Utah vs. Boston: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

Andre Tourigny men retained the core of Arizona and, together with the Coyotes' leaders, began preparing for their first season in history. Utah looked good in the preparatory games and won five out of seven matches before the regular season. The hosts secured a victory in the debut meeting, beating Chicago (5:2) in Salt Lake. The newcomers took four points from New York, sensationally beating the Islanders (5:4, OT) and Rangers (6:5, OT). Then the US club started having problems. Clayton Keller team lost to the local Devils (0:3) in Newark, and then lost to the Ducks (4:5, OT) in Anaheim. Now the Black and Blues occupy fourth place in the West, having scored seven points in five starts.

So far, Utah has been doing well on offense, scoring an average of four goals per game. The team current top scorer is Clayton Keller, who has made seven scoring plays (4+3). As for defense, the rookies are not looking their best. Starting goalie Connor Ingram has stopped only 86.78% of shots. He currently has a save percentage of 3.88 goals per game.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nick Bjugstad, Sean Durzi and John Marino are all out against Boston, with Robert Bortuzzo possibly playing.

Interesting trends for betting

• Utah opponents are blocking more than 19 shots per game on average.

The hosts try to shoot from any position and the opponents' defenders regularly block the newcomers' attempts to hit the goal

• Debutants win 52.6% of faceoffs

The centers of Andre Tourigny team are doing well at the point so far and winning most of the faceoffs.

Current form

The Bostonians failed last season, leaving the tournament in the second round. In the new regular season, Jim Montgomery charges are fighting for the main trophy of the NHL and the guests have everything they need for this. The Bruins started with an unpleasant defeat in Florida against the current champion (4:6), but then the Bears returned home and began to play their usual hockey. First, Brad Marchand squad confidently won the derby against Montreal (6:4), after which they snatched two points from Los Angeles (2:1, OT) in a viscous match. The Bears failed to finish the home series with a victory. The club from Massachusetts lost to the Panthers for the second time in the regular season (3:4), but began the away tour with a victory in Denver (5:3). The Black and Yellows rose to fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings, earning six points in five games.

Despite the closed style of hockey, Boston has scored and conceded quite a lot so far. Thus, the "bears" have thrown 19 pucks into the opponents' goal and received 18 accurate shots into their own net. The visitors demonstrate team hockey. However, we can single out David Pastrnak, who has already scored four goals and made one assist.

Disqualifications and injuries

Boston will come to Utah in full force.

Interesting trends for betting

• Boston is averaging just 27 shots per game.

The visitors don't attack their opponents' goal very often, but they manage to convert 14.7% of their attempts.

• The Bruins are earning more than 14 penalty minutes per game.

Jim Montgomery men have been playing rather rough at the start of the season and have been sent off quite often.