Hurricanes vs Blackhawks Picks and Prediction – 4/14/2024

The Carolina Hurricanes stay on the road Sunday with a game in Chicago against the Chicago Blackhawks. Carolina comes into Sunday with fifty wins on the year having clinched a playoff berth riding a three-game win streak. The Carolina offense has carried the team all season scoring 3.35 goals on 33.1 shots. Defensively the Hurricanes have done the job as well allowing just 2.5 four goals on just under 26 shots per game period for other NHL news hour NHL Picks.

Pyotr Kochetkov did the job in the net for Carolina last came out with a .957 save percentage over giving up just one goal on 23 shots. Andrei Svechnikov led the way for the Carolina offense with one goal and one assist in just over 15 minutes. Carolina got a balanced scoring attack as well as three other players chipped in one goal, while four players added at least one assist each.

The Chicago Blackhawks will be back on their home ice Sunday is one of the worst teams in the NHL. Chicago has just 23 wins this season riding a 2 game skid into Sunday. Offensively Chicago is one of the worst team in hockey averaging 2.18 goals on 26.6 shots. Defensively the Blackhawks have been even worse allowing 3.49 goals per game and have given up 4.5 goals per game during their last two outings.

Petr Mrazek was atrocious in the net for Chicago last game out giving up three goals without saving any shots and just over 4.5 minutes. Arvid Soderblom posted a .913 save percentage after giving up just two goals on 23 shots in the game. Philipp Kurashev and Landon Slaggert carried the load for the Chicago offense scoring one goal apiece.