Series Preview
The battle of the century is about to take place starting on Saturday at 2:00 pm eastern time at the Royal Bank of Canada Center in North Carolina . The new NHL is benefiting both teams. The Hurricanes are playing the highflying Buffalo Sabres. Both teams are loaded with talented players that can flat out skate and score goals in bunches. Make a mistake against either team and they will bury the opposition. That Buffalo Sabres are relentless, and they don’t give up many chances in the defensive zone, ask the Senators who are now playing golf at a local golf course in the Ottawa.
The Sabres
The Sabres feature a well balanced offensive attack. They are lead by Chris Drury 6 goals and 7 assists for 13 points and Daniel Briere 4 goals and 9 assists for 13 points. Drury is known for scoring big goals in big games and scored the winning goal in game one of against the Senators. In goal former Michigan State star Ryan Miller has been rock solid posting a .921 save percentage.
The Canes
The Hurricanes are lead by Eric Staal who has 5 goals and 10 assists for 15 points 2nd in scoring during the NHL playoffs and Rod Brind’amore who has 6 goals and 5 assists for 11 points. Cam Ward took over for Martin Gerber in game three of the first round against the Montreal and has gone 8-1 in 9 starts posting a .930 save percentage.
The prediction
I believe the Hurricanes will win the series in 6 games. This will be an exciting hard fought series with a lot of up and down the ice action. The team that stays out of the penalty box and limits the number of stupid penalties will win and this series. The Hurricanes scored 5 power play goals in game one of their series against the New Jersey Devils.
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