San Jose vs. Vancouver: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

San Jose has already slightly improved its position in the standings and moved up from the last line. The team was on a terrible streak of nine defeats since the beginning of the season and could not recover. Fortunately, after that it pleased its fans with three victories in a row. Let us recall that on the road the "sharks" were able to deal with Utah (5:4 OT), and already on home ice they proved their superiority over Los Angeles (4:2) and Chicago (3:2), while in all three cases they scored at least three goals.

Previously, the Sharks had a lot of problems with creating and converting chances, and in response, they conceded a lot. But the club has improved well in the minority, since it now ranks 14th in the league in this indicator and has 80.8% of the opponent power play neutralization. The main scorer in the team remains Mikael Granlund, who managed to earn 13 points in the goal + pass system and often led the team to success. However, San Jose is still weak in the opening period of the game, during which it has the worst ratio of goals scored and goals conceded compared to other periods 5:19. Also, Ryan Warsofsky team needs to improve in shooting activity, since he usually threatens the opponent goal no more than 27 times.

Disqualifications and injuries

Celebrini, Dellandrea, Couture and Vlasik will not take part in the upcoming fight

Interesting trends for betting

• Statistically, San Jose receives 9.92 penalty minutes per game.

The Sharks are not among the most disciplined clubs and are sent off on average at least five times

• The Sharks have a 21.6% power play percentage.

San Jose makes good use of the power play and ranks 12th in the league in that category.

Current form

Vancouver is in eighth place in the Western Conference and has already managed to score 11 points. Overall, the team is doing well, but it cannot improve significantly. As a rule, it plays in series. Thus, it replaced a bad series of matches with four victories in a row, but after another successful match against Pittsburgh (4:3), it lost to Carolina in a tough fight (3:4 OT), and then completely lost to New Jersey on its ice with a rout - 0:6. Incidentally, for the first time this season, the Canadians were left without a single goal, although they usually show good results and skillfully open the defense of many opponents.

True, the "killer whales" are still having difficulties with the power play and occupy one of the last positions in this indicator, having only 17.2% of the power play. And if Rick Tocchet team plays well in the first 40 minutes of the match, then in the third period they often miss and allow the opponent to take the advantage. Banally, Vancouver begins to concede to the opponent in movement and does not keep up with them, so it is very difficult for them to bring some matches to a victorious end. By the way, now the Canucks have a difficult away series ahead, but they can earn a lot of points for it, because the level of the teams that will oppose them will not be very high.

Disqualifications and injuries

Poolman, Joshua and Demko will not take part in the upcoming fight

Interesting trends for betting

• Vancouver averages 29 hits per game

The Canadians play physical hockey and have a lot of physical attacks, ranking among the top in the league in this indicator.

• The "Killers" have an 8:8 record in goals scored and conceded in the second period.

Vancouver is playing a disciplined second period and trying to minimize the number of dangerous moments near their goal