New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes Preview & Picks
Carolina are backed to wrap up a series win in Game 5.
The Hurricanes have owned New York over the course of the season and showed that the Game 4 loss was nothing more than a blip.
- Carolina are 6-1 in their last 7 games vs New York
- Carolina are 3-0 in their last 3 home games vs New York
- 5 of the 8 meetings this season have produced over 5.0 total goals
- The Over has cashed in 4 of the last 6 meetings
Head To Head
- Carolina Hurricanes won the regular season series 3-1
- Carolina Hurricanes lead this NHL Playoffs series 3-1
- Carolina Hurricanes won 5-2 when the teams last met on April 23
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New York head back out on the road trailing 3-1 in the series, and that means one more defeat will end their playoff quest.
The Islanders came into the playoffs in good form, having won three of their final four games of the regular season.
They dug themselves into an early hole in this series though, as they suffered back-to-back road defeats.
New York were beaten 2-1 and 4-3 in overtime by Carolina, but briefly stopped the rot with a 5-1 victory in their first home game of the series.
The Islanders failed to follow that up though, losing 5-2 in the fourth meeting on Sunday night.
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Carolina return home with a 3-1 series lead and now need just one more victory to advance in the playoffs.
The Hurricanes halted a three-game losing skid before the end of the regular season, beating Detroit 4-1 and Florida 6-4 to go into the playoffs in decent form.
They then extended that win streak to four games by taking command of the series with the Islanders.
Carolina won 2-1 and 4-3 in overtime at home, only to lose the third game of the series, 5-1, when they travelled to New York.
The Hurricanes did manage one win in the ‘Big Apple’ though, running out 5-2 winners on Sunday.
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