LiontipsDallas vs New Jersey. Prediction and Betting Tips for NHL (January 28, 2023).
Command Analysis
Dallas played the last three games at home. First, they demonstrated excellent hockey and crushed Arizona (4:0). Goalie Oettinger made 33 saves, thus performing a shutout. In the following games, the Stars failed to build on that success. They lost to Buffalo and Carolina in overtime with the same score of 2:3. Despite this dip in form, Dallas remain the leaders of the Western Conference with 65 points.
New Jersey are slumping. After hard-fought victories over Vegas (3:2 ОТ) and Pittsburgh (2:1 ОТ), the Devils traveled to Nashville, where they suffered a defeat to the Predators (4:6). The team was terrible on defense, allowing the opponents to create too many scoring chances. That was a second poor away performance in a row - earlier this season, the Devils were more convincing on road trips.
Trends
Ставка 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 3 head-to-head games out of 4, the teams failed to score more than one goal in the first period.
Ставка 1st goal: Dallas
In 3 head-to-head games in a row, Dallas scored first.
Tip and bets
New Jersey are not in a good place right now, which makes Dallas the favorites to win tonight, however, the Stars are in poor form, too. Still, Dallas will have home advantage, and we believe that will give them the edge in this fixture.
Our prediction - Dallas to win
Dallas are solid on defense and rarely concede more than two goals in one game. Even though the Devils usually deliver high performance, we doubt they will be able to break through Dallas' defenses tonight. Take the under.
Second bet - total under 6 goals
