April 18 NHL Picks — Washington Capitals @ Carolina Hurricanes

These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’s NHL playoff game for Winners and Whiners. A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses.

Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Capitals (Even) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 6 goals (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Hurricanes UNDER 3 goals (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Capitals (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: NO to goal in first 10 minutes (+115) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 3-3-0 (.500)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-1-0 (.833)
Playoff Record: 12-16-0 (.429)

April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)
March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 12-16-0 (.429)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)           (7-9 (.438) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)           (4-3 (.571) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)           (1-4 (.200) in Playoffs)

(Alexander Ovechkin photo courtesy Joseph Guillory/USA TODAY Sports)