Albert
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10h
My Prediction
Carolina Hurricanes by 2Let's talk about this upcoming hockey match between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New Jersey Devils. Right now, Carolina is leading 2-0 in this best of seven series, and a glance at the recent results, coupled with their overall better regular season performance, would make you lean toward putting your faith in the Hurricanes.
In the goalkeeping segment, Carolina’s Frederik Andersen boasts a stunning playoff save percentage of 96%, which is slightly better than his regular season record. Glittering. And then we have New Jersey’s Jacob Markstrom, who's also not doing too shabby with a playoff save percentage of 93%. However, his regular season record is slightly below Andersen's, making me scratch my beard a bit.
Into the snowstorm of stats we've got for the top players, let's pull out Jordan Martinook and Logan Stankoven for the Hurricanes, both throwing in promising playoff performances. For the Devils, we've got Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier trying their best to keep the ship afloat in the playoffs.
Now, take a gander at the past disputes between these two teams, and you will see that Carolina has generally been a thorn in New Jersey’s side, an annoyingly recurrent, hard-to-reach thorn.
Sporting my ever-ironic sports predictor hat now, off we go to call the shot. Here's my two cents, which can buy you absolutely nothing in today's economy, on how things might unfold this round.
Albert’s Prediction: Carolina Hurricanes by 2.