Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins 5/8/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Boston Bruins on Sunday for Game 4 of their NHL Eastern Conference first-round best of 7 Series. Carolina leads the series 2-1 but was defeated by Boston in Game 3 on Friday 4-2, after winning both Game 1 and 2 at home. Jaccob Slavin and Vincent Trocheck scored goals for the Hurricanes and backup goalie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 24 shots in goal.

During the postseason, the leading goal scorer for Carolina is Nina Niederreiter with three, while Vincent Trocheck and Sebastian Aho have each scored two goals. Tony DeAngelo is the leader in assists with four and DeAngelo is tied with Trocheck and Jaccob Stavin for the lead in points with four. In goal, Pyotr Kochetkov is 1-1 with a goals against average of 3.31 and save percentage of .900.

Boston looks to even the series at 2-2 with a victory at home on Sunday against Carolina. In the victory in Game 3, Brad Marchand scored the goal to put Boston in front and later added two assists to help lead the Bruins to the win. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves in goal for the Bruins in his first start in the playoffs. Prior to the victory, Boston had lost five straight to Carolina and had been outscored 26-3.

During the playoffs, the leading goal scorers for Boston are Patrice Bergeron and Taylor Hall with two goals each, while the leader in assists is Brad Marchand with three. The points leader is Marchand with four, while Bergeron has three. In goal, Jeremy Swayman is 1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.00 and save percentage of .926.