Carolina at Montreal

Carolina goes for five in a row and 13 of 14 in January. They already lead the league with 76 points and they are just getting stronger with the addition of Dough Weight and Erkki Rajamaki from St. Louis. Montreal's defense is weak and Carolina feasts on such teams (21-4 vs. teams that allow 29.5+ shots on goal per game). Carolina is winning by an average of 1.8 goals per game over their last five games. They are converting 14% of SOG and 20% of PP opportunities. Montreal is allowing 14.1% SOG percent and 26% of power plays. Road teams at -100 to -150 off a home win by 2 goals or more are 35-9 (80%) in Januarysince 1996. Three stars on the Hurricanes.