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Philadelphia suddenly began to rectify the situation after nine matches without a win and beat quite serious opponents twice in a row. Matvey Michkov, who became the main character of the meeting with Colorado, has been particularly successful lately. Now the Flyers are heading to Buffalo, where the local Sabres are also showing good performance, but too often miss out on wins outside of regular time. The hosts have been given a few days to recover, and the guests will try to build on their success after two home wins. In our betting tip, we will evaluate the latest performances of the teams and select a bet taking into account the problems in defense
Command Analysis
Buffalo Sabres
Two meetings with Montreal in five days brought Buffalo only two points. Moreover, both defeats turned out to be quite insulting. At first, Lindy Raff's team lost in shootouts (3:4), although they managed to win back from the score 1:3 in the final period. After that, the Sabres made another impressive comeback, beating Toronto in overtime with a score of 5:4. Jack Quinn scored four points, and Owen Power scored the decisive goal.
However, a repeat trip to Montreal again ended in failure. The visitors lost 1-3, but thanks to goals from Quinn and Teige Thompson, they restored equality. And in extra time, Cole Caufield brought victory to the Canadians (4:3). In general, everything is pretty good ahead of Buffalo, but the defense regularly fails. The team has conceded 14 goals in the last four meetings. But Jason Zucker, who missed the start of the season after surgery, is expected to return to the upcoming match. An experienced striker should add options to the attack, especially when playing in the majority.
Philadelphia Flyers
Matvey Michkov finally scored a great move and helped Philadelphia win twice in a row. Moreover, until recently, Rick Tokket's team was in a completely hopeless situation, having suffered nine defeats at the start of the championship. The situation was turned around in a home game with Ottawa, where the Russian scored a goal and an assist. The Flyers won 3-1, and Dan Vladar made 25 saves.
Colorado came to Philadelphia next, but even one of the league's most productive clubs couldn't stop the hosts. Michkov scored a double, Trevor Zegras assisted three times, and Noel Acciari scored the decisive goal. As a result, the victory was 3-2, with Joseph Wall deflecting 24 shots. However, the personnel situation is still difficult. Travis Konecny, Owen Tippett, Tyson Foerster and several defenders missed the last meeting due to injuries. But even without them, the offense is gradually starting to find opportunities to score goals.
The appearance of Zucker should add opportunities to Buffalo's offense, which is already regularly scoring several goals. However, Raff's team makes mistakes too often near their own goal. Even against Montreal, we had to constantly fight back, and the victory over Toronto was achieved only after four goals were conceded. Now the hosts will have to face an opponent who has finally started to add to the attack. Michkov is especially dangerous, having distinguished himself in three meetings in a row.
At the same time, Philadelphia is still experiencing personnel problems, and two wins do not mean that the defense has fully adjusted the game. Buffalo will certainly try to take advantage of the home court and the freshness after a short break. Given the effectiveness of the hosts' recent meetings and the improvements in the visitors' offense, it is quite possible to count on fairly open hockey here.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 5.5 goals in 1.72
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