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In the final 60 seconds of the first and second periods, the St. Louis Blues found the back of the net, sending the Golden Knights to the locker room with their backs against the wall.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes 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.

Martin Necas (1g, 2a) and Brent Burns (3a) have points in back-to-back games. Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

The Carolina Hurricanes swept the season series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a 3-2 win at Lenovo Center on Friday night. The Canes survived an early push from Vegas and stormed back in the second and third periods to take and lead and hold it. Here are three takeaways from the win:

Entering tonight's matchup in Raleigh ranked in the Top 5 for league assists, we're backing Jack Eichel to continue his playmaking tear.

Vegas didn't complete the comeback, and Alex Pietrangelo noted that the team needed to find a way to conserve energy while still showing up ready to play for games.

The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Carolina Hurricanes after Pavel Dorofeyev recorded a hat trick in the Golden Knights' 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators.

The Vegas Golden Knights will face the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday at the Lenovo Center. It’s a possible Stanley Cup preview as we share our NHL odds series and make a Golden Knights-Hurricanes prediction and pick.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Seth Jarvis scored two goals for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 3-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Lenovo Center on Friday. Jackson Blake also scored, Jordan Martinook had two assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 29 saves for the Hurricanes (27-16-3), who had lost two straight (0-1-1).

The Vegas Golden Knights haven't been in full bounce-back mode often this season. But that might be the case for their game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night at Raleigh, N.C. Some of the shine has come off Vegas with losses in three of its last four games.