Hurricanes vs. Oilers NHL Odds, Prediction and Picks: Stanley Cup Contenders Clash in Edmonton
Edmonton plays one of its marquee home games of the regular season Thursday night as it welcomes the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes for the only time. The Oilers are -110 on the NHL odds with a total of 6.5 goals.
Hurricanes vs. Oilers NHL Betting Odds
The Eastern Conference has won three straight Stanley Cups thanks in part to these two teams. Of course, Edmonton lost in the Final to Florida in both 2024 & ’25, while Carolina won its second all-time Cup this past summer in a six-game win over Vegas.
Quite possible we see Hurricanes-Oilers in the 2027 Stanley Cup Final. Carolina is the +650 favourite to repeat and +380 to win the East, while Edmonton is a +450 second-favourite to Colorado (+340) in the West. If the Hurricanes were to trade for Jets holdout star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck as has been rumoured, I wouldn’t bet against them in hoisting another Cup.
Thursday marks the first of two regular-season meetings with Edmonton in North Carolina on Nov. 21. These clubs have split four straight season series with each winning away last season. Connor McDavid (2G, 2A) and Leon Draisaitl (1G, 3A) each led the Oilers with four points. Tristan Jarry lost his start in net. Former Maple Leaf Frederik Andersen started both in net for Carolina but has yet to play this season due to a knee injury and not expected before December.
Carolina has won six of the past 10 overall in the series, and the over-under is 6-4.
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 2-1 on this five-game trip following a 6-3 win in Vancouver on Tuesday. Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist. It was Carolina’s second road game this season with at least six goals, joining Edmonton, Toronto and Seattle as the only teams with multiple such. They did it without one of their top forwards in Mark Jankowski (6G, 1A). He left the club last weekend to have a lower-body injury examined back in Raleigh and presumably is done for at least the trip. A few other forwards are on injured reserve. Pyotr Kochetkov extended his season-opening win streak to six games Tuesday, the second-longest run in Hurricanes franchise history behind Frederik Andersen’s run of eight in a row in 2021-22. Yet if form holds, it will be Brandon Bussi in this one. He’s 2-1 away with a 3.04 GAA and comes off a 3-2 upset loss in Calgary last Sunday.
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton is off its second win in a row, 4-3 in OT at home against a good Minnesota team on Tuesday. On his 27th birthday, Evan Bouchard scored the winner on the power play with 1:28 remaining in overtime. He had an earlier assist and was the No. 1 star. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and Connor McDavid three assists. It was McDavid’s 66th career three-assist game to pass Ron Francis for sixth place on the NHL’s all-time list. Sidney Crosby is next with 67. That was only the Oilers’ ninth game of the year, and McDavid reached 20 assists on the season to set the NHL record for fastest to do so in games played to open a campaign. He also became only the sixth player to record 25 points in the first 10 games of a season. It was Draisaitl’s 75th career multi-goal game to move within one of tying Glenn Anderson for third place on the franchise’s all-time list. Devon Levi stopped 27 of 30 shots to improve to 5-1-0 with a 2.83 GAA and .898 SV, and it’s likely him again Thursday. The hope is that centre Jason Dickinson returns as he has been out injured since Oct. 13.
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