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NHL Trends: Eastern Conference Odds Shift in Favor of Hurricanes

Scott Cullen

Last Updated: May 5, 2022 9:04 AM EDT • 58 sec read.

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 04: Pyotr Kochetkov #52 and Martin Necas #88 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate after a win against the Boston Bruins in Game Two of the First Round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Arena on May 04, 2022 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes won 5-2. Grant Halverson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by GRANT HALVERSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

It does not take long for odds to move in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the Carolina Hurricanes have moved from +550 to win the Eastern Conference to +330 at DraftKings Sportsbook.

A best-of-seven series can go quickly, and the Hurricanes have jumped out to a 2-0 series lead after taking two home games against the Boston Bruins, winning 5-1 in Game 1 and 5-2 in Game 2.

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The Hurricanes were only slight favorites going into their first-round series against the Boston Bruins, priced at -115 on DraftKings. But after two convincing wins to open the series, along with an injury to Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm, probability has shifted in Carolina’s direction.

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Hurricanes winger Nino Niederreiter has scored three goals in two games, while defenseman Tony DeAngelo has recorded four assists.

Naturally, Eastern Conference odds for the Bruins have spiked. Boston has gone from +800 to open the playoffs to +1500 after dropping the first two games in Carolina.

As for the rest of the Eastern Conference odds, there has been some movement towards the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins after their Game 1 road wins.

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The Hurricanes are priced at +700 on DraftKings to win the Stanley Cup.

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Scott Cullen
Scott Cullen is SportsbookReview.com's Sports Betting Analyst and is one of the most well-known sports betting writers on the web. He wrote about fantasy sports for TSN for many years, and he has also written for The Athletic, NHL.com, The Hockey News, Monkey Knife Fight, and McKeen's Hockey. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Cullen was an Economics major at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and played for the Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team.