Hurricanes at Penguins 3/8/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Zack |

Last Updated: 03/07/2020 at 8:24 PM ET

The Hurricanes are heading into the game here after playing the Islanders on Saturday. The Hurricanes in the game before the Islanders was a 4-1 loss to the Flyers. The loss dropped the Hurricanes to a 35-25-6 record on the year and sitting in 7th place in the Metro Division.

This year the Hurricanes have ended up getting 3.12 goals per game scored. The defense for the Hurricanes has allowed 2.88 goals per game. The power play for Carolina is converting at 21.2% on the year and the penalty kill is sitting at 83.3% on the year.

This year the Penguins have posted a 39-21-6 record so far. The Peguins do play the Capitals on Saturday afternoon. The game before the one with the Capitals was against the Sabres and it was a 4-2 win over the Buffalo team.

On the year the Penguins have ended up getting 3.21 goals a game. The defense for the Penguins has allowed only 2.77 goals a game. The power play for the Pittsburgh team has converted at 20.5% on the year with a penalty kill that is sitting at 82.4% on the year.

The Penguins are playing at home in this game and the Penguins have been good at home on the year so far. The Hurricanes for their part have struggled quite a bit on the year on the road and the Penguins have the better defense in the game here. Look for the Penguins defense to come into the game here and pull the win out based off of the stronger defensive effort in the game here. Final Score Prediction, Pittsburgh Penguins win 4-2.

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