{"id":463067,"date":"2025-02-25T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=463067"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:50:52","slug":"nhl-predictions-feb-25-carolina-hurricanes-vs-montreal-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/25\/nhl-predictions-feb-25-carolina-hurricanes-vs-montreal-canadiens\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: Feb. 25 Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey<\/em>\u00a0takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. In today\u2019s round of NHL Predictions, we are looking at the game between the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> vs\u00a0Montreal Canadiens<\/a>.\u00a0Be sure to check out more NHL Predictions as the 2024-25 season continues.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens<\/h3>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> TSN2; Fan Duel Sports South; ESPN+<\/p>\n

We open up NHL predictions with our featured game between the Hurricanes and the Canadiens. Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a> is the expected starter for this game, but always check social media before locking in a daily fantasy starter. Carolina is 5-4-1 in its last 10 games entering this matchup. However, the Hurricanes are coming off a loss prior to this Eastern Conference matchup. Seth Jarvis<\/a> has been playing well as of late with six goals with five assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Sam Montembeault<\/a> is the confirmed starter for Montreal in this important game. The Habs are 2-7-1 coming into this game, but did get a victory last time out. Montreal’s defence has been struggling as of late in giving up 3.5 goals in its last 10 games. Cole Caufield<\/a> has been consistent all year with 27 goals and 23 assists for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Carolina’s firepower should carry it through against a Montreal team struggling to keep pucks out of the net.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Hurricanes win 5-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

New York Rangers vs New York Islanders<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Rangers 1-0 Islanders<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> MSG; MSGSN; ESPN+<\/p>\n

It’s the battle of New York that is our second game in this set of NHL predictions. The New York Rangers<\/a> are likely to go with Igor Shesterkin<\/a> in between the pipes for this game. It’s been an inconsistent season for the Blueshirts this season, who are 5-5 in the last 10 games coming into this rivalry game. However, the Rangers are coming off a victory on Sunday. Artemi Panarin<\/a> has generated 23 goals and 35 assists for the Rangers.<\/p>\n

The New York Islanders<\/a> are projected to go with Ilya Sorokin<\/a> in a battle of Russian goalies. We’ve seen the Islanders play better as of late with a 6-4 mark in the last 10 games. However, the Isles are entering this critical game after three consecutive defeats. Potential trade candidate Kyle Palmieri<\/a> has been on his game as of late with five goals and four assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Both teams need a win and both have been up-and-down. However, the Rangers get the victory.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Rangers win 4-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota Wild<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Red Wings 0-1 Wild<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> Fan Duel Sports Detroit; Fan Duel Sports North; Fan Duel Sports Wisconsin X; ESPN+<\/p>\n

The last game<\/a> of NHL predictions has the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> visiting the Minnesota Wild.<\/a> Cam Talbot<\/a> is expected to get the start in the blue paint for Detroit, which is 8-1-1 in the last 10 games. However, one of those recent losses was a game the Red Wings should have won. Detroit blew a lead and Minnesota stole two points on Saturday. \u00a0Dylan Larkin<\/a> has been averaging a point a game with four goals with six assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Filip Gustavsson<\/a> is the confirmed starter for Minnesota, which is 6-4 in the last 10 games. The Wild have won three straight games and are getting along alright<\/a> without Kirill Kaprizov<\/a>. Austrian standout Marco Rossi<\/a> has notched 20 goals and 29 assists for the Wild.<\/p>\n

Detroit will want to avenge that setback on Saturday, but Minnesota takes this one.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Wild win 4-3.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop Bets of the Night<\/h3>\n

We wrap up NHL predictions with some prop bets of the night. Let’s go to our featured game for tonight’s preferred props. On the Carolina side, take Mikko Rantanen<\/a> to score a goal. For Montreal, take Lane Hutson<\/a> to get the over on 1.5 points.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n

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Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey\u00a0takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. In today\u2019s round of NHL Predictions, we are looking at the game between the Carolina Hurricanes vs\u00a0Montreal Canadiens.\u00a0Be sure to check out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":463074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4547,7,4548,4524],"tags":[6010,6201,6012,6016,6084,6122],"class_list":["post-463067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hurricanes","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","tag-carolina-hurricanes-predictions","tag-detroit-red-wings-predictions","tag-minnesota-wild-predictions","tag-montreal-canadiens-predictions","tag-new-york-islanders-predictions","tag-new-york-rangers-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463075,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463067\/revisions\/463075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}