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Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville Predators NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 5/23/2021

Carolina Hurricanes (38-12-9) vs. Nashville Predators (32-25-2)
May 23, 2021 2:30 pm EDT
The Line: Nashville Predators +115 / Carolina Hurricanes -138; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators meet Sunday in game four of the NHL Central Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena.

The Carolina Hurricanes can take complete control with a victory here and a 3-1 series lead. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging four goals per game and are scoring on 20 percent of their power play opportunities. Sebastian Aho leads Carolina with three goals, Brett Pesce has three assists and Dougie Hamilton has 16 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.33 goals per game and are killing 94.1 percent of their opponents power plays. Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed seven goals on 110 shots faced.

The Nashville Predators look for another win to even up the series at 2-2. The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.33 goals per game and are scoring on 5.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Fordberg leads Nashville with two goals, Ryan Ellis has two assists and Roman Josi has 16 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing four goals per game and are killing 80 percent of their opponents power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 10 goals on 123 shots faced.

The Hurricanes are 1-5 in their last 6 road games and 6-0 in their last 6 Sunday games. The Predators are 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 19-9 in their last 28 overall. The under is 4-1 in Hurricanes last 5 games playing on 1 days rest. The under is 4-1 in Predators last 5 home games. The Hurricanes are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Nashville and 19-7 in the last 26 meetings. The favorite is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings. The home team is 9-0 in the last 9 meetings.

The Carolina Hurricanes are the better team here and should be favored to win both the games and the series. However, the Canes have also had their issues on the road lately with losses in five of their last six tries. Also, the home team has won each of the last nine meetings between the Hurricanes and Predators, and most of those games haven’t been all that competitive. Nashville have usually had one of the better home crowds throughout the playoffs and they’ve won five of their last six games in the home underdog role. I’ll take my chances with another Predators win, as they even this thing up.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Nashville Predators +115

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