Vancouver Canucks at Carolina Hurricanes - 1/15/23 NHL Picks and Prediction

Carolina Hurricanes (27-9-7) vs Vancouver Canucks (17-22-3)

Game Info: Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 5:00 pm (PNC Arena)

Betting Odds: Carolina Hurricanes -275 / Vancouver Canucks +220 --- Over/Under: 6.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Vancouver Canucks will play the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday evening at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Vancouver Canucks are 17-22-3 this season after they lost to the Florida Panthers by a score of 4-3 in their last game. Vancouver out shot Florida by a total of 38-35 and went 1-5 on the power play in the game. The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.41 goals per game, 3.95 goals against per game, 24.1% on the power play, and 66.9% on the penalty kill. Elias Pettersson has led the Canucks with 18 goals, 32 assists, and 137 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Vancouver is Collin Delia, who is 3-2-0 this season with a 3.54 goals against average and a .893 save percentage.

The Carolina Hurricanes are 27-9-7 this season after they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 2-1 in their last game. Carolina out shot Pittsburgh by a total of 36-35 and went 0-2 on the power play in the game. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.17 goals per game, 2.69 goals against per game, 18.8% on the power play, and 80.4% on the penalty kill. Martin Necas has led the Hurricanes with 17 goals, 22 assists, and 144 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Carolina is Pyotr Kochetkov, who is 10-4-4 this season with a 2.30 goals against average and a .914 save percentage.

Vancouver is 8-22 in their last 30 Sunday games and 1-7 in their last 8 games. The over is 5-0-1 in Vancouver’s last 6 games. Carolina is 17-5 in their last 22 games and 38-16 in their last 54 games on 0 days rest. The over is 5-2 in Carolina’s last 7 games played on 0 days rest. Vancouver is 0-5 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings in Carolina.

Vancouver comes into this game really struggling and has lost four games in a row, while Carolina has won two games in a row and will be at home. Both teams played on Saturday, so we may see fatigue become a factor in the third period of this game. Vancouver has played very poor defense in recent games and I expect Carolina to score 4+ goals. I like the over here.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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