Hurricanes at Sabres Prediction
The Carolina Hurricanes will play the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
Hurricanes Preview
The Carolina Hurricanes are 33-9-8 this season after they defeated the Los Angeles Kings in overtime by a score of 5-4 in their last game. Carolina out shot Los Angeles by a total of 30-21 and went 2-2 on the power play in the win. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.27 goals per game, 2.61 goals against per game, 18.7% on the power play, and 81.9% on the penalty kill. Martin Necas has led the Hurricanes with 21 goals, 25 assists, and 162 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Carolina is Antti Raanta, who is 12-2-3 this season with a 2.55 goals against average and a .897 save percentage.
Sabres Preview
The Buffalo Sabres are 26-19-4 this season after they lost to the Minnesota Wild in a shootout by a score of 3-2 in their last game. Buffalo was out shot by a total of 35-31 and went 0-1 on the power play in the loss. The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 3.76 goals per game, 3.35 goals against per game, 25.9% on the power play, and 73.6% on the penalty kill. Tage Thompson (questionable) has led the Sabres with 34 goals, 34 assists, and 199 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Buffalo is Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who is 13-5-2 this season with a 3.27 goals against average and a .901 save percentage.
Trends
Carolina is 22-6 in their last 28 games and 7-2 in their last 9 road games. The over is 10-3 in Carolina’s last 13 games. Buffalo is 5-1 in their last 6 games and 4-1 in their last 5 Wednesday games. The over is 4-1 in Buffalo’s last 5 Wednesday games. The home team is 4-0 in these two teams last 4 head to head meetings.
Pick
Carolina comes into this game on a six game winning streak, while Buffalo has won four of their last five games. Carolina has been playing in some high scoring games recently, going over 6.5 goals in 11 of their last 14 games. Buffalo is scoring 3.76 goals per game this season, but their offense has been inconsistent in recent games. I like the over here.
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