Last place Carolina is not going to get into an up-tempo game with the New York Islanders, especially after a 3-0 win over Washington last night. Anton Khudobin turned aside 28 shots for his fourth career shutout. Carolina is #26 in the NHL in goals scored, but strong on defense at #13 in goals allowed, and tops in penalty killing. The win came in Carolina's first game after trading third-leading goal-scorer Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg and defenseman Andrej Sekera to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Those two combined for 42 points this season. Carolina is on a 35-14-8 run UNDER the total, including 29-13-10 UNDER against a team with a winning record. The Islanders are playing defense too, on a 9-4 run UNDER the total, plus 6-2 UNDER on no rest. Play the UNDER.
This pick was released to clients on February 28, 2015 at 10:53AM ET.
NHL
Carolina at New York
February 28, 2015
5:05 PM Eastern
2 units on Game Total UNDER 5.5 -120 (risk 2 to return 3.67)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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