First placed team in the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes, play host to the traveling Pittsburgh Penguins who currently occupy the 4th spot in the conference.
Both these teams have won 3 apiece in the previous 6 meetings. Things could get feisty tonight so check out our NHL pick for this Eastern Conference matchup.
Friday, March 04, 2022 – 07:00 PM EST at PNC Arena
Wow! We dodged a bullet last night by sticking with the over 6.0 total as opposed to siding with any sort of Tampa Bay bets. The Penguins came into Florida and took care of business with a resounding 5-1 win over the -170 moneyline favorites.
Goaltender Casey DeSmith is likely to start here as Tristan Jarry played last night in the win over Tampa Bay. It has to be said an upswing in their recent form and one of the key factors they are on a 3-0 streak right now is down to Jarry as he has allowed just 1 goal in his previous 48 shots.
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The Penguins' big guns came to play last night and between Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Jake Guentzel they had 7 points on the board.
The Hurricanes will be glad to be back on home ice tonight following two road games that came up with defeats. They were brought to overtime by the Detroit Red Wings and lost that, then got shut out last night by a scoreline of 4-0 to the Washington Capitals.
On home ice, the Hurricanes have accumulated a 19-4-2 record this season. The Hurricanes also boast one of the best goal averages in the league with an average of 3.41 goals per game.
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The Hurricanes can also boast the best defense in the league and have allowed just 2.41 goals per game this season. Antti Raanta is the expected goaltender to start for the Hurricanes tonight. He has allowed 2.55 goals against this season in 13 games played.
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Carolina Hurricanes
Moneyline: The Penguins come into their second back-to-back game as an NHL odds underdog at +150, the Hurricanes are priced down to -150.
Total: At the time of writing the total line is 6.0 with both the under and over minus money. The over coming in at -112 and the under -102.
Puck Line: Carolina -1.5 on the PK line is currently +170 with Everygame (visit our Everygame Review). The Penguins +1.5 is NHL odds of -195.
Both teams are expected to start their number 2s here and we usually don’t target goaltenders with overs as we don’t believe they necessarily correlate, but this time is an exception, and not just because we have two backups more than likely starting. These teams have big offensive output with both teams combined averaging 6.64 goals per game.
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We like the over 6.0 here and we urge you to bet it as soon as possible in case of the likelihood that it moves to 6.5, in which case yes you will get plus money on the over, most likely around +115 but we like the option of a push as a 4-2 scoreline could be very possible in this game.
The previous two meetings between these teams produced 7 and 9 goals, more of the same tonight please gents.
The Penguins are currently 2nd in the Metropolitan Division, three points behind the Hurricanes, and would be eager to pick up a win here as the Hurricanes also have played two games less.
NHL Pick: Over 6 (-112) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
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