Carolina Hurricanes at San Jose Sharks 10/14/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes will be on the road Friday night for their second game of the season in San Jose against the San Jose Sharks. Carolina comes into Game 2 undefeated at 1-0 following a 4-1 win over Columbus in their opener. Frederik Andersen dominated in the net for Carolina posting a .969 save percentage after allowing only one goal on 32 shots in the full 60 minutes of game time.

Martin Necas led the way for the Carolina offense with one goal on two shots to go along with two assists in just under 18 minutes on the ice. Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov, and Brady Skjel chipped in for the Carolina offense as well with one goal each.

The San Jose Sharks will continue a homestand to open the season Friday night as they are 0-2 thus far after two consecutive losses to Nashville to start the season. Kapo Kahkonen continued to struggle in the net for San Jose posting a .833 save percentage after allowing three goals on 18 shots in just over 57 minutes of ice time.

Much of the San Jose struggles thus far this season is due to a lackluster offense averaging only 1.5 goals on 32 shots per game as a team. Luke Kunin leads the San Jose offense with two points to go along with one goal and Mario Ferraro leads the team with two assists.