Monday, March 31, 7:30 PM on FSCR, RSNS, TVA

Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata, Ontario

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Carolina is all but eliminated from playoff contention as the 2013/14 season winds down, trailing the 8th seed by 7 points with only about 10 games remaining. That being said, stranger things have happened but every game is a must win here on out, including Monday's matchup with the reeling Senators.

Carolina has been consistently average lately, going an even 5-5 in their last 10. This has been the story of the Hurricanes season with a 32-32-9 record on the year. The worst thing about Carolina's recent trend is that they're not winning the games they are supposed to with a 2-2 record the last 4 games being favored. 9 of the 12 games remaining for Carolina are against quality teams so the Hurricanes really have their work cut out for them.

If Carolina has faint playoff hopes than the Senators are still in play as they only trail the Hurricanes by 1 season point. That being said, with only 2 wins in their last 10 games an Ottawa hot streak seems not only unlikely, but downright impossible. The Senators were able to break a 6 game losing skid recently with a 4-3 shootout win over Tampa. During that time Ottawa had allowed four or more goals in 4 of the 6 matchups.

Carolina has the advantage of meeting Ottawa while the Senators are on the 2nd end of a back to back and by having a victory over them the last meeting. A 6-3 Carolina win was fueled by 4 goals in the second period to cash in as -115 favorites.

ATS Trends

Carolina is 15-21 straight up on the road this season

Carolina is 15-18-3 against the over/under on the road this season

Ottawa is 13-21 straight up at home this season

Ottawa is 21-13-0 against the over/under at home this season

Injuries to Watch

Carolina 

10/02/13 D Joni Pitkanen Heel out for season

Ottawa

03/28/14 C Mika Zibanejad Undisclosed probable
03/28/14 GO Robin Lehner Leg questionable
03/28/14 GO Nathan Lawson Undisclosed questionable
03/27/14 RW Bobby Ryan Hernia out for season
03/25/14 D Chris Phillips Upper Body questionable

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina

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