Washington was able to get past Montreal in five games without much trouble, the capital club is the number one seed, but still Carolina will be a more serious and experienced opponent, which will be more difficult to deal with.
Carolina also took down New Jersey in five games, so both clubs have had time to prepare and rest before the quarterfinal games.
Both teams showed solid play in the previous round, scoring a lot of pucks, in face-offs between Washington and Carolina also high efficiency. There is no clear favourite today, there will be a hard fight, so expect a lot of goals today.
Prediction: at least 5 goals to be scored. We recommend the "Over 4.5" bet, odds 1.44
