Nashville Predators vs. Carolina Hurricanes NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 5/25/2021

The Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes meet Tuesday in game five of the NHL Central Playoffs at the PNC Arena.  

The Nashville Predators look for a third straight win to take a surprising 3-2 series lead. The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.75 goals per game and are scoring on 10.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Fordberg leads Nashville with two goals, Ryan Ellis has three assists and Roman Josi has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 3.75 goals per game and are killing 85.7 percent of their opponents power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 13 goals on 184 shots faced.

The Carolina Hurricanes look for a bounce back performance to take a 3-2 series lead. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.75 goals per game and are scoring on 14.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Sebastian Aho leads Carolina with three goals, Brett Pesce has three assists and Dougie Hamilton has 23 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.75 goals per game and are killing 89.5 percent of their opponents power plays. Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed 11 goals on 153 shots faced.

The Predators are 2-6 in their last 8 road games and 20-9 in their last 29 overall. The Hurricanes are 22-8 in their last 30 home games and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The over is 4-1 in Predators last 5 road games. The under is 7-3 in Hurricanes last 10 home games. The Predators are 2-12 in the last 14 meetings in Carolina and 5-15 in the last 20 meetings. The favorite is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings. The home team is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings.

The Nashville Predators have the momentum here with back-to-back overtime victories and that could be enough to lean you in the direction of the plus money. However, the Carolina Hurricanes are still comfortably the more talented team here and have been dominant both in the home and home underdog role. Also, the home team has won each of the last 10 meetings between the Predators and Hurricanes and seven of those wins were decided by two or more goals. You have to go back to November of 2019 the last time the road team has won in this matchup. I have to ride the trend that’s worked the last couple of years. Give me the Canes and the PL for max betting value.