LiontipsBoston vs. Calgary: NHL Match Prediction
The NHL championship will feature a match between Boston and Calgary on November 8. The Bruins have not been playing well lately, and the Flames have also been showing inconsistent results and have not been able to get on a winning streak. However, bookmakers are much more inclined to favor the home team, despite the fact that recent head-to-head meetings have often ended in favor of the Flames. What is the best bet on this matchup? Find out the answer from our forecast
Match announcement
Boston Bruins
USACurrent form
Boston is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference and has 13 points. The team continues to show very unstable results from the very beginning of the season and cannot win more than two victories in a row. It can have two great games, but then completely and utterly fail the third game. This happened to it literally the day before. Then the Bruins were in a great mood, because they beat Philadelphia (3:0) and Seattle (2:0), getting away with no goals conceded, but in the final confrontation with Toronto they themselves were left without a single goal scored and lost with a score of 0:4, not being able to give the opponent a worthy rebuff.
The "bears" have been showing a similar trend throughout the season. They are not particularly productive and there are games where they cannot even score two goals. Their worst performance is the third period, in which the club has a 5:14 goal ratio. Boston also remains one of the worst in the league in 5x4 play and currently has only a 13.3% power play rate. In addition, the last two games have not been the best for David Pastrnak, who has not been noted for his performance, although he usually gives at least one assist or scores himself.
Disqualifications and injuries
Andrew Peake will not take part in the upcoming fight.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Boston earns 12.5 minutes of penalty time.
The Bruins have shown poor discipline and typically commit at least six or seven fouls per game.
- Boston is averaging 27 hits per game
The "Bears" play physical hockey and are not shy about making a lot of physical attacks on their opponents.
Calgary Flames
CanadaCurrent form
Calgary is in sixth place in the Western Conference and has managed to score 15 points. The team is doing pretty well overall, as it is within the playoff zone and can improve its position at any time. Since the start of the season, the Flames have had an excellent winning streak, but it has been followed by a long string of failures. Fortunately, they have recently begun to alternate successful matches with defeats and earn points again. Thus, on their home court, Ryan Huskey team dealt with New Jersey dry (3:0), then lost to Edmonton (2:4) and on the road, not without problems, but still beat Montreal with a score of 3:2 in overtime.
It should be emphasized that the club often tries to play open hockey on a collision course and adheres to a banal and simple tactic - "hit and run". However, it is worth saying that such teams usually have problems with the implementation of the majority. Such difficulties are also experienced by Calgary, which has only 15.8% of implementation and occupies one of the last lines in the championship in this indicator. In addition, it is worth noting that the Flames have a mediocre starting twenty minutes, in which they have a ratio of 7:14 in goals scored and conceded and, as a rule, allow the opponent to seize the advantage from the first minutes.
Disqualifications and injuries
Anthony Mantha will not be able to help his team in the upcoming match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Calgary has a 19-15 third-period goals-against advantage
The "Lights" are playing strongly in the final period of the game and are scoring more in it than in all other periods
- Calgary wins 45.5% of faceoffs
The club has a weak faceoff record and remains one of the worst in the league.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In three out of five matches involving the home team, the first period was unscoring
1.88Bet 3rd period: guests will score
In the three previous matches, the visitors scored at least one goal in this period
1.60Tip and bets
In our opinion, Calgary can impose a tough fight on their opponent in this confrontation and fight for two points. The Flames have more or less recovered and started to show good results. Boston still cannot find stability and often loses, even when they are considered clear favorites. The Flames looked pretty good in previous face-to-face meetings with the Bruins and caused their opponent a lot of trouble. It is quite possible that in the upcoming match the hosts will also have difficulties with converting their chances, so it makes sense to bet on Calgary success with a handicap.
Prediction - Calgary win with Asian handicap (+1) on goals for 1.77
Bet on individual total
In five previous matches, Boston could not score more than three goals. Incidentally, in four previous matches against Calgary, the hosts also could not score four goals. The Flames, of course, are far from a team that shows an ideal game in defense, but in the match with this opponent, they may well be left with a minimum number of goals conceded. We think that for such a coefficient it makes sense to take the individual total.
We take the individual total of "Boston" under 3.5 goals for 1.70
Total Bet
Many previous matches between the clubs were quite "low-scoring". In addition, Boston itself has recently tried to play more closed hockey and played most matches with a total under. In fact, both teams have problems with attacking play, so we would not expect a large number of goals in the upcoming confrontation.
We bet on a total of less than six goals with a coefficient of 1.67
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