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New Jersey vs. Carolina: NHL Match Prediction
On December 28, New Jersey will settle the score on home ice with Carolina. The hosts continue to please fans with good results and often win. In the two previous meetings, the Devils also celebrated success. By the way, the teams already met last month, and then the Devils proved their superiority with a score of 4:2. Is it worth betting on their success in the upcoming match? You will find out from our forecast
Command Analysis
New Jersey Devils
USACurrent form
New Jersey continues to occupy one of the leading positions in the Eastern Conference, demonstrating impressive results throughout the season. The team is actively fighting for first place in the standings and is currently ahead of Washington by literally one point, which emphasizes the intensity of the fight for leadership. It is noteworthy that the Devils were able to win five of the previous six matches, which indicates their excellent form. On the road, the Devils recently dealt with St. Louis (4:1), and after an unsuccessful match against Columbus (2:4), they proved their superiority over Pittsburgh (3:0) and the Rangers (5:0) on their home court, remaining without conceding goals.
In most games, New Jersey effectively used its chances and did not allow its opponent to create serious threats in front of its goal. In the last two games, the club did not allow its opponent to make shots at all and in both cases allowed only 12 shots.
It is interesting to note that New Jersey has been particularly successful in the second period, where they currently have a 47:28 goal-to-goal ratio. However, the team has not performed as well at home as on the road, and has only been successful in half of their games. However, their results on home ice have improved considerably in recent times.
Disqualifications and injuries
Curtis Lazar will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, New Jersey takes at least 30 shots per game.
The Devils have significantly improved their shooting activity recently.
- New Jersey is getting 9.38 penalty minutes per game.
The Devils average about five penalties per game.
Carolina Hurricanes
USACurrent form
Carolina is gradually recovering and trying to return to its best form after a long period of failures, which lasted almost the entire second half of November. At the moment, the team occupies the fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 43 points. The Hurricanes, of course, have every chance to improve their position and enter the top three, although it will not be easy to stay there. It is worth noting that recently the team has not been able to put together a good winning streak, and it alternates successful matches with losses.
So, on their home ice, the Hurricanes dealt with the Islanders (4:0), then lost to Washington on the road (1:3), and after an away victory over the Rangers (3:1), they lost again to Nashville with a score of 2:5, while playing poorly in defense. Dustin Tokarski also played poorly, having missed five times in 25 shots made by the opponent. At the same time, up until a certain point, the club conceded the fewest goals in the league.
Carolina has been missing most of all during the third twenty minutes and already has a ratio of 44:38 in goals scored and goals conceded in this period. On the road, Rod Brind'Amour team is not playing well at all, since before this he managed to win only six victories within 60 minutes, although he has already played 17 matches. Note that now the team concedes on average no less than three times on the road.
Disqualifications and injuries
Frederik Andersen, Jesper Fast and Jack Drury will not be able to take part in the upcoming match.
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 averages 7.06 minutes of penalty time.
Rod Brind'Amour men are statistically sent off three times per match
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the teams, the first period was unscoring
1.85Bet 3rd period: home team to score
In four of the five games, New Jersey scored against its opponent in the third period.
1.42Tip and bets
We think that New Jersey is capable of dealing with the Hurricanes in the upcoming match and earning another two points. The Devils are still in good shape and are beating opponent after opponent. Before the holidays, they were able to get two “dry” victories in a row, while Carolina showed very unstable results and alternated victories with defeats. The Hurricanes, in addition, play rather poorly on the road and often lose in regular time. Based on this, we suggest betting on the home team’s success.
Prediction - New Jersey win with handicap (0) for 1.80
Bet on individual total
In recent games, New Jersey has usually managed with a minimal number of goals conceded. In previous games, Carolina has had difficulties with scoring and often ended up with fewer than three goals scored. By the way, last time the Hurricanes also failed to open up their opponent defense more than twice. It is quite possible that they will score a few goals this time too.
We bet on Carolina individual total under 2.5 goals for 1.95
Total Bet
Many of the games involving New Jersey are not particularly "high-scoring". The team has begun to pay much more attention to defense and not allow the opponent to play their hockey. By the way, the hosts themselves rarely score more than three goals per game. Since the Devils have played their last four games out of five with fewer than six goals scored, we suggest betting on the total under this time as well.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks with a coefficient of 2.05
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