I’m still searching for my first win of the NHL conference finals after going 0-2 last night to lose 2.02 units on the Golden Knight’s insane comeback. Let’s win on Game 3 in the East tonight, tied shifting to Montreal.
Game 3: Canadiens vs. Hurricanes (8:00)
This series is all tied up now heading up to Montreal for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. I expected the Hurricanes to have a slow start after an eleven day layoff between sweeping the Flyers in the second round and Game 1 on Thursday night, with the Habs coming off a Game 7 win against the Sabres just three days prior. Classic rest vs. rust scenario there. The Canes scored just 33 seconds into the game on a Seth Jarvis goal, but then the Habs rattled off four goals in a row in the first 11:32 of the game, going up 4-1 on the road to start this series. Impressive start. Eric Robinson made it a game again, scoring for Carolina to make it 4-2 early in the second period, but Juraj Slafkovsky answered back in the third and then scored on the empty net for the Canadiens to open the series with a 6-2 win on the road and take home ice in the series, despite getting outshot 28-22, and giving the Hurricanes their first loss of the playoffs. Impressive win, but I pretty much completely threw that game out based off the long layoff that the Canes had. In Game 2, that game pretty much went exactly as I expected, with Carolina’s defense completely containing Montreal’s offense in a low scoring game. The Hurricanes scored just 2:33 into the game on a goal by Eric Robinson. About halfway through the first the Habs tied it up on a Josh Anderson goal, and it stay tied 1-1 till just 2:57 was left in the second period, and Nikolaj Ehlers gave the Canes the lead back. Josh Anderson tied it again on his second goal of the game with 7:09 left in regulation, taking it to overtime and then 3:29 into OT, Nikolaj Ehlers got his second of the game, and was the hero to win it for the Canes and tie up the series. I was surprised the game needed overtime (and lost my bet on the Canes in regulation), but the thing that really impressed me was how suppressed Montreal was offensively, only able to generate twelve shots on goal all game. I still like the Canes to win this series in likely six games, with the Habs probably winning one of these next two at home. I’ll take Carolina for a unit tonight, and if that loses, I’ll double down on them in Game 4 on Wednesday. I’d lean the under, but not enough to bet it.
Series Bets
2u Carolina Hurricanes to win series in six games or less (-135)
Bets
1u Hurricanes ML (-145)
Regular Season Record: 935-1041-2 (-106.22 units)
Playoffs Round 1 Record: 68-75 (-7.44 units)
Playoffs Round 2 Record: 37-33 (+10.16 units)
Playoffs Round 3 Record: 0-9 (-11.76 units)
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