Hurricanes at Predators 3/9/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Adam |

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:13 AM ET

The Carolina Hurricanes will play the back half of a back-to-back on Saturday when they visit the Nashville Predators after hosting the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. The Hurricanes lost to the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night in their most recent outing. Scoring in the loss for Carolina were Sebastian Aho with two goals and Justin Williams with one.

Nashville won its second straight game on Tuesday defeating the Minnesota Wild in a shootout 5-4. Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi, Craig Smith and Brian Boyle all scored goals for the Predators before Ryan Johansen scored the only goal of the shootout to seal the win for Nashville.
Sebastian Aho is the Carolina leader in goals scored with 29, in assists with 46 and points with 75. Goalie Curtis McElhinney is 17-7-2 with a goals against average of 2.31 and a save percentage of .921. Carolina is 14th in goals scored per game at 3.00 and 6th in goals against at 2.70.

Viktor Arvidsson leads the Predators in goals scored with 28. Ryan Johansen is the team leader in assists with 43 and points with 54. Pekka Rinne is 24-17-3 with a goals against average of 2.53 and .913 save percentage. Nashville is 17h in goals scored per game at 2.94 and 5th in goals against at 2.65.

Carolina has dominated this matchup of late winning each of the last 5 versus Nashville. The Hurricanes have played well on the road winning 8 of the last 10 away from home and overall Carolina has won 21 of the last 29. Nashville has its problems on Saturday’s losing each of the last 5 played on that day. Final Score Prediction, Carolina Hurricanes win 4-3.

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