LiontipsFlorida and Los Angeles. Prediction and Betting Tips for NHL (December 17, 2021).
Command Analysis
Florida are one of the leaders in the Eastern Conference, although they have not been showing their best performance of late. After their confident victory over Arizona (3:1), the Panthers lost to Colorado (2:3) away and suffered a crushing defeat to Ottawa (2:8) at home.
Moreover, several of the Panthers' players were sidelined through COVID-19 protocol. Florida are heading into this game without Sam Bennett, Radko Gudas, Ryan Lomberg, Brandon Montour and Carter Verhaeghe.
Los Angelesare 11th in the Western Conference standings. The Kings have been showing decent performance. For example, they celebrated success over Dallas (4:0) and Minnesota (2:1) at home, and put up a good fight against Tampa (2:3 OT) away.
The Kings lost only 4 out of 11 away games in regulation. Los Angeles didn't have any pandemic-related issues lately and should have no problems with the lineup.
Trends
СтавкаLos Angeles IT over 2 goals
Florida conceded more than 2 goals in their last 2 games.
Ставка1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 3 out of 5 head-to-head games, more than one goal was scored in the first period.
Tip and bets
Florida have just suffered a devastating defeat to Ottawa at home, which shows that at the moment the team doesn't have the resource to fight off even the weakest opponents. Los Angeles, on the other hand, are determined to earn points in every game, and we believe they will use this opportunity to beat the Panthers.
Our prediction - handicap (+1) to Los Angeles
Florida conceded 8 goals in the last game, and in general, they've been conceding at least 3 goals in each of their recent matches. We predict that Los Angeles will score at least three times.
Second wager - Los Angeles IT over 2 goals
