Ottawa at Carolina

Carolina will be on a mission after being swept in the playoffs in four games by the Florida Panthers, each game by a one-goal margin. The Hurricanes finished 52-29-1 and they have a solid tandem in net with Frederik Andersen and Antti Raanta, which led the team to #2 in the league with a 2.56 goals-against average. Andrei Svechnikov is still out after knee surgery, but Sebastion Aho (36 goals, 31 assists) and Martin Necas (28 goals, 43 assists) will anchor the first line. Ottawa hopes signing Joonas Korpisalo will help solve the goaltending problem the team suffered last year as it finished #20 with a 3.29 GAA. The Senators got off to their usual slow start and finished 39-35-8 while missing the playoffs for the sixth straight year. Ottawa is 68-153 its past 221 road games and 7-19 at Carolina. The Hurricanes have won 42 of their past 59 home games. Take the Hurricanes as a Max Play.