Carolina Hurricanes vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: the Hurricanes Will Confirm Their Status

Carolina is second only to Boston in the Eastern Conference and will hold the next meeting on its ice against Vancouver. Will the Hurricanes be able to confirm the status of the favorite?

The Hurricanes recently lacked one win for a record streak in franchise history – Rod Brindamore's team won 11 games in a row. A slight decline followed this, and Carolina lost four times. However, the main goalkeeper Frederik Andersen finally returned to the ice after an injury. The Hurricanes won a confident away victory over Columbus (6:2). Before the meeting with Vancouver, Carolina will play at home with Pittsburgh. Still, it is unlikely that this match will somehow affect the balance of power in the meeting with the Canucks. Vancouver also has a back-to-back. Currently, Carolina shares second place in the Eastern Conference summary table with Toronto and is second only to Boston in seasonal indicators.

The Canucks will have a very difficult away back-to-back – before the match with Carolina, Bruce Boudreau's team will play with Florida (the meeting with the Panthers, and the match of Carolina with Vancouver, will end after the publication of this text). And in total, this will be the fourth and fifth away games in a row for Vancouver. Before that – three defeats in regular time. The Canucks successively failed to cope with Winnipeg (4-7), Pittsburgh (4:5), and Tampa Bay (4:5). In total, Vancouver has only 17 wins in 41 games and only 12th place in the summary table of the Eastern Conference. So far, the Canucks have not lived up to expectations and do not seriously qualify for the playoffs.

Carolina has been playing great. Lately, it is not by chance that at the end of 2022, it won 11 consecutive games and generally justifies the status of one of the main favorites of the Eastern Conference this season. Vancouver, on the contrary, is one of the main disappointments in this championship. In recent matches, the Canucks have missed many goals, having been left without their main goalkeeper Thatcher Demko. We are betting on Carolina in an effective game since five or more goals have been scored in all 22 of Vancouver's away matches this season.

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