Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins 5/12/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

In game six of the Eastern conference first round of the NHL playoffs the Carolina Hurricanes will face off against the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden Arena in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday for a scheduled puck drop time of 7 PM Eastern. This game will be available on TNT. In the last game between these two teams, Carolina was victorious at home in a dominant victory scoring five goals holding Boston to only one coming late in the third period. Vincent Trocheck, Jarvis, and Jacob Slavin added goals.

The previous two games in the series were victories by the Boston Bruins, one by the score of 5–2, the other by the score of 4–2 both coming at home at the TD Garden. Brad Marchand was the team leader for the Boston Bruins in those two games having a total of three goals and five assists.

Sebastian Aho is the team leader for Carolina in points with 81, is also the team leader for Carolina and goals with 37, 13 of those coming on the power play on 221 shots on goal this season, and is also good enough for the team leader in assists with 44, 15 of those coming on the power play and is a +18 on the year. Goaltender Antti Raanta has taken over for Frederick Anderson, and is doing an phone job and net at home, on the road however Raanta allows over four goals per game on average

Boston has been rotating goaltenders due to inconsistent play so far this series. Brad Marchand is the team leader for Boston in points with 80, to go along with 32 goals, and the team lead for Boston in assists with 48, 20 of those coming on the power play and is a +18 on the season. David Pastrňák is the team leader for Boston in goals with 40, 15 of those coming on the power-play and has 312 shots on goal this season.