Carolina Hurricanes vs Washington Capitals 10/31/22 NHL Pick, Prediction, Odds
Washington Capitals (5-4) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (5-2-1)
October 31, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Carolina Hurricanes -156 / Washington Capitals +126; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes meet in NHL action from the PNC Arena on Monday night.
The Washington Capitals will look to build on wins in 5 of their last 7 games after a 3-0 win over Nashville last time out. Alex Ovechkin has a team-high 7 points with a team-high 4 goals and 3 assists. Dylan Strome, Conor Sheary, John Carlson and Nick Jensen each have 6 points with Strome and Jensen each logging 5 assists while Carlson has 4 assists and Sheary also has a team-high 4 goals. Dmitry Orlov also have 5 assists as well this season. Darcy Kuemper has gone 4-3 with a 2.47 GAA and an .919 save percentage while Charlie Lindgren is 1-1 with a 3.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.
The Carolina Hurricanes will try to find some consistency, alternating wins and losses in each of their last four games after a 4-3 OT win over Philadelphia last time out. Martin Necas has a team-high 11 points with 6 goals and a team-high 6 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 6 assists along with 4 goals as part of his 10 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 9 points with a team-high 7 goals this season. Frederik Andersen has gone 3-2 with a 2.26 GAA and an .896 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 2-0-1 with a 2.23 GAA and a .913 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.
Washington is 1-5 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 2-5 in their last 7 road games while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 division games. Carolina is 37-14 in their last 51 home games and 2-5 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games overall.
I get the reasoning for backing either side here, but I’m looking at the under here. The Capitals have been involved in some low-scoring games as of late and the goaltending is starting to rise to the occasion. The Carolina Hurricanes have been involved in some higher-scoring games lately, but they’re still a solid defensive team, especially at home and I think this is a 3-2 kind of game whichever way you have it going. Give me the under.
