Hurricanes at Capitals 4/24/19 - NHL Playoffs Picks & Predictions

By: Adam |

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:22 AM ET

The Hurricanes are a team that has been able to play some great hockey and actually battled back in the last game to force a 7th game in the series here. The game was one that the Hurricanes were not really looking good in, but ended up getting the win as they were able to battle back and managed to get the win. What else helped the Hurricanes out was the way that Ovechkin played in the game that led to him getting thrown out of the game and sent to the showers fairly early in the game.
Braden Holtby is the goalie the Capitals are most likely going to send out in this game here. In the last game Holtby was able to turn away 31 shots that were sent his way, but what was really impressive for the Hurricanes offense was they were able to get 5 shorthanded shots off on Holtby. Holtby did allow 4 goals before he was pulled for the extra attacker.

Petr Mzarek is heading to the net in this game for the Hurricanes and will be looking to finish out the playoffs with a win. In the last game against the Capitals Mzarek had a total of 23 saves, but he had 2 shorthanded saves on the year. He did have a power play save in the game and that was impressive for him as he had some struggles at time in the series.

The Hurricanes have struggled in Washington and that will show up in this game, but one thing that will make the difference is the frustration the Capitals had in the last game. In that game the Capitals felt robbed of several chances and while the Capitals would like to prove that it was just something that happened out of frustration it will be hard for the Capitals to control this game here as the frustrations boil up. Final Score Prediction, Carolina Hurricanes win 4-2.

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