in scoring with 25 points including 15 assists along with 10 goals while Dylan Larkin has 23 points with a team-high 11 goals of his own and 12 assists and Tyler Bertuzzi also has 9 assists with 9 goals for 18 points and a team-high +9 plus/minus rating this season. Moritz Seider also leads Detroit with 17 assists so far this season. Alex Nedeljkovic is 9-6-3 with a 2.71 GAA and a .918 save percentage in goal for Detroit while Thomas Greiss is 5-6 with a 3.67 GAA and an .889 save percentage this season.
The Carolina Hurricanes will try to rebound from a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks in their last game. Sebastian Aho leads the ‘Canes in scoring with 32 points while Andrei Svechnikov is right behind with 21, with Aho logging a team-high 15 goals and 17 assists while Svechnikov has 12 assists as well. Tony DeAngelo’s got 19 points with 15 assists and and the aforementioned Aho has a team-high +12 plus/minus rating this season. Frederik Andersen’s seen the bulk of the action in goal for Carolina, going 14-5 with a 1.92 GAA and a .930 save percentage this season.
Detroit is 13-59 in their last 72 games as a road underdog and 18-43 in their last 61 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games as an underdog. Carolina is 7-3 in their last 10 home games and 14-6 in their last 20 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.
I get the case to be made either way here, as Detroit’s terrible on the road and Carolina has been struck by COVID, but I think there’s an under brewing here. There’s a ton of bodies, key bodies missing for the Hurricanes here and Detroit’s road from does little for me is I’m being honest. I could see this being the first to 3 wins if we even get there, so give me the under in this one.
