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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 18, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET

Venue: PNC Arena — Raleigh, NC

Article updated Dec 17, 10:08 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Pittsburgh is on the road playing Carolina at the PNC Arena stadium on Sunday, 12/18/2022 @ 5:00pm EST. Carolina -126 was the opening favorite and current line is Carolina

Game outlook

Pittsburgh is on the road playing Carolina at the PNC Arena stadium on Sunday, 12/18/2022 @ 5:00pm EST. Carolina -126 was the opening favorite and current line is Carolina -127.

Pittsburgh Highlights

With a power ranking of 24, Pittsburgh is ranked #6 in offense (scoring an average of 3.53 per game), #10 in defense (allowing an average of 2.87 points to be scored against them per game) and are 18-8-4 this season.

Carolina Highlights

Carolina Hurricanes has a power ranking of 8 and are #26 for offense (scoring an average of 2.90 per game), #4 for defense (giving up an average of 2.87 points per game) and 9-2 overall. Pittsburgh went 2-1-0 in their last 3 matchups against Carolina.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Carolina Hurricanes to win and the total score to be 6. The SportsJaw community predicts Pittsburgh Penguins to win (52%) OddsShark predicts Pittsburgh will win and the total will go over.

U: 1.5% picked Pittsburgh Penguins on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Penguins 3 to Hurricanes 3.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Penguins 3 to Hurricanes 3.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw Penguins vs Hurricanes archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Penguins vs Hurricanes matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins+110 → +110Unchanged
  • Moneyline · Carolina Hurricanes-126 → -127Moved
  • Spread · Pittsburgh Penguins+1.5 (-230) → +1.5 (-230)Unchanged
  • Spread · Carolina Hurricanes-1.5 (+193) → -1.5 (+195)Moved
  • Total · Over6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Pittsburgh Penguins
5-6 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 3-7-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Carolina Hurricanes
9-2 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 3-6-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-18T03:08:40.426Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-11-29Carolina Hurricanes 3 · Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Carolina Hurricanes defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2

Carolina Hurricanes defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on December 18, 2022, a 1-goal decision in the series. Carolina Hurricanes' strongest period was the 3rd period, when it outscored its opponent 2-1. Against SportsJaw's recorded Pittsburgh Penguins +1.5 (-230) spread, Pittsburgh Penguins covered, while the 5 combined goals finished under the recorded total of 6.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioMoneyline · Carolina Hurricanes -126Win
  • MalakhovTotal · Under 6 (-110)Win
  • legenRandy23Moneyline · Carolina Hurricanes -120Win
  • AliencreationSpread · Pittsburgh Penguins +1.5 (-240)Win
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Carolina Hurricanes -120Win
  • CoversMoneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins +108Loss