{"id":118456,"date":"2026-05-27T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=118456"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:26:06","slug":"nhl-picks-hurricanes-seek-commanding-lead-in-series-against-habs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/hockey\/nhl\/nhl-picks-hurricanes-seek-commanding-lead-in-series-against-habs\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Picks: Hurricanes Seek Commanding Lead in Series Against Habs"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[775],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl"],"acf":{"brief_description":"The Canadiens are now 2-5 on home ice during the playoffs, going into Game 4 tonight against the Hurricanes","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":117475,"main_image_description":"Wednesday NHL betting picks from Betway","authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>Bettors, and NHL fans generally, woke up this morning to find last night\u2019s shocking result in the Western Conference Final, with the Vegas Golden Knights finishing off Colorado Avalanche in four straight games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Vegas won last night 2-1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">It was a pretty good night for us, as we had the Golden Knights to win, and that first period to go under 1.5 goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Still, it\u2019s going to take a few hours to digest, just how dramatically the Golden Knights have risen up as betting favourites at Betway (+130), after the Carolina Hurricanes (-111), now to win the Stanley Cup, after a relatively mediocre regular season, by their standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I am putting money down today on the Golden Knights to win the Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Tonight, focus shifts back to the Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes, at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The emerging storyline there has been the Canadiens\u2019 inability to capitalize on home ice. In the playoffs, now, the Habs are 2-5 at the Bell Centre, after dropping Game 3 Monday night, 3-2 in overtime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">No injuries to report for either team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>BEST BETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens, 8 p.m. EST, Bell Centre, Montreal, QC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Carolina leads best-of-seven series 2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>In <\/strong><a target=\"_self\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/grp\/ice-hockey\/north-america\/nhl\"><strong>NHL betting<\/strong><\/a><strong> on Betway, the Hurricanes are Moneyline favourites, at -150, with the Canadiens +125. Puckline is Hurricanes -1.5 +165, Habs +1.5, at -210. Over\/Under is 5.5 (O -115, U -105).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Canadiens To Win +125<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Maybe it\u2019s the two coffees and caffein rush, but I am going out on a limb this morning. My head says no but my heart says yes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Canadiens lost three home games in a row just once during the season. One player who is going to be extra motivated is Habs\u2019 defenceman Lane Hutson, who had an unfortunate turnover on Andrei Svechnikov\u2019s overtime winner at the 14:06 mark Monday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Hurricanes have absolutely stifled the Habs\u2019 attack the past two games \u2013 holding the Canadiens to 13 shots on Fredrik Andersen Monday night, and 12 shots in Game 2 Saturday night. That has to change somehow, because there\u2019s been leaks in Andersen\u2019s game of late.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Under 5.5 Total Goals (-105)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The series has gone under that total the past two games, both 3-2 OT wins for Carolina, a noticeable tightening up after that 6-2 opener.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Hurricanes had some rust on them after taking out the Philadelphia Flyers in the previous series, with a 12-day layoff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The last two games, they are back to Hurricanes hockey \u2013 deeply structured, a forecheck that has limited Montreal\u2019s transition game, heavy possession, conservative, low-event hockey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Canadiens are young, fast, creative and exciting, but Carolina has thrown a blanket over all that in the last two games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I like the Habs to tie the series tonight, but it\u2019ll be another tight contest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Best Prop Lean: Cole Caufield Anytime Goal (+155)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Caulfield has been generating high-danger chances like crazy lately, eight of them in his last five games, while scoring only one goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">That\u2019s a level of volume that usually translate to goals, especially in a must-win game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Being on the top line with Nick Suzuki also means first-unit power play time. His shooting percentage has been low in the playoffs (13.2%) compared to a regular season (19.8%) that saw him score 50+ goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Solid value at +155.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><i><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118458,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118456\/revisions\/118458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}