San Jose Sharks vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Prediction, Preview, Picks & Odds - 1/27/2023

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Venue: PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC

Where to watch: BSSO, NBCSCA

DraftKings: Hurricanes -285, Sharks +240

FanDuel: Hurricanes -285, Sharks +230

BetMGM: Hurricanes -300, Sharks +240

Caesars: Hurricanes -303, Sharks +240

Sharks: 14-25-10

Hurricanes: 30-9-8

The San Jose Sharks will be playing the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, January 27 in Raleigh, North Carolina

The San Jose Sharks lost against the Detroit Red Wings last Tuesday, January 24 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan with a score of 3-2 in overtime. The San Jose Sharks currently rank 7th in the Pacific Division.

San Jose captain Logan Couture felt he should have done more while players were fighting for the puck in front of the net.

"I won the face-off toward the middle, and somehow Rasmussen ended up with a partial breakaway out of it," he said. "I think Reimer stopped three shots from him, and then I had a chance to clear it, but I put it right onto Copp's stick."

Erik Karlsson had two assists, and Reimer made 32 saves for the Sharks.

"I thought we were better tonight," San Jose coach David Quinn said. "It wasn't a great game, but it was solid. We had a lot more honesty, pace and compete in our game tonight."

Nico Sturm had a chance to give the Sharks the lead late in the third period when he skated in alone on Husso, but the goalie kicked out his left pad at the right post to stop the backhand shot at 16:01.

The San Jose Sharks have won two of their last 10 games.

The Carolina Hurricanes won against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, January 25 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas with a score of 3-2 in overtime. The Carolina Hurricanes currently rank 1st in the Metropolitan Division.

Martin Necas scored at 1:34 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars.

Necas won it with a wrist shot from between the face-off circles. He also scored in overtime in the Hurricanes' 5-4 victory against the Stars at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Dec. 17.

"I went in the zone, cut back, saw I had a little bit of space there," Necas said. "I tried to shoot it under [Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell] stick. Luckily it went in."

Sebastian Aho scored his 200th NHL goal for the Hurricanes (30-9-8), who have won three in a row in a six-game point streak (5-0-1).

Antti Raanta made 15 saves in relief of Frederik Andersen, who allowed two goals on six shots before leaving with an upper-body injury after the first period. There was no update after the game.

"The first two periods, we were great," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "Just overall, great effort, and then in overtime, nice play by 'Nechy' to win it for us. Overall, I loved the way we competed all night."

Aho's short-handed goal gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 8:46 of the first period. After Brett Pesce broke up a pass in the Carolina zone, Aho gathered the puck and got loose on a breakaway before scoring five-hole on the backhand.

"He's dynamic in open ice and he can really read the play as far as that anticipation for when to pick off a pass and go the other way," Brind'Amour said. "And you're usually out there with [opponents] who really aren't thinking defense. He's a weapon there."

The Carolina Hurricanes have won five of their last 10 games.

Prediction

Brent Burns takes on his former team, and that tends to be a motivating factor for folks to play well. Carolina still looks good even with the myriad of injuries. Hurricanes 5, Sharks 2

Sharks are 5-15 after a non-conference game this season.

Sharks are 4-10 off a road loss this season.

Hurricanes are 16-8 off an under this season.

Hurricanes are 5-1 after a 5-game unbeaten streak this season.

Sharks:

Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Michael Eyssimont

Matt Nieto -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov

Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Noah Gregor

Oskar Lindblom -- Steven Lorentz -- Jonah Gadjovich

Jaycob Megna -- Erik Karlsson

Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Mario Ferraro

Nick Cicek -- Scott Harrington

James Reimer

Hurricanes:

Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Andrei Svechnikov -- Paul Stastny -- Martin Necas

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast

Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan -- Stefan Noesen

Jalen Chatfield -- Brent Burns

Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce

Calvin de Haan -- Dylan Coghlan

Antti Raanta