Predators vs Hurricanes Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/6/23

The Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators meet Thursday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 20.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Sebastian Aho leads Carolina with 34 goals, Brent Burns has 43 assists and Martin Necas has 232 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 84 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Frederik Andersen has allowed 73 goal on 761 shots faced, and Antti Raanta has allowed 53 goals on 593 shots.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 17.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Matt Duchene leads Nashville with 22 goals, Roman Josi has 41 assists and Matt Duchene has 168 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 81.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 164 goals on 1,960 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 45 goals on 549 shots.

The Hurricanes are 10-4 in their last 14 road games and 40-15 in their last 55 overall. The Predators are 1-4 in their last 5 games following a win and 9-3 in their last 12 vs. Metropolitan. The under is 4-0 in Hurricanes last 4 overall. The under is 3-1-1 in Predators last 5 overall. The Hurricanes are 19-7 in the last 26 meetings. The favorite is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The home team is 12-3 in the last 15 meetings.

The Carolina Hurricanes should be favored, obviously, and it’s hard to turn them down with how hot they’ve been. However, the Predators are at home, the home team has dominated these clashes over the years, and it’s the Preds who need the win to stay in the playoff hunt. We’re getting almost 1.5 times our money with the desperate home team. I’ll take a shot.