Hurricanes at Blackhawks 2/2/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 02/01/2021 at 10:48 PM ET

Hurricanes at Blackhawks 2/2/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes head to the game here after getting a nice win over Dallas in the last game. The Hurricanes in the win ended up winning the game by a 4-3 score. With the win Carolina moved up to a 5-1-0 record on the year overall.

This year the Hurricanes have scored 2.88 goals per game and have ended up converting on the power play at 25% of the time. Defensively the Hurricanes have allowed 2 goals per game, but have ended up killing off a decent 93.9% of the opponents power plays.

Chicago comes to this game after getting a win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The win for the Blackhawks came with a 3-1 score and looked really good for Chicago.  With the win Chicago moved up to a record of 3-4-3 on the season so far.

This year Chicago has been fairly weak offensively with only 2.33 goals per game and the power play is looking decent converting at a clip of 26.3% on the year. With the defense the Blackhawks have give up 2.67 goals per game, but have ended up killing off 82.2% of the opponents power plays.

Chicago has had a lot of problems on the year with the offense. However, the Blackhawks have a good defense and that will definitely prove to be a plus for the Chicago club as the Carolina offense is playing good, but the Hurricanes defense looks great and that will lead to the Carolina team getting the win in this game here. Final Score Prediction, Carolina Hurricanes win 3-1.