LiontipsColorado — Philadelphia. NHL match forecast and bets
Command Analysis
Current form
Colorado has gained a foothold in the playoff zone in the West, but so far the positions don't look too strong. The Denver State club has scored 62 points in 53 games and is ranked sixth in the conference table. The Avalanches did not show stability in January and are still alternating wins and losses. Currently, the hosts have only two wins in six games, while they did not play a series of matches away in the best way. After losing to Boston (1-3), Jared Bednar's team beat the Rangers (5-4) in New York, but lost to the Islanders (2-5) a couple of days later. At the beginning of the new month, Gaby Landeskug's squad returned to Denver and easily defeated St. Louis (5-0).
Colorado scored 15 accurate shots in the last five games and didn't play their chances too well. Nathan MacKinnon retains the first place in the list of the league's top scorers with 79 points (19+60). Cale Makar also scored well, scoring 57 goals (19+38). Not so long ago, Martin Nechas joined the club, who managed to earn five points in the last three starts.
Mackenzie Blackwood scored his first shutout for Colorado in the last game against the Blues. The Canadian remains number one on the home team after being traded from San Jose. He has 92.13% of saves on his account, and Scott Wedgwood is unlikely to be able to force him out of the base right now. The former Nashville goalkeeper appeared on the court only nine times and conceded an average of 2.4 goals.
Disqualifications and injuries
Oliver Kilington, Gabriel Landeskug, Tucker Pullman and Valery Nichushkin will not play at home.
Interesting betting trends
- Colorado is conceding 3.11 goals per game this season.
The guests are not playing well defensively this season and often miss in large numbers.
- The Avalanches are thrown 29 times per match.
Jared Bednar's team doesn't shoot a lot at the opponents' goal, but they mostly play on the other side of the ice.
Current form
Philadelphia is in 13th place in the Eastern Conference and has only 52 points to its credit. The Penn State team failed at the start of the year and got only seven wins in January. In the second half of the month, the guests started with a good series of away games, but they didn't look good at the end. The Flyers broke a streak of setbacks in their home game against New Jersey (4:2), but were defeated a day later in Newark (0:5). In the final game of January, John Tortorella's team lost dry to the Islanders (0:3). The guests do not score more than 120 minutes of clean time, and this can hardly please the fans of the "pilots".
In the second half of January, Philadelphia played poorly offensively and in five out of six matches did not score more than one goal per game, and in the previous two starts Travis Konecny remained the Philae's offensive leader with 58 points (21 +37) in the goal+pass system. Matvey Michkov was one of the hundred most productive players in the league, but left it due to poor results. The young forward scored 34 goals (14+20) in his first season in the league.
Ivan Fedotov took to the ice at the start in three out of four games, because recently Samuel Ersson has not shown the required level of reliability. The Russian has already played 16 matches this season and so far has only 88.10% of reflected shots on his account. Alexey Kolosov has been out of the squad for a long time, although Belarus was a little better than the former CSKA player.
Disqualifications and injuries
Andrey Kuzmenko and Ryan Ellis will not play in the next match. The participation of Owen Tippett and Jacob Pelletier is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
- Philadelphia gets 8.04 minutes of penalty time
A team is usually eliminated at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has 77.8% neutralization of the majority of the opponent
According to this indicator, the club is currently ranked 21st in the league.
Trends
Bet period 3: total more than 1.5 pucks
In five of the nine matches involving Philadelphia, the third period was productive.
1.50Bet 2nd period: Philadelphia will not score
The Flyers scored in the second period in only three of their last seven games.
2.15Tip and bets
Colorado wasn't too good in the second half of January, but Jared Bednar's team had a very difficult calendar. The Avalanches looked weak in the last away series and won only one match out of three. The hosts were successful in their match against St. Louis in Denver at the start of the new calendar month, and this could be a good starting point for a long winning streak. Philadelphia looks faded and has slowed down in terms of implementation. It is unlikely that the Penn State team will have a realistic chance of scoring points on Sunday. We propose to take the victory of the hosts in the main time.
Our forecast is a Colorado victory for 1.75
Betting on an individual total
Philadelphia scored no more than one goal in the last five out of six games and looked very weak ahead. The Penn State team does not have many strong strikers and only two hockey players are among the top 100 scorers in the league. It's hard to call Colorado a reliable team, but in the last meeting, the Avalanches scored a shutout. We don't think the guests will score more than two goals.
Forecast - Philadelphia's individual total is less than 2.5 goals in 1.72
Bet on the total
In November, the match between the teams did not turn out to be bright and pleased the stands with only five accurate hits. Philadelphia is now giving out very grassroots meetings and is little different on its own. Colorado is capable of playing reliably on its own half of the ice, and we don't expect more than five goals from the match. We suggest making a total bet on fewer abandoned pucks.
Forecast - total less than six goals in 1.75
