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Rangers vs. Montreal: NHL Match Prediction
On November 30, the Rangers will play Montreal. The Cops have been showing weak results lately, but the Tricolors have looked pretty mediocre throughout the season. However, the last matches between the teams ended with a confident victory for the home team. However, they will have their second meeting in two days. Will this prevent them from earning two points? What is the best bet? Find the answers to these questions in our forecast
Command Analysis
New York Rangers
USACurrent form
The Rangers are clearly far from their best form. The team showed excellent results at the start of the season and had a great start, thanks to which they were in the top three of the Eastern Conference for a long period of time. However, in the last matches, their game was not going well at all, and they faced a series of four defeats, which is why they ended up in sixth place in the standings. At the same time, in all matches they lost within 60 minutes. Thus, the “cops” could not cope with Edmonton on the road (2:6), lost to St. Louis at home (2:5) and again lost to Carolina on the road with a score of 3:4. In addition, they could not cope even with Philadelphia and, being the favorite, lost to them with a score of 1:3.
Let us emphasize that in many games, at least three or four pucks end up in the net of Peter Laviolette team, and Igor Shesterkin cannot influence this situation in any way. Incidentally, the Russian goalie has the worst percentage of blocked shots for the entire time he spent with the club, and has 91%.
It should be noted that the team is not playing its best in the second twenty minutes, during which it almost always allows the opponent to score. However, in terms of shorthanded play, New York still remains one of the strongest in the championship and ranks second in this indicator, with 87% of the opponent power play neutralized. Artemi Panarin is also having a good season, earning 26 points in the goal + pass system, but dropped to 20th place in the list of the league best scorers.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kreider and Chytil will not take part in the upcoming meeting due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Statistically, the Rangers receive 8.57 penalty minutes.
The "Cops" are usually sent off at least four times per match
- On average, the "cops" allow their opponents to make at least 33 shots on their goal
The Rangers are failing to block many shots on their goal.
Montreal Canadiens
CanadaCurrent form
Montreal remains the main outsider of the Eastern Conference and currently occupies the last place in the standings, having only 19 points. The team is unlikely to be able to claim anything serious this season, since it usually fails match after match and often loses points. However, recently it has pulled itself together and was able to earn points in four out of five games. After the victory over Edmonton (3:0), the Canadians, of course, lost on their home court to Vegas (2:6) and Utah (2:3 OT), but in the final away match with Columbus they celebrated a success with a score of 4:3 in overtime.
Although the club remains the least productive in the East, in previous matches it often scored no less than three goals. By the way, the main scorers in the team are Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, who scored 20 and 18 points in the goal + pass system, respectively. The "tricolors" also play well in the majority and regularly use the numerical advantage, currently having 22.2% of the extra man conversion rate.
True, Montreal still demonstrates rather weak results on the road and has so far managed to win only two victories in regulation time. In addition, Martin St. Louis team usually misses at least four goals. As a rule, the second period is unsuccessful for them, in which they have 23:29 in goals scored and goals conceded.
Disqualifications and injuries
Price, Weidman, Laine and Matheson will not play in the upcoming fight.
Interesting trends for betting
- Montreal gets 10.5 minutes of penalty time
The "Les Tricolours" are sent off on average at least five or six times per match
- On average, Canadians take 23 shots on goal.
Montreal remains one of the league slowest shooting clubs
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches involving the home team, the first period was productive
1.72Bet 2nd period: guests will score
In the five previous matches, the "cops" scored goals in the second period
1.35Tip and bets
In our opinion, it will be very difficult for Montreal to earn points in this matchup, even considering that the Rangers are currently far from their best form. The Cops have regularly finished previous matches against the Tricolors in their favor and achieved success in regular time. The visitors are also superior in class to their opponents and create many more dangerous moments. Usually, in matches with high-scoring opponents, the Saint-Louis team experiences a lot of problems and loses by a few goals, so it makes sense to bet on the favorite to win.
Prediction - Rangers win for 1.80
Bet on individual total
Montreal remains the least productive club in the East and usually scores no more than two goals on the road. The Rangers have conceded fewer than three goals in their previous two encounters with the Canadians. If the Cops continue to concede a lot in matches with such opponents, they will soon be eliminated from the playoff zone. Moreover, this will be a back-to-back series for them, so Laviolette team will pay more attention to defense.
We bet on Montreal individual total under 2.5 goals for 1.90
Total Bet
Matches involving the "tricolors" are quite rarely "high-scoring" and usually take place with less than seven goals scored. The "Cops" after an unsuccessful series are also unlikely to force events on the court themselves. Plus, both the "Cops" and "Montreal" have shown rather low efficiency lately. Based on this, we suggest betting on the total under.
We take the total under 6.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.67
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