Ryan Hodges
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This series has been bizarre so far considering none of the 3 games have been remotely close. Carolina won 5-1 and 6-1 before New Jersey got in the win column on Sunday by a score of 8-4. The results are also surprising considering a core strength of each team during the regular season and through the first round of the playoffs was goal prevention. Who knows what Game 4 will bring? The unpredictability makes this a must-watch game.
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Both teams Over 2.5 goals (+235)
Timo Meier Over 0.5 goals (+185)
Same Game Parlay odds: +550
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Both teams Over 2.5 goals (+235)
Through 3 games the Hurricanes have scored 15 goals and the Devils have scored 10 goals. That is an average game total of 8.33. That average is just under 3 full goals higher than Carolina’s regular-season average game total. It is also higher than their first-round average game total of 5.17. New Jersey’s regular-season game total average was 6.23 and was just 4.86 in the first round. For whatever reason, when the Devils and Hurricanes meet it is not goal prevention that stands out as much as goal scoring. The over is now 5-2 between the regular season and playoffs when Carolina and New Jersey meet head-to-head. If the over 5.5 hits, at least one of these teams will score at least 3 goals. Both teams have showed the ability to run up the score.
The Devils scored the 5th-most goals during the regular season and the 4th-most goals scored 5 on 5. The Hurricanes have scored an average of 5 goals per game so far in this series. It did not look like offense was going to be the story in this series, but here we are. Although backloaded by the Devils, both Carolina and New Jersey have averaged more than 3 goals scored per game in this series. Could one of these teams go quiet? Sure, that’s why it’s +235. But the Hurricanes and Devils have the top-end talent, depth and current form to make even those high odds look appealing for this pick.
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Timo Meier Over 0.5 goals (+185)
Timo Meier finally got on the score sheet on Sunday with his first goal and point of the playoffs. There was plenty of noise around the lack of production from a high-valued trade target from the regular season. Meier got the monkey off his back and now will look to ramp up the production having now broken through with his first goal this postseason. This is not some depth role player. The reason there was some noise around a lack of production is that Meier had 40 goals and 66 points in 78 games played during the regular season. A 40-goal season is impressive enough but is even more so considering the majority of that production was on the 4th-worst team in the league with almost no help.
Any chance of scoring that Meier would have had otherwise is amplified by being on a great line. He is currently the left winger on a line with star Jack Hughes and Dawson Mercer. Meier is also on the top powerplay with Hughes, Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt and Dougie Hamilton. There will be plenty of offense generated with these guys and then some. With that, there is a great chance that Meier gets opportunities to score or at the very least make a play. He can play a little more loose now and get back to the style that led to him netting 40 goals during the season. This has been a very high-scoring series. If averages hold, then offense will continue to be a trend and Meier’s +185 odds to score look great.
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