{"id":548732,"date":"2026-04-09T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:55:27","slug":"why-carolina-is-favored-to-win-thursdays-nhl-matchup-4-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548732\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Carolina is favored to win Thursday’s NHL matchup [4\/9\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Blackhawks and Carolina Hurricanes are scheduled to meet in the NHL at United Center on Thursday, starting at 8:30 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on updated simulations, Dimers’ advanced NHL model projects the Hurricanes as the most likely winner of the Hurricanes vs. Blackhawks<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

This article offers a closer look at Thursday’s matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Canes vs. Hawks prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday’s NHL game between the Hurricanes and Blackhawks, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our independent predictive model gives the Hurricanes a 65% chance of beating the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Blackhawks (+1.5) have a 57% chance of covering the puck line, while the over\/under total of 6.5 goals has a 54% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Hurricanes vs. Blackhawks odds<\/p>\n

We have sourced the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nHurricanes
\nBlackhawks<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n-1.5 (+118)
\n+1.5 (-125)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n-215
\n+190<\/p>\n

Total
\no6.5 (+100)
\nu6.5 (-120)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes vs. Blackhawks picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our probabilities against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Blackhawks and Carolina Hurricanes are scheduled to meet in the NHL at United Center on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,37,96,5263,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-548732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116374858719957213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}