Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes 11/28/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Washington Capitals will travel to North Carolina on Sunday for a 10am PT puck drop against the Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina has a record of 15-3-1 on the season so far while the Washington Capitals come into this matchup with a record of 13-3-5. Carolina has been on a five game road trip with losses to the expansion Seattle Kraken and the San Jose Sharks.

The Washington Capitals have won their last two games against Florida and Montreal, Washington also lost to Seattle on the road 5-2. The Capitals are winners of four out of their last five games.

The Capitals are led by superstar Alexander Ovechkin who has 36 points on the season with 18 goals and 18 assists in only 21 games on the year. Four of Ovechkin’s goals came on the power play. Evgeni Kuznetsov is leading the Capitals with assists at 20, seven of which came on the power play.

The Carolina Hurricanes are led by Sebatian Aho, who has 20 points on the season with 10 goals and 10 assists. Tony DeAngelo is leading the Hurricanes in assists with 15.

In the net, Frederick Anderson is putting up Vezina type numbers so far with an 11-3-0 record on the year and a goals against average of 1.90. Anderson has a save percentage coming into this one of .936.