Shanghai Dragons - Siberia: betting tip (cf 1.95) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The team is outside the Western Conference Cup eight, with 54 points after 61 games. The expected outcome of the failures that have plagued the team in recent months has been the loss of even theoretical chances to continue fighting for the Gagarin Cup in the playoffs. The points are given to Mitch Love's team with great difficulty. In nine matches in February, only five points were scored with a goal difference of 19-30 and one victory was won over Barys in Astana (4:3, OT).

Indicative of the current state of the team was the match on February 27 in Moscow against CSKA, which was remembered for its unusual plot. The Dragons entered the battle with their visor open and embarrassed the opponent so much that by the 14th minute of the first period the score was already 4-0 in their favor. However, the Dragons failed to maintain such a solid advantage in the game against a strong opponent. Even before the end of the first period, the Army team scored three goals, and the match ended in overtime with a score of 6:5 in favor of CSKA, but the Chinese team defended one point. Spring started well for the Dragons – a 2-1 away win over Lada in regular time on March 1 not only lifted the mood of the hockey players before the trip to Shanghai, but also marked the victory over Tolyatti in the seasonal series, in which the Dragons won three out of four matches.

Disqualifications and injuries

Andrey Kareev, Patrick Ribar, Jeremy Grolo and Ben Harpur will not play in the next meeting.

Interesting betting trends

• Shanghai Dragons Block 13 shots per encounter
• The team makes 29 shots at the opponents' goal per match

Current form

Some time ago, Siberia's place in the top eight of the East, obtained with such difficulty, seemed quite reliable, and the gap from Amur, which was ninth, was sufficient for a calm entry into the playoffs. However, the last three rounds, in which the Far Easterners took six points and the Siberians only two, significantly changed the situation, and the gap seven rounds before the finish of the regular season was reduced to three points. In addition, Amur, who has caught the courage, has three games on home ice, and Siberia needs to hold three more away meetings at the end of the away series. All this deprives Siberia of the right to make mistakes and obliges it to play the remaining matches with full effort if it intends to compete in the playoffs.

In the 20 games of January-February, the team scored 22 points, demonstrating its potential and producing a brilliant stretch of away wins over Metallurg, Ak Bars, Torpedo and at home over Dinamo Minsk, but the end of February did not go well – four defeats in a row in matches with Amur (1:2, OT), Avangard (1:2, B), Petrochemist (0:1), Salavat Yulaev (2:3, OT). It is also noteworthy that of all the Eastern Eight teams, Siberia has the fewest goals scored (143) and the worst difference (-38).

Disqualifications and injuries

Timur Akhiyarov, Arkhip Nekolenko and Valentin Pyanov will not play in St. Petersburg.

Interesting betting trends

• Snowflakes perform 14 power moves per game
• According to statistics, Siberians block 17 shots