Hurricanes vs Penguins Betting Odds & Preview

NHL public betting shows very little movement off the opening number with both teams playing extremely well of late. Both have players littered throughout various NHL player stats leaders categories, especially in the crease where goaltenders Tristan Jarry (Pitt) and Pyotr Kochetkov (Carolina) are having terrific seasons.

Despite their recent success, neither team has been reliable for bettors with the Pittsburgh Penguins still in the red (-37 units) and the Carolina Hurricanes barely in the black with just 70 units of profit.

Hurricanes Still Have Room for Improvement

Various power NHL ratings will have the Hurricanes well inside the top 10, we have them a shade out just because we don’t think they’ve hit their stride yet. We still haven’t seen that grit that leads to scoring chances, which is why they’re quietly among the bottom teams in scoring and power play percentage.

We’ve said it many times, have your money behind NHL teams that have reliable special teams and that’s not Carolina at the moment. You can clearly see how the loss of Sebastian Aho has affected the Canes scoring depth. The bigger the injury, the more it reverberates throughout the line-up with the shuffling it creates. Carolina has been an underdog just six times this NHL season, losing four of those games.

Let’s continue our Hurricanes vs Penguins betting odds preview by swinging over to Pittsburgh.

No Time for Pittsburgh to Exhale

An impressive win against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, is only met with an even bigger challenge in Carolina who has matched Pittsburgh’s outstanding recent form. Despite the win, Pittsburgh has to know that it wasn’t a complete effort against the team that knocked them out of last year’s postseason.

There were large portions of the game where New York was a better team, good news for Penguins bettors who are worried about a letdown performance.

The Rangers hit two posts and controlled possession for large portions of time, but still walked away with a loss after the game winner by Sidney Crosby who still has to remind people of his greatness!

When comparing special teams units, there is very little to not like about the Penguins who should have a major advantage with their penalty kill that is successful 84% of the time. Hard to believe Carolina will find their identity with the man advantage against the Pens.

Let’s conclude our Hurricanes vs Penguins betting odds preview by looking at a few numbers before giving out our official selection.

Finally Some Money Comes in on a Favorite

As mentioned, this number opened at a solid Pittsburgh -115 with very little movement at most spots until hours later when the number was forced up to -120.

The total was too high for the public after opening at 6 ½, a number that was corrected quickly by the wise guys who put some large money into the total that now sits at 6.

There has been some Carolina support on the puckline (-255) but that is more parlay tickets than straight wagers.

To conclude our Hurricanes vs Penguins betting odds preview, we suggest putting a few duckets behind the Penguins.

The Pens are 17-9 as a favorite and 10-4 as a home favorite.

There is also a revenge factor in place with the Hurricanes owning a victory as a dog in Pittsburgh earlier in the season.

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