The Carolina Hurricanes and the Winnipeg Jets meet in NHL action from the Canada Life Arena on Monday night.
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to rebound from a 2-1 OT loss to Minnesota last time out. Martin Necas has a team-high 22 points with 8 goals and a team-high 14 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 10 assists along with 9 goals as part of his 19 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 18 points with a team-high 12 goals this season. Frederik Andersen has gone 5-3 with a 2.72 GAA and an .891 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 3-2-2 with a 2.53 GAA and a .902 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.
The Winnipeg Jets will be out to bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh in their last game. Josh Morrissey leads Winnipeg with 15 assists while Kyle Connor has 15 points with 5 goals and 10 assists and Mark Scheifele has 14 points with a team-high 10 goals so far this season. Connor Hellebuyck has gone 6-4-1 with a 2.07 GAA and a .935 save percentage while David Rittich is 2-1 with a 2.73 GAA and an .889 save percentage between the pipes for Winnipeg this season.
Carolina is 2-5 in their last 7 games overall and 1-4 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Winnipeg is 8-3 in their last 11 games overall and 10-2 in their last 12 home games while the under is 13-2-1 in their last 16 home games.
I get the reasoning for backing either side in this game, but I’m looking at the under here. These are two teams that have found themselves in a lot of lower-scoring games lately and I don’t think this one’s going to be any different with both playing solid defense and the goaltending’s been good on both sides as well. Give me the under.