Jose Ramon Exposito recommends a forecast for the NHL.
Raleigh's PNC Arena will host the start of the NHL playoff series between the Nashville Predators and the Carolina Hurricanes.
One of the most even series despite the fact that it faces the central division champion against the fourth seed, this is due in part to the great moment that the Predators have had to obtain their classification being able to obtain the victory in 7 of their last 10 disputed meetings and with a wonderful closing of the season achieving 20 triumphs of 28 presentations in the second half of the campaign.
In comparison Hurricanes could manage to win the series with 6 victories of the 8 confrontations between both, with the Predators winning the last two but it should be noted that some Carolina players received rest being already qualified for the playoffs, it should also be taken into account that the Hurricanes were the best team in home condition of the Western Conference accumulating 20 victories for only 8 losses where they managed to average 3.32 goals per game and only allowed 2.07 goals on average, this robust defense was shown throughout the regular season being the fourth best in goals received and seventh in shots allowed of their opponents, is where the Predators have the disadvantage being a team with very little offensive force averaged 2.7 goals and their percentage of effectiveness in power play 17.6% was the sixth worst in the league.
The Hurricanes offense showed to be very aggressive generating many occasions being second in shots to the rival goal with 32 per game, taking into account that Predators have many difficulties in defense allowing 31.2 per game, this will be a game where they can take advantage of the rival penalties very well and show off the second best percentage of success in power plays of 25.6% achieved during the season by the locals to take advantage in this series.
