April 24 NHL Game 7 Picks — Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

This is a special set of stand-alone Game 7 picks I’m making for tonight’s Game 7 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals. 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.

Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Capitals -1.5 goals (+177) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 5.5 goals (Even) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:  Capitals UNDER 29.5 shots (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Ovechkin OVER 1 point (-140) — 5/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 3: Hurricanes UNDER 2.5 goals (-140) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Capitals -0.5 goals (+150) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: OVER 1.5 goals (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: YES to goal in first 10 minutes (-145) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 4-3-1 (.563)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-4-0 (.000)
Playoff Record: 23-32-2 (.421)

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: 23-32-2 (.421)

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: 2-3 (.400)           (13-19 (406) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)           (7-8-1 (.469) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-0-1 (.500)        (3-5-1 (.389) in Playoffs)

(Braden Holtby photo courtesy Brad Mills/USA TODAY Sports)