Carolina - Ottawa: betting tip (kef 2.10) and bets on the NHL match

Current form

The Hurricanes started this series as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Without fuss, without unnecessary movements — 2-0 in the first game on April 18 on home ice in Raleigh. And they didn't just win, they did it with the same inner confidence that distinguishes real contenders. From the first minutes, Karolina set the pace — hard, tight, with an emphasis on controlling the puck and space. After the opening faceoff, a fight between the captains broke out — a rare but very revealing episode. It was not just an outburst of emotions, but a kind of statement: there will be a war here. In the second period, the hosts turned on the implementation.

Logan Stankoven opened the scoring in the majority after the accurate work of Jackson Blake and Taylor Hall. And then Hall himself found himself in the role of finalizer — he found himself at the right point after the throw of Elias Lindholm. Stankoven, by the way, scored an assist double and became one of the main characters of the evening. And separately, about calmness. Fredrik Andersen played for zero, deflecting all 22 shots. Without unnecessary heroics, but with full confidence. Even in the end, when Ottawa went all-in and took down the goalkeeper, the Dane remained cool-headed, as if it were a regular training session. Carolina led the series 1-0.

Current form 

For Ottawa, the start turned out to be heavy, almost viscous. The team jumped into the playoffs in the last car - fifth place in the Atlantic Division, and it seems that the emotions of this success ate up a little concentration. In the first game, the Senators looked like they were one step behind all the time. Less organization, less precision, less confidence. Only 18 shots on goal is not an indicator with which you can count on success against such a disciplined team. Linus Ullmark held on with dignity and blocked 27 shots, but such matches do not come out alone. Tim Stutzle tried to attack — he worried the opponent's defense more often than others — four shots on target, but the support was not enough.