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Rangers vs. Carolina: NHL Match Prediction
On December 22, an interesting event will take place within the NHL championship - the Rangers will host a battle on their ice against Carolina. This signboard cannot be ignored, even despite the fact that the "cops" are going through hard times. Nevertheless, the last meeting between the clubs turned out to be incredibly spectacular and ended with a score of 4:3 in favor of the Hurricanes. Is it worth betting on their success this time? You can find out about this from the forecast
Command Analysis
New York Rangers
USACurrent form
The Rangers can't find their game and have been showing poor results for a long period of time. The team played on their home court, where they were unable to impose a tough fight on Los Angeles, suffering a crushing defeat with a score of 1:5. Once again, Peter Laviolette team had serious problems in defense, and the "cops" used their moments rather mediocrely.
There is also a potential discord within the team, since such a decline in play and results cannot be associated with anything else. Incidentally, after the defeat by the "kings", the "Rangers" lost to "St. Louis" on the road (2:3), then lost to "Nashville" (0:2), but, having recovered a little from another failure, they still dealt with a serious opponent in the person of "Dallas" on the road with a score of 3:1 and got away with only one missed puck.
But in unequal compositions, New York shows its best side. The club uses the numerical advantage well and realizes on average every fifth attempt, and is also the best in the league in playing in the minority and currently has exactly 88% of the opponent majority neutralization. True, on home ice the team rarely pleases fans and up to this point has managed to win only seven victories in regular time, although it has already played 16 games.
Disqualifications and injuries
There are currently no injured or disqualified players on the roster.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Rangers are allowing an average of three goals per game.
The Cops have not been able to boast of a reliable defensive game this season
- On average, the "cops" receive 8.5 penalty minutes per match.
Rangers continue to have some discipline issues
Carolina Hurricanes
USACurrent form
Carolina is gradually coming to its senses and trying to get back into shape after a long slump that lasted almost the entire second half of November. The team is currently in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 41 points. If they want, they can improve and end up in the top three, but it won’t be easy to stay there. It should be noted that they have been unable to get on a long winning streak lately. After losing to Ottawa (0:3), they showed themselves well in matches with Columbus (4:1) and the Islanders (4:0), but in the final match with Washington, they still lost with a score of 1:3. Oddly enough, in the last match, Brind’Amour’s team was left with only one goal to their credit, although they average at least three goals.
It is also worth noting that Carolina attack line looks quite strong this season. Thus, Martin Necas is sixth on the list of the league top scorers. The forward has already managed to score 44 goals and scores points in almost every match according to the goal+pass system.
The Hurricanes' most successful performance remains the first game segment, in which they have a ratio of 34:22 in goals scored and goals conceded. As a rule, the team always tries to seize the advantage as quickly as possible and is used to playing the game from the front.
Disqualifications and injuries
Frederik Andersen, Jesper Fast and Jack Drury will not be in the capital this Saturday.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Hurricanes are winning 52.4 percent of their faceoffs.
The visitors are doing well at the point and winning face-offs more often
- The team receives an average of seven minutes of penalty time.
Rod Brind'Amour men are being sent off three times per game on average
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In three out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was unscoring
1.88Bet 3rd period: away team win
In two of the three games against the Rangers, the visitors have been successful in the third period.
2.50Tip and bets
In our opinion, Carolina has every chance of success in the upcoming confrontation. The Hurricanes, of course, have not been stable in recent matches, but still looked stronger than their counterpart. In addition, for the Rangers, the Hurricanes are a very unpleasant and inconvenient opponent, and have finished most of the previous matches in their favor. The hosts have just come off a long series of failures and are unlikely to be able to seriously surprise the Hurricanes with anything.
Prediction - Carolina win with handicap (0) for 1.85
Bet on individual total
Carolina remains one of the best defensive clubs in the league. Moreover, Petr Kochetkov is gradually getting back into shape after returning to the team, so it will be very difficult for the Rangers to score. It should also be noted that recently the Cops themselves have often had difficulties creating and converting chances and have shown mediocre results. Thus, in three previous meetings out of four they did not distinguish themselves by more than two goals.
We bet on the Rangers' individual total under three goals for 1.70
Total Bet
Meetings between the clubs are usually tough and do not feature a large number of goals. After a loss, Carolina will try to play as reliably as possible in its zone, and the Rangers will not risk playing open hockey with the Hurricanes, since they know the strength of their attack line very well. Moreover, the last five matches with the participation of the guests ended with fewer than six goals scored.
We take the total under 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.15
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