Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville Predators NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 5/27/2021
Carolina Hurricanes (39-12-10) vs. Nashville Predators (33-25-3)
May 27, 2021 9:30 pm EDT
The Line: Nashville Predators +132 / Carolina Hurricanes -164; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators meet Thursday in game six of the NHL Central Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena.
The Carolina Hurricanes look for another victory to advance to the next round. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.60 goals per game and are scoring on 17.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Jordan Staal leads Carolina with four goals, Brett Pesce has three assists and Dougie Hamilton has 31 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.60 goals per game and are killing 90.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed 13 goals on 178 shots faced.
The Nashville Predators need a win here to save their season and force a game seven on Saturday. The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.60 goals per game and are scoring on 9.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Fordberg leads Nashville with two goals, Ryan Ellis has three assists and Roman Josi has 23 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 3.60 goals per game and are killing 82.4 percent of their opponents power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 16 goals on 221 shots faced.
The Hurricanes are 0-4 in their last 4 road games and 38-18 in their last 56 games as a favorite. The Predators are 13-3 in their last 16 home games and 18-8 in their last 26 overall. The over is 5-2-1 in Hurricanes last 8 road games. The under is 4-1 in Predators last 5 home games. The Hurricanes are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Nashville and 20-8 in the last 28 meetings. The favorite is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings. The home team is 11-0 in the last 11 meetings.
The Carolina Hurricanes are the better team in this series and it’s only right they’re given the benefit of the doubt being favored. However, the last three games between these teams have needed overtime to be decided, so you could argue the Predators are a bounce or two away from leading or even winning this series already. Also, the home team has now won 11 straight games between the Hurricanes and Predators. You have to go back to November of 2019 the last time the road team has won in this matchup. I have to ride that trend and take the Predators are home with the plus money. Game seven anyone?
