Calgary at Carolina

Both teams have been struggling of late, but the trends clearly favor Carolina in this matchup as it is 10-2 its past 12 Sunday games and the Hurricanes have won four straight playing on no rest. Calgary has lost six of seven against teams with winning records and the Flames have lost 11 of their past 13 road games versus teams with .600 home winning percentages. The Flames are playing their fourth road game in six days, including a 3-0 loss to Florida yesterday for their second consecutive shutout loss. Pyotr Kochetkov is probable in net for Carolina and he is 21-11-3 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage. Calgary has averaged only 1.89 goals their past nine games. Take the Hurricanes.