Edmonton Oilers (8-6) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (8-4-1)
November 10, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Carolina Hurricanes -169 / Edmonton Oilers +137; Over/Under: +5.5
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The Edmonton Oilers and the Carolina Hurricanes meet in NHL action from the PNC Arena on Thursday night.
The Edmonton Oilers will look to build on their 3-2 upset win over Tampa Bay last time out. Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 29 points including a team-high 14 goals and 15 assists while Leon Draisaitl has 26 points with a team-high 17 assists. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman each have 16 points with Hyman logging 6 goals and 10 assists and RNH putting up 7 goals and 9 helpers. Jack Campbell’s posted a record of 6-3 with a 3.93 GAA and an .884 save percentage while Stuart Skinner’s gone 2-3 with a 2.62 GAA and a .928 save percentage in goal for Edmonton this season.
The Carolina Hurricanes will try to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 3-0 loss to Florida last time out. Martin Necas has a team-high 17 points with 7 goals and a team-high 10 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 8 assists along with 7 goals as part of his 15 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 14 points with a team-high 8 goals this season. Frederik Andersen has gone 5-3 with a 2.72 GAA and an .891 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 3-1-1 with a 2.36 GAA and a .914 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.
Edmonton is 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against the Metropolitan division. Carolina is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall and 5-1 in their last 6 games after allowing 2 goals or less in the previous game while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 games played on no rest.
I get the reasoning for backing either side here, but I’m going to look at the Hurricanes here. I just don’t trust Edmonton’s goaltending as far as I can throw it and I anticipate we’re getting Frederik Andersen in goal for Carolina which is a big step up over Antti Raanta who started on Wednesday. All in all, I trust the Hurricanes as a unit more, so give me Carolina and the reasonable price.
