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New Jersey vs. San Jose: NHL Match Prediction
On November 11, New Jersey will play a home match against one of the league outsiders, San Jose. For obvious reasons, bookmakers clearly favor the Devils in this matchup and, judging by the odds, believe that they should deal with their opponent in regular time. However, the Sharks have looked pretty good lately and have often earned points. Is it worth betting on the hosts' success? Will they break the Sharks' resistance? Find out from our forecast
Command Analysis
New Jersey Devils
USACurrent form
New Jersey is in third place in the Eastern Conference and has already managed to score 20 points. The team has been showing excellent results since the beginning of the season, but still cannot produce a long winning streak and win more than two victories in a row. Note that they should not relax under any circumstances, because any loss of points can lead to the fact that they will significantly worsen their position in the table, because the Devils have played an order of magnitude more matches than their competitors. By the way, in four previous meetings out of five they celebrated success.
They were unable to cope only with Calgary (0:3) on the road, but after this defeat they pulled themselves together and first dealt with Edmonton (3:0), and then on their home ice they beat Montreal with a score of 5:3 and with difficulty beat the Islanders on the road the day before (4:3 OT). Let us emphasize that in most cases the Devils demonstrate excellent efficiency and have no difficulty in creating and realizing moments, but they also concede quite a few in response.
This year, the club has a powerful attack line and is very variable in the opponent zone, constantly inventing something new on the ice. The most successful in the performance of Sheldon Keefe squad is the second period, during which he scores more than in other periods, and currently has a ratio of 24:15 in goals scored and goals conceded. It is also impossible not to mention the fact that New Jersey is great at using the numerical advantage and currently has a 28.6% power play conversion rate.
Disqualifications and injuries
Bastian and Lazar will not take part in the upcoming fight.
Interesting trends for betting
- New Jersey is getting 9.38 penalty minutes per game.
The Devils are not known for their discipline and are sent off on average at least five times per game
- On average, the Devils score exactly four goals on home ice.
Keefe team is one of the most productive clubs in the league at the moment
San Jose Sharks
USACurrent form
San Jose is in the penultimate line of the Western Conference standings and has earned 10 points in total. At the start of the season, the team had a huge number of various problems, and was on a terrible streak of nine defeats. Fortunately, it was able to recover and please its fans by winning four of six matches. Now it has begun to alternate successful matches with defeats. Thus, earlier on the home court, the Sharks dealt with Chicago (3:2), lost to Vancouver (2:3) and after a difficult victory over Columbus (2:1 OT) lost again to Minnesota with a score of 2:5.
Ryan Warsofsky men were able to improve their defensive play and managed to miss no more than two goals in most of the previous games. It is also important to note that one of the attacking leaders, MacLean Celebrini, returned to the team after an injury and scored twice against the Wild in his second game after returning. If his teammates help him on a regular basis, San Jose will certainly be able to improve significantly.
However, ahead of him lies a rather tense series of away games, in which even half of the potential 12 points earned will be considered a good result. But it must be taken into account that the club still has poor statistics in the game on foreign grounds and has not yet won a single victory within 60 minutes, and has already lost in regulation time five times.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vlasik, Couture, Walman will not play in the upcoming match.
Interesting trends for betting
- San Jose has a 16-13 goal-against ratio in the second period.
The Sharks are playing best in the second twenty minutes and are managing to miss the minimum number of goals in it.
- The Sharks have an 81.7% power play neutralization rate.
San Jose are playing well on the penalty kill and are neutralizing many of their opponents' attempts.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches involving the home team, the first period was unscoring
2.00Bet 2nd period: San Jose will score
In the last five matches, the visitors have scored at least one goal in the second period
1.65Tip and bets
In our opinion, San Jose can cause problems for New Jersey, even though they have not had good results on the road before. In previous head-to-head meetings, the Devils often had difficulties and achieved success with a difference of one goal or outside of regulation time. It is also necessary to take into account the fact that the Devils played a match against the Islanders the day before, so they will not be in the best physical shape. Considering how the Sharks have been clinging to points lately and playing quite high-quality hockey, we would suggest betting on their plus handicap.
Prediction - San Jose win with Asian handicap (+2) on goals for 1.77
Bet on individual total
New Jersey, of course, has a strong attack line and is used to scoring a lot, but in four previous matches out of five against the Sharks, it could not score more than three goals. San Jose has worked on its defense and has become much less likely to fail in its zone. In four previous matches out of five, Warsofsky team managed with three or fewer goals conceded, so, in our opinion, it makes sense to play the individual total of the hosts.
We take the individual total of New Jersey under four goals for 1.72
Total Bet
Many away matches involving San Jose were not particularly productive and usually had a total under. It is necessary to take into account that the Devils play back-to-back, which is why they themselves will act much simpler in attack and try to win with class. By the way, recently matches involving New Jersey have often been "low-scoring".
We bet on total under 6.5 goals with odds of 1.70
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