The Carolina Hurricanes, spearheaded by Sebastian Aho and Micheal Ferland, are ready to take the ice against Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson, the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in an East-West matchup. The match will get started at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 3, and you are able to catch the game live on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden Knights Odds
Carolina (+125) is entering this one as the underdog to Vegas (-145), and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 6 goals. The line for betting that total stands at -110 money on the over and -110 for the under.
Carolina is 6-7 straight up (SU) and has lost 2.1 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Through 13 regular season contests, eight of its games have gone under the total, while four have gone over and none have pushed. This 2018-19 Hurricanes team is 3-3 SU on the road.
The Hurricanes have converted on 12.5 percent of their power play chances so far. That’s a fairly big drop-off from last year, when they were ranked 22nd in the league by scoring on 18.3 percent of their extra-man chances. Their penalty kill has fallen off noticeably since last year, as they’ve gone from successfully defending 77.5 percent of all opponent power plays (ranked 24th overall last year) to 66.7 percent this year..
Averaging 20.3 saves per game with a .880 save percentage, Petr Mrazek (3-5-2) has been the best option in goal for Carolina this season. Mrazek played last night, however, so Carolina may choose to rest him and turn to Curtis McElhinney instead (3-1 record, .892 save percentage, 2.76 goals against average).
Over on the other bench, Vegas is 5-8 straight up (SU) and has lost 6.4 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Eight of its games have gone under the total, while five have gone over and none have pushed. It’s 3-3 SU as the home team thus far.
The Golden Knights have converted on just 13.6 percent of their power play chances this season, a figure that places them in the bottom 5 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 14th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 80.6 percent of all penalties.
Marc-Andre Fleury (20.9 saves per game) has been the top netminder in goal for the Golden Knights. Fleury has five wins, six losses, and one OT loss and has maintained a fairly-weak .888 save percentage and 2.74 goals against average this season.
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Betting Trends
The Hurricanes are 4-2 SU when they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent while the Golden Knights are 1-2 SU in games where they serve more minutes than their opponent.
The under has hit in four of Carolina’s last five outings.
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