Shanghai Dragons - SKA: betting tip (cf 1.90) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The Shanghai Dragons are still in ninth place in the West and are gradually falling behind the teams in the playoff zone. The Chinese have scored only 43 points in 43 games and are already six points away from Spartak, who are eighth. Most recently, Gerard Galland left the host camp, who will now be replaced by Mike Kelly, who was previously at the headquarters of the famous Canadian. At the beginning of the new year, Shanghai lost at home to Metallurg (3:7), won against Lada (3:2) and Amur (2:0), and then lost in Moscow to CSKA (2:3).

The Dragons made a great start to the match against the Army team and were already leading by two goals by the first break. Jake Bischoff and Nathan Sucese provided their team with a comfortable advantage, but the Dragons quickly lost it. They missed twice in the second 20 minutes and missed another one a few minutes before the end of regular time, losing the match.

Nick Merkley remains the leader of the hosts' attacks. He scored 33 points (16+17) in the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Troy Josephs, Jeremy Grolo and Ben Harpur will not participate in the match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• Shanghai Dragons win an average of 47.9% of face-offs
• According to statistics, the team makes 21 power plays per game.

Current form

SKA occupies the seventh position in the West and may soon be among the top four clubs in the conference. Igor Larionov's team earned 51 points in 42 games and must beat Torpedo and CSKA. After a bad start to the season, the Army team made a great move and started winning regularly. By the end of December, they had lost a little bit and suffered three defeats in seven starts. In the new year, the red-blues beat Lada at home (5:4, OT), were defeated in Magnitogorsk (1:5), and then won in Tolyatti (4:3, B).

The second match against the Owls turned out to be as difficult for the guests as the first one. Marat Khairullin and Matvey Polyakov scored their goals by the middle of the first period and it seemed that Lada had no chance. In just two minutes, the Tolyatti team won back, and Nikita Nedopekin brought his partners ahead in the middle of the third segment. The desired result could not be saved, but in the shootout, Brendan Leipsic scored twice and brought victory to the red and blue.

Marat Khairullin scored 31 points (10+21) in the goal+pass system and remains the leader of the visitors' attacks.

Disqualifications and injuries

Trevor Murphy will miss the upcoming fight.

Interesting betting trends

• SKA gets an average of 8.14 minutes of penalty time per match.
• According to statistics, Petersburgers block 15 shots.