Washington - Carolina: NHL match betting tip

Current form

At the end of the regular season, Washington began a serious recession. In the last six matches, the team has scored only two victories, and over obvious outsiders. The capitals played away to Boston, where they took advantage of its terrible form and snatched Victoria in regular time (4:3). Goalkeeper Lindgren did not play reliably enough, but the attacking line fully compensated for his mistakes. The club scored its second victory at home, where it confidently defeated Chicago (5-3). The most productive was defender Karlsson, who scored a hat-trick of assists.

After this success, the Capitals went to visit the Islanders, where in the first period they allowed them to earn a significant two-goal advantage, and in the end they were defeated with a score of 1:4. Despite the lost points, this meeting will go down in history, as it was in it that Washington forward Ovechkin broke Gretzky's great record by scoring the 895th goal in his career, thereby becoming the first sniper in the league for the entire time of its existence.

Disqualifications and injuries

Backstrom, Oshie, Protas and Milano will miss the upcoming match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• Washington, according to statistics, gets 8.8 minutes of penalty time.
• The Capitals average 27 shots on target.

Current form

Carolina has been in excellent shape for a long time, but a long rise has nevertheless been replaced by a natural decline. The series of defeats has already reached three matches in a row, and all of them ended in regular time. The Hurricanes played on the road, where they met with Detroit and failed to show their reliable defensive game, conceding five goals (3:5). Goalkeeper Kochetkov showed his worst side, reflecting only 80% of shots. The team performed even worse away from Boston, where they failed by a four-goal margin (1:5). The attacking line tried its best to rectify the situation, but only one throw out of 40 reached the goal.

After a complete setback against the Bears, the team faced another outsider in the face of Buffalo. It seemed that now the hurricanes would definitely succeed, but the club did not score a single goal at all, losing dry (0:3). Due to the lost points, the team has already dropped to the fourth place in the Eastern Conference table. If Caroline doesn't come to her senses soon, she may fall even lower.

Disqualifications and injuries

Quarry, Kotkaniemi and Fast remain in the infirmary.

Interesting betting trends

• Carolina statistically gets 7.59 minutes of penalty time per match.
• The Hurricanes make an average of 32 shots on target.