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San Jose vs. Colorado: NHL Match Prediction
Western Conference outsiders San Jose and Colorado will play each other in California on October 21. Ryan Warfovsky team lost all five games at the start of the regular season and cannot boast of good quality hockey. As for the Avalanche, their season began discouragingly. The Denver team started with four losses in regulation time and only in the previous meeting were they able to take their first points. In the last draw, all three matches between the teams were won by the Avalanche, but the Sharks clung to the result on their home ice. Will they be able to do it again? Or will the Sharks face another rout? Read about this and more in our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
San Jose Sharks
USACurrent form
Few bet on San Jose becoming champions in the new season. The team from California signed a new coach and a number of good players, and also took the first number of the draft in the person of MacLean Celebrini. In general, the core of the hosts remained the same and the already familiar problems of the "sharks" came to the surface again. The Sharks began their journey on the ice of the SAP Center, where they missed a victory in the game against St. Louis (4:5, OT), and then lost to Anaheim (0:2). Mikael Granlund squad was able to score only one point on the road trip. The "blue-greens" gave the favorite a fight in Dallas (2:3, B), but then lost to Chicago (2:4) and Winnipeg (3:8), letting in a huge number of pucks.
As of today, San Jose is allowing 4.4 goals per game on average, scoring only 2.2 goals. Starting goalie Mackenzie Blackwood has stopped only 83.17% of shots and has a very poor save percentage of 6.91. As for the attack, the situation is currently complicated by injuries to the leaders. In addition to captain Logan Couture, the Sharks are also in the infirmary of MacLean Celebrini.
Disqualifications and injuries
Thomas Bordelho, MacLean Celebrini, Logan Couture, William Eklund and Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be out for the next game.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Sharks are averaging just 26 shots on goal per game.
The hosts don't shoot too many shots on goal and convert 8.5% of their attempts.
- The Sharks are averaging more than 23 hits per game.
San Jose tries to give as little space to their opponents as possible and often gets into contact battles.
Colorado Avalanche
USACurrent form
Colorado is trying to regain its former position after a failure in the conference semifinals of the last playoffs. Then Valeri Nichushkin shone for the visitors, but he was disqualified and the Avalanche left the tournament, losing the series with a score of 2:4. The new season began for Gabriel Landeskog team with a crushing defeat in Nevada (4:8), but after returning home, the club from Denver lost to Columbus (4:6), the Islanders (2:6) and Boston (3:5), showing a terrible defense. The Avalanche first victory was in the last game against Anaheim (4:3, OT), but the hosts were not very reliable on their half of the ice there either.
Currently, Jared Bednar team occupies an unacceptable 14th place in the West, having only two points after five starts. As noted above, Colorado started the regular season very poorly in defense. The Avalanche are allowing 5.6 goals per game on average, and fans of the club have questions about goalie Alexander Georgiev, who has stopped only 81.13% of shots in his possession.
Disqualifications and injuries
Jonathan Drouin, Gabriel Landekskog, Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin and Devon Toews will not be able to participate in the game in California
Interesting trends for betting
- The visitors block more than 19 shots on their own possessions on average per match.
Denver defensemen sacrifice themselves and get in the way of the puck, but it doesn't help them concede fewer goals.
- Colorado is averaging just 26 shots per game.
The Avalanche don't allow many shots on goal, but almost every fifth shot ends up as a goal for the opponent.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: San Jose will score
In four of the previous five games between the teams, San Jose has scored in the second period.
1.60Bet 3rd period: total over 1.5 goals
In all of Colorado games this season , the third periods have been extremely productive.
1.45Tip and bets
We believe that the home team has a good chance of winning against such a Colorado. The visitors concede more than five goals per game on average, but have not yet been able to score as many. The Avalanche are not as successful on the road as they are at home, but at the start of the regular season, the Avalanche have not been able to do much on their home ice either. The Sharks have clung to points twice in five starts, and they did so against some pretty strong teams. San Jose has a good history of face-to-face encounters with Gabriel Landeskog squad and often creates problems for their opponents in California. We think it makes sense to take a risk and take advantage of the favorite weakness. We offer a bet on the home team winning, taking into account overtime and shootouts.
Prediction - San Jose wins the match for 3.05
Bet on individual total
San Jose has a lot of problems both in defense and in attack, but here we want to play like our opponent. Colorado is terrible in defense, and Alexander Georgiev is clearly very far from his best form right now. The Avalanche have allowed at least three goals in regulation time in all of their games, and the Sharks have only failed to score twice once. We believe that the Sharks are capable of upsetting the Avalanche and scoring three goals.
We bet on the individual total of "San Jose" over 2.5 goals for 2.00
Total Bet
It is difficult to predict the low-scoring nature of the game in the upcoming match. In all games involving Colorado, at least six goals were scored, and San Jose played under the total only in matches with closed teams. We believe that the confrontation on the SAP Center ice will be the highlight of the game day and will be quite bright in terms of goals scored.
We take the total over six goals for 1.75
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