These two teams face off for the second year in a row in the Playoffs, and the Hurricanes won that series in six games last year. We like unders in general in the NHL Playoffs, as the playoff intensity kicks in and goals are hard to come by. Carolina was 33-46-3 to the under this season in general so they tend to play lower scoring games in general. In fact, we would not be surprised at all if these Hurricanes totals came down to an even 5 in the later games in this series, so getting the 5.5 is pretty valuble here. Let's roll with the under as this is likely a lower scoring game. The total has gone UNDER in 21 of the Hurricane's last 26 games vs an opponent out of the East. Like the under here to kick off the NHL Playoffs.