Carolina Hurricanes vs. Winnipeg Jets Prediction, Preview, and Odds
Carolina Hurricanes are on a road trip. They are 10-5-3, 23 points, 2nd Metro. Carolina has lost each of its last two games. Winnipeg Jets are playing without Mason Appleton, Morgan Baron, Logan Stanley and Nikolaj Ehlers. Dylan Demelo is questionable.
Carolina is sixth in goals against, second in shots per game and 20th in power-play percentage. Frederik Andersen is out injured, but Antti Raanta is playing well between the pipes. Andrei Svechnikov is the leading goal scorer for Carolina with 12, while Sebastian Aho has scored nine. Martin Necas is leader in assists with 14, and the right wing is also the leader with 22 points.
Winnipeg is third in the NHL in terms of goals allowed per game. The penalty-kill unit is the third-best in hockey. Goalie Connor Hellebuyck is 8-4-1 with a 2.07 goals-against average in .935 save percentage. Mark Scheifele is leading goal scorer for Winnipeg with 10 goals. Pierre-Luc Dubois has scored seven goals for the Jets. Josh Morrissey is leader in assists with 15 and points leader with 16. Kyle Connor has 15 points.
Carolina and Winnipeg are evenly-matched at the blue line and in goal. Winnipeg's No. 1 goalie Connor Hellebuyck has a goals-against average of 2.07 and two shutouts in his 13 appearances. Carolina's top goalie Frederik Andersen is injured and the team is missing Ondrej Kase, Max Pacioretty and Teuvo Teravainen. The team has lost five of its last 7 games overall and four of the last five when playing against a team with a winning record.
Carolina Hurricanes and Winnipeg Jets are both good at their own end of the ice. Both teams score 2.67 goals per game, but Winnipeg scores less than Carolina. The total has finished under in six of last nine meetings between Carolina and Jets.
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