A pair of teams that both played last night, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Columbus Blue Jackets clash at Nationwide Arena in a Metropolitan Division tilt. Fox Sports Ohio will broadcast the game, and the action gets going at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, October 5.
Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets Odds
Carolina (+140) is playing the role of underdog to Columbus (-160) and the Over/Under (O/U) has been set at 6 goals (-125 money on the over, +105 on the under).
The Carolina Hurricanes were just 36-46 straight up (SU) last season, while the Columbus Blue Jackets finished 45-37.
The visiting Hurricanes managed to score 2.78 goals per game on offense (33.9 shot attempts per game), while the defense gave up 3.12 goals per contest. Opponents only had to average 28.9 shots per game to reach that 3.12 figure last year.
Fueled by an offense that managed 33.6 shot attempts per outing, the Blue Jackets recorded 2.95 goals/game. They allowed 31.7 shots and 2.89 goals per game on defense.
Regarding the power play last season, the Hurricanes outperformed the Blue Jackets on both offense and defense. They scored on 18.3% of their extra-man advantages and killed off 77.5% of the power plays encountered by the defense. The Blue Jackets, on the other hand, found the back of the goal on 17.0% of their power play opportunities during the 2017-18 season. They were able to kill off 75.0% of all opposition power plays.
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After averaging the second-most shots in the league last season (33.9 per game), Carolina’s attempted 46.0 shots per contest overall this season, and 0.0 in its last five road outings.
Carolina was 3-3 in games that ended in a shootout last year while Columbus was 6-4 in shootouts.
Columbus’ skaters managed 7.6 takeaways per game and allowed 6.5 giveaways per contest.
Carolina skaters converted 10.8 takeaways per game while yielding 9.8 giveaways per game in 2017-18
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