Boston at Carolina

Carolina closed its road trip Saturday with a 4-0 shutout at St. Louis, and Boston beat San Jose 6-4 the same day. Both clubs can score. Boston has scored 4 goals per game through 12 games, and Carolina has scored 3.9 through 13. Boston's two highest-scoring games came against San Jose, with nine and ten goals. Carolina's four nine-or-ten-goal games came against Vancouver twice, Montreal and Edmonton. Boston's last road game, a 3-2 overtime loss at Dallas, produced five goals. Boston allows 2.17 goals per game and has held opponents to one goal or none in five of 12. Carolina allows 2.46 per game. It has given up four or more in only three of 13: the 5-2 loss to Washington, the 6-4 win at Montreal and a shootout loss at Edmonton after a 5-5 game. Opponents have managed two goals or fewer against these two defenses in 14 of their 25 combined games, which makes UNDER my play tonight.