Carolina ended up at 88% on the old deserve-to-win-o-meter, which is about as much of a beatdown as you're gonna see at the NHL level. Blomqvist stood on his head early, which kind of artificially tilted the scoreline a little. But in the end both he and Andersen finished with 2 goals and change saves above expected, so the fact that Carolina scored 4 when they had well over 6 xGs, is down to Carolina's usual profligate shooting. For believers in horses for courses, this is an ideal matchup for the Canes though. Pittsburgh isn't particularly disciplined in their system and they're pretty slow and clunky. The Canes will generally carve those teams up and if they finish well enough, they're going to win most of the time. It's the biggest reason the computer models like the Canes more than the reporter class.