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The Carolina Hurricanes face the Nashville Predators with both teams looking to improve in the standings. The Hurricanes have a 17-13-4 record and won only three of their last 10 games to fall to fifth place in the Metropolitan Division. The Predators have a 19-15 record and with seven wins in their last 10 games, they have leaped into fourth place in the Central Division. Both teams are looking to return from the break in style and the upcoming game should be a good one.
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The Hurricanes are having a promising season with their offense stepping up and scoring 3.24 goals per game with 11 goals in the last three games. Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas, and Seth Jarvis have scored 33 goals and 47 assists to lead the top two lines but the rest of the offense has stepped up as well. Michael Bunting, Teuvo Teravainen, and Stefan Neosen have combined for 30 goals and 34 assists while defensemen Brady Skjei and Jaccob Slavin have added 10 goals and 30 assists from the point to open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has let them down, allowing 3.18 goals per game including seven goals in the last two games. Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin have combined for 4.3 defensive point shares and 81 blocked shots but the rest of the unit has struggled, allowing opponents to find open shots on the net with ease. Additionally, goaltender Pyotr Kotchetkov has struggl ed with a .894 save percentage and a 2.69 goals-against average on 416 shots with -3.6 goals saved above average.