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Calgary vs. Utah: NHL Match Prediction
On January 3, the NHL championship will feature a match between Calgary and Utah. The previous meeting between the clubs ended with a major victory for the visitors, but now they are in poor shape and are suffering defeat after defeat. The Ogni show strong results on their home court and often delight fans with quality hockey. What is the best bet on the upcoming confrontation? You will find out from the forecast
Command Analysis
Calgary Flames
CanadaCurrent form
Calgary is in ninth place in the Western Conference and has every chance of making it to the playoffs this season. The team, of course, does not have some crazy winning streaks, but it earns points quite often, especially recently. In three previous meetings out of four, the "lights" also celebrated success and achieved victory within 60 minutes. Thus, they were able to deal with Chicago (6:4) and San Jose (3:0), and after an unsuccessful match against Vegas (0:3), they proved their superiority over Vancouver with a score of 3:1.
It is worth mentioning that if the club away games this season are not going well, then on the home court it demonstrates powerful results and is used to often pleasing its fans. Let us recall that in 20 meetings held, the Flames allowed themselves to be beaten in regulation time only four times and themselves on average distinguished themselves by no less than three goals scored.
As a rule, Ryan Huskey team performs best in the second period, where they have a ratio of 32:31 and, despite playing with the far benches, rarely fail in defense. The "lights" also use the numerical advantage quite well and currently have a 20.6% conversion rate on power plays. True, they have difficulties with the game in the minority, and at the moment they occupy the 29th position in the league in this indicator.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kirkland and Mantha will not be able to help their team in the upcoming match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Calgary gets 9.92 penalty minutes
The "Lights" are sent off on average at least five times per match
- The Flames are 42-43 in goals scored and allowed in the third period.
Calgary concedes more goals in the third period than in other periods
Utah Hockey Club
USACurrent form
Utah is in tenth place in the Western Conference standings, although they were in the playoff zone not long ago. The team managed to make a big leap last month and showed great results. They achieved success even in those matches in which they were obviously considered underdogs. However, at the moment the club is far from that form and is already on a five-game losing streak. Before that, they failed to cope with Dallas (2:3) and Colorado (1:4) on home ice, and then, going on the road, they lost to Seattle (2:5) and Edmonton (1:4), while in all cases they did not distinguish themselves by more than two goals scored.
In general, Andre Tourigny team is distinguished by a fairly open style of play and often tries to play on the counter courses, but in attack it does not succeed at all. An interesting fact is that, according to statistics, the team plays the worst in the second twenty minutes, because it has a ratio of 31:45 in goals scored and conceded, although it seems that with such an approach, on the contrary, it should look much better in this segment.
It is worth mentioning that Utah makes good use of its power play scoring opportunity and currently has a 22.1% power play conversion rate, ranking 15th in the league. The team leading scorer remains Clayton Keller, who has already managed to score 37 points in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Lamoureux, Marino, Durzi and Bortuzzo will not play in the upcoming match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Utah gets 10.43 penalty minutes per game.
The club is known for its good discipline and usually sends off at least five times per game
- Utah averages 15 hits
Utah avoids physical, contact hockey this season
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In four out of five games involving visitors, the first period was productive
1.82Bet 3rd period: home team to score
Calgary has scored in the third period in four of its five games.
1.45Tip and bets
Calgary continues to show great results at home and often achieves success in regulation time. The Flames currently look preferable to their counterpart, because Utah is currently in poor shape and is on a long losing streak. Plus, the participation of Clayton Keller in the upcoming match is in question, as he fell ill the day before, and without him, Utah is a completely different team. In any case, even with the American forward, the visitors can hardly count on two points if the Flames play their hockey.
Prediction - Calgary win with handicap (0) for 1.90
Bet on individual total
Calgary has shown decent defensive play in previous matches and usually managed with no more than two missed goals. Even in the final confrontation with Vancouver, the team conceded only once. Utah, in turn, has had many problems with scoring in recent matches and could not score more than two goals. It is quite possible that in the upcoming confrontation, the "lights" will not allow Tourigny team to score three times.
We bet on Utah individual total under three goals for 1.68
Total Bet
The last matches involving the home team were rather "low-scoring" and often had fewer than six goals scored. After a series of unsuccessful matches, Utah will also probably try to play as reliably as possible in defense. By the way, the previous match between the clubs also had only six goals scored, so it makes sense to bet on the total under.
We take the total under 6.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.52
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