A fantastic week in the NHL is capped off with a 5-game slate on Sunday. The Wild face the Red Wings at 1PM ET which will be the first game of the day. The Blues then play the Blackhawks at 2PM ET, and then the evening games begin at 5PM ET with the Blue Jackets visiting the Hurricanes. With a holiday this past week, this has been a very feast or famine week in terms of the number of games any given ni ght. This week delivered in a big way, though. A nice 5-game slate is a fitting capper a nice week.
This will be a great day of hockey, and you can make it even more intriguing by checking out our NHL mega parlay at +1084 odds below. You can also read our NHL predictions for picks on all of today’s games.
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 (-110)
The Hurricanes have played well lately at a time they needed to. They have no interest in taking the foot off the gas anytime soon. They sit 8th in the Eastern Conference but they are only 2 points clear of being 12th in the East. That conference is just loaded. There are plenty of good teams and nearly a dozen may truly be in contention for a playoff spot come April.
The competitive Eastern Conference paints the picture that even the very good teams need to collect every point possible to keep pace. The Hurricanes are the better team but they will not just coast through the game. They will play to run up the score and comfortably collect 2 points. The Blue Jackets have been tough to watch this year and have an uphill battle on Sunday.