Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Prediction, Preview, Picks & Odds - 3/1/2023

Time: 10 p.m. ET

Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV

Where to watch: TNT, SN1, TVAS

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Devils: 39-15-5

Golden Knights: 35-19-6

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The Carolina Hurricanes will be playing the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, March 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Carolina Hurricanes lost against the Anaheim Ducks last Saturday, February 25 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina with a score of 3-2. The Carolina Hurricanes currently rank 1st in the Metropolitan Division.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jesper Fast scored for the Hurricanes (39-11-8), who were coming off a 4-0 win against the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Frederik Andersen made 12 saves.

"You play that game 10 times, you're going to win nine of them," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "It was a bunch of great opportunities, we just didn't put it in. We gave up some chances, but you've got to give up some in a game. Their goalie was good."

Anaheim scored twice before Kotkaniemi answered to cut the lead to 2-1, chasing down a lofted pass from Jaccob Slavin and snapping a shot blocker side on Gibson on a breakaway.

"We had [53] pucks on the net, we just hoped a couple more would go in," Kotkaniemi said. "There's still some sleepy moments once in a while. We could be a little sharper."

Troy Terry responded for Anaheim to push it to 3-1 at 12:01. Fast cut it to 3-2 at 13:35 when he redirected Pesce's one-timer from the right point.

Some of Gibson's best saves came in the third period, when Carolina outshot Anaheim 18-3. Andrei Svechnikov had a clean look from just below the left face-off circle with 1:44 remaining, but Gibson got across the crease to make a right-pad save at the left post.

The Carolina Hurricanes have won eight of their last 10 games.

The Vegas Golden Knights lost against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, February 27 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado with a score of 3-0. The Vegas Golden Knights currently rank 1st in the Pacific Division.

Adin Hill made 31 saves for the Golden Knights (35-19-6), who had their nine-game point streak end (6-0-3).

"They checked us really well," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "I thought the difference in the game for us, in the O-zone, we got pushed off pucks pretty much all night. We generated a few slot looks, but we didn't get the second chance from that. If you want to score goals in this league, you got to separate and be hard on it or you got to execute at a high level. Tonight, we did not do that. That was very evident."

New Golden Knights forward Ivan Barbashev made his debut after being traded from the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. Barbashev played nearly 17 minutes, had one shot on goal and was a minus-1 playing on the top line with Jack Eichel and Jonathan Marchessault. Expect to see him remain up there until further notice, especially considering that's the kind of player the Golden Knights need. He should be more comfortable when the Golden Knights return home and have a chance to get him more acclimated. It'll be tough with the schedule (15 games in 31 days) but he's a smart player and he'll pick it up on the fly.

The Vegas Golden Knights have won six of their last 10 games.

Prediction

Carolina is still dangerous even if they didn't land Timo Meier. I expect Vegas to play hard at home, but this is going to be an uphill battle if they don't neutralize it quickly. Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 2

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Hurricanes:

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Teuvo Teravainen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast

Stefan Noesen -- Paul Stastny -- Derek Stepan

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce

Calvin de Haan -- Jalen Chatfield

Frederik Andersen

Golden Knights:

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

William Carrier -- Chandler Stephenson -- Phil Kessel

Paul Cotter -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill