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Hurricanes vs Predators Final: 5-2 - Recap

The Hurricanes earned a 5-2 victory over Nashville on Wednesday behind a 35-save performance from Pyotr Kochetkov at Bridgestone Arena.

Carolina was favored by -142 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Brent Burns, Jack Drury, and Sebastian Aho each scored for the Hurricanes in the victory. Aho opened the scoring for Carolina.

Pyotr Kochetkov turned in a 35-save effort for the Hurricanes.

Ryan O'Reilly, and Gustav Nyquist scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Pyotr Kochetkov.

Juuse Saros stopped 14 of 19 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Carolina went 3-for-6, while the Predators were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Carolina lost the shots on goal battle to Nashville by a margin of 37-25.

Carolina looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Canadiens. The Predators will aim to get back on the winning track at Detroit.