Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals 4/13/19 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington Capitals
NHL: 3:00 PM EST
Apr. 13, 2019
TV: NBC
Latest Odds : WAS -155 Total 5.5
The Hurricanes are heading into game 2 of this series down a game. However, the first game between the Capitals and the Hurricanes was one that saw the Canes unable to slow down Backstrom and Ovechkin. Within the first 8 shots of the game Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin haad already combined for 3 goals. Thankfully, those were enough for the Capitals to hold onto the win as the Hurricanes did make a late surge back based off of the play from Andrei Svechnikov, but his late surge ended up falling short in the game.
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Petr Mzarek did not face a lot of shots as he only faced 17 shots in the game. The downside is he was beaten rather quickly in the game before he finally settled down as he allowed 3 of the pucks to go sailing past him for scores. He did have 3 short handed saves, though, in the game and was pulled with a total of 1:51 left in the game.
Braden Holtby faced quite a few more shots and turned more of them away than what Mzarek did. Holtby faced a total of 29 shots and only allowed 2 of them to get past him for the back of the net. Holtby did have to save the puck 3 times when the Capitals were on the power play.
Recent Betting Trends:
Hurricanes are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
Hurricanes are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
Under is 4-1-2 in Hurricanes last 7 playoff games as an underdog of +151 to +200.
Over is 4-1 in Capitals last 5 playoff games as a favorite of -151 to -200.
Free Betting Pick: Carolina Hurricanes +145
The Capitals were able to dominate the game offensively in the first game, but after that the offense fell short and the defense allowed Holtby to face a ton of shots. Look for the Capitals to have much of the same struggles defensively in this game, but the Capitals offense will not be able to pull off as many early shots in a low scoring game that sees the Hurricanes come out on top in this game. Final Score, Carolina Hurricanes win 2-1.