Pittsburgh vs. Utah: NHL Match Prediction

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.