On another game day of the NHL regular championship, we will get to see the battle between Carolina Hurricanes and Anaheim Ducks. Let’s see how these teams performed in the latest matches and try to make an accurate prediction for this game.
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is one of the six best teams in the Eastern Conference. This season the men of Rod Brind’Amour are showing some outstanding performance. They finally improved their play and developed the game in defence. It is safe to say that the coach managed to balance all the links. In the four recent games, Hurricanes suffered only one defeat. They lost to Washington on the road with a score (0-2), thereby interrupting the three-match winning streak. They lost this match for two reasons: poor implementation of the numerical advantage and weak penalty killing.
Anaheim Ducks
Dallas Eakins’ team is at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. At the current time, they occupy the last, 15th place, with 39 points on their account. It is worth noting that the Ducks cannot win four matches in a row already. All defeats were in regular time, in all games, they conceded at least three goals. This suggests that Anaheim has an extremely fragile defence and the terrible implementation of scoring chances.
Anaheim Ducks – the worst away club, in 23 away matches they won only six times, two of which were in overtime.
Carolina Hurricanes vs Anaheim Ducks prediction
Both teams will be on equal footing. However, our experts believe that Carolina will win this game in the regulation because hockey players from the Hurricanes are superior to their opponents both physically and individually. In addition, the Anaheim Ducks will play without key players. In this game, three scorers will not be able to help the team: Jacob Silfverberg, Ryan Kesler and Derek Grant. Ducks and so are not famous for the high success in using the scoring chances, and without these forwards, they are unlikely to be able to break through the reliable defence of the ice owners.
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