Fantasy Picks and Betting Odds: Carolina Hurricanes at the Vegas Golden Knights
The Carolina Hurricanes snagged a much needed win late Thursday night. A few players have a new found rhythm that will also get the win tonight. Here’s where you should place your bets.
The hockey gods were on our side late Thursday night. Rod has gotten tired of us know-it-all’s on Twitter and said, “Fine, you want the best line in hockey, here it is.”
Finally putting Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, and Teuvo Teravainen together was the best thing to happen since re-signing Justin Williams. This one line produced 7 offensive points last night! SEVEN! There were only 5 goals by the Carolina Hurricanes; this isn’t counting Aho’s own-goal.
As a coach, I do understand the value of depth and having rather even lines. You don’t want your top line to get burnt out and not be able to play the last period, and have a line out there that can’t score. But this is the NHL, not high school lacrosse. This top line can handle the minutes. And when your team isn’t producing, you have to put out your best guys on the same line and let them run wild.
Fantasy picks for Tonight – The Money Line
8 points in 5 games. That’s our Aho, back to life, and back to racking up points in the stat sheet. Aho now has 29 goals on the year, and is on a good pace to possibly pass Eric Staal for most goals in a single season.
You have to speculate Aho knows this. Of course he would like the record, but will do whatever is necessary to win first. He will make the smart pass if that is what’s best, but he will use this feat of glory simply for inspiration to keep driving on.
Svechnikov has 7 points in the last 5 games; one behind Aho. Svechnikov, however, has a point lead on Aho this season, for a total of 50 points.
I’m sure this creates a healthy bit of competition between the buddies on the ice. While they might joke about who has more points in the locker room, there is none of that one the ice. With each of these guys assisting the other last game for a goal, it’s easy to say winning is more important than stats for them.
Now, if we want to talk about a healthy banter of who has more points, I would put my money that while Aho and Svechnikov laugh about their stats, Teuvo just plots on how to get more points than each every game.
Teravainen also has 7 in the last 5 games, and 52 points on the season as the Carolina Hurricanes’ leading scorer.
The point to make here, besides all of the possible locker room fun of ‘who scored more’, is that the three best guys on the team make up the best line. This line is amazing, as seen on Thursday. If Rod comes out with, and starts, this line, it’s OVER for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Canes Playoff Push
The Carolina Hurricanes currently sit in the Eastern second wild card spot in the playoff standings, with 65 points in 54 games.
For tonight, there are a plethora of games with Eastern playoff implications. Here is how to root for the right teams, and in order of importance, according to me:
Canes over Vegas
Washington over Philly (this one hurts, I know, but it must be done)
Pittsburgh over Florida
Tampa Bay over Isles
Avs over Columbus
Habs over Leafs (I know, another tough one)
The key to this madness is to win, protect the playoff spot we have, then to see those above us lose.
Carolina Hurricanes Betting Odds and Lines
Let’s Get Statistical
- Record: 31-20-3
- On the road: 13-11-2
- At Home: 18-9-1
- Against current .500 or better teams: 18-13-1
- Against current .499 or worse teams: 13-7-2
Be sure to check out the betting odds and lines on The Action Network for tonight’s game:
Both teams got big wins in each respective last game. Vegas has been sharp since the turn of the decade, while Carolina has been up and down. Now is time to earn your money back. Take the Canes in this one, and the over; both teams love to score. Canes take this one as well 5-3.
Question for CC Readers: Thoughts on the Playoff Push?
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