Pittsburgh vs. Utah. NHL match prediction and bets

Current form

Pittsburgh continues its home series, which has already reached three games. In the first match, the team met with San Jose and with great difficulty snatched victory from the obvious outsider in a shootout with a score of 4:3. They managed to achieve success mainly due to the excellent play of the attacking line, but due to failures in defense, they almost had to lose points. As expected, the Penguins were unable to consolidate their success. In the match with Tampa Bay, the team was close to another victory, but could not maintain the advantage, conceding two goals at the end of the match, and then lost in overtime (2:3). What is noteworthy is that this time they managed to make only 19 shots on target.

Next, Sullivan charges faced an even more powerful competitor in the form of Winnipeg. Quite predictably, Pittsburgh, in such terrible shape, was unable to give a worthy rebuff to the current leader of the Western Conference and suffered a 1:4 defeat. This time, goalie Jarry did not show himself well enough, reflecting 89% of the shots, and the attack again could not compensate for the lapses in defense due to its very modest play. At this rate, the Penguins will soon fall to the last line in the Eastern Conference standings, since the advantage over Montreal is only two points.

Disqualifications and injuries

The Pittsburgh infirmary remains unchanged. Glass, Hayes and Lizotte will definitely be out of the upcoming match.

Interesting trends for betting

• On average, Pittsburgh allows 3.95 goals per game.

The Pinguins have been playing terribly defensively and are constantly letting in a huge number of goals, which is the main reason for the club losses.

• On average, the Penguins receive 7.6 penalty minutes per game.

But the team has good discipline, thanks to which Pittsburgh does not give an unnecessary advantage to its opponents.

Current form

The former Arizona has shown weak results since its change of residence, and at the moment the team is only in 13th place in the Western Conference table and has managed to score only 17 points in 19 games. The club main problem is its very low attack performance, scoring only 2.5 goals per game on average, which is not enough to compete with the best teams in the league. Remarkably, the defensive line is unable to compensate for the weak attack.

At the moment, Utah has a losing streak of three games in a row, and all of them ended in regulation time. The team played at home, where they were unable to give a worthy rebuff to Vegas (2:4) and Washington (2:6). Once again, the reason for the failure was a weak defense, and both goalies of the club, Weimelka and Igram, showed themselves from the worst side, reflecting only 82% of shots in both games. Then the team went to visit Boston, where they were unable to realize their attacking potential, losing dry (0:1).

Disqualifications and injuries

Utah has problems with its roster, with defenders Durzi and Marino in the infirmary and goalie Igram injured.

Interesting trends for betting

• On average, Utah allows 3.3 goals per game.

The club low attacking performance is not its only problem. The team is also unable to consistently cope with the pressure of opponents and often allows them to fully realize their attacking potential.

• The team averages 25.7 shots per game

Low efficiency is primarily due to inactive play in attack.