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Colorado vs. Boston: NHL Match Prediction
Initially, given their strong lineups, Colorado and Boston were considered among the contenders for the highest places in the NHL. However, at the start of the season, both teams are not living up to expectations and forecasts. The hosts have not scored a single point in three matches. How will the face-to-face confrontation on October 17 end and what bets should you choose?
Command Analysis
Colorado Avalanche
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In three games played at the start of the season, Colorado failed to score a single point. Moreover, Avalanche managed to miss 20 goals – obvious failures in defense can be seen regularly. The attack, which scored 10 goals, is not enough to compensate for the unsuccessful actions of the defense. Goalkeeper Alexander Georgiev does not help – only 79% of shots are saved.
Against the backdrop of the team weak play, perhaps only center forward MacKinnon can be singled out, who scored one goal and made four assists in three games. In the last game, Colorado lost at home to the Islanders with a score of 2:6.
Disqualifications and injuries
The reasons for the failures are largely due to significant problems in the lineup. Thus, today Drouin, Toews, Lehkonen and De Haan will not be able to take to the ice due to injuries. Nichushkin is disqualified.
Interesting trends for betting
- Colorado has scored at least eight goals in each of its three games to start the season.
- Colorado has lost in the opening period of its last three games
Boston Bruins
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"Boston", unlike its opponent, managed to score four points in four starting matches. However, this is clearly not the result that fans and management were counting on. The Bruins are approaching the upcoming game in ninth place in the Eastern Conference. In their last match on home ice, Jim Montgomery team lost to "Florida" (3:4).
Interestingly, Boston has only lost to Florida so far. In addition to the home defeat to this opponent, there was also a failure on the road (4:6). In the matches with Montreal (5:4) and Los Angeles (2:1, OT) they managed to win. A real discovery in the Bruins lineup at the start of the season was fourth-line player Mark Kastelic, who scored two goals and had three assists.
Disqualifications and injuries
Boston has no problems with its roster.
Interesting trends for betting
- Boston has failed to win in the first period in three of its four games to start the season.
- At least seven goals have been scored in three of the Bruins' four games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the last two head-to-head matches this bet paid off
1.63Bet Exact score 2:5
This is the score Boston won in their last personal meeting
18.00Tip and bets
At the start of the season, Boston lost only to Florida, and managed to beat the rest of the opponents. Overall, there is no serious decline in the Bruins' game. Colorado is clearly not ready for the season, the defense regularly fails, the goalies do not help out, plus there are noticeable problems with the roster. We do not think that with such a weak game at the moment, the Avalanche will be able to break the resistance of Boston, which they have not beaten in regulation time since 2019, even on their own ice.
Our prediction is a Boston win in the match with odds of 1.98
Bet on total
We don't expect a closed game today, given the opponents' statistics. In all matches involving Colorado since the start of the season, more than six goals have been scored. In Boston, in three of the four matches played, the bet on a total of more than six goals was successful.
The second bet is total over six goals with odds of 1.84
First period bet
Colorado regularly fails to start the season. The Avalanche have played three games since the start of the season and have lost in the first period in all of them. It is unlikely that anything will change today.
Prediction: Boston win with Asian handicap (0) in the first period with odds of 1.90
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