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“Calgary” — “Nashville”: forecast for the NHL match
On January 5, in the Canadian province of Alberta, Calgary and Nashville will play their second face-to-face match this season. In mid-December, the Flames won a comeback victory in Tennessee and intend to win again. The Preds barely managed to take two points from Vancouver the day before and spent a lot of energy in the game against the Killer Whales. Will the visitors be able to earn points in their second match in two days? Read our forecast
Command Analysis
Calgary Flames
CanadaCurrent form
Calgary is in ninth place in the West and continues to fight hard for a place in the playoff zone. At the moment, the hosts have 43 points after 38 games, while Vancouver, which is higher, is ahead of the Flames by only one point. The team coached by Ryan Huskey cannot boast of a consistently strong game on the road, but the Canadians often win at home. After away games in San Jose (3:1) and Vegas (0:3), the Flames returned to the province of Alberta, where they first defeated Vancouver (3:1), but a day later lost to Utah (3:5). Mikael Backlund team came back twice during the game and took the lead at the beginning of the third period. The debutants seriously improved their attack and scored four unanswered goals against the Flames.
The Flames have been playing well offensively this stretch of the season, scoring 15 goals in their last five games. Calgary scored more than twice in four games, but left the ice goalless in Nevada. Jonathan Huberdeau cemented his lead as the club top scorer. The Canadian has 29 points (16+13), beating Nazem Kadri (14+13) by two points.
Daniel Vladar and Dustin Wolfe continue to battle for the hosts' number one spot. In the last game, it was the Czech goalie who failed in the third period and let in three goals, leaving the Canadians without points. He has stopped 88.78% of shots this season, while his American colleague has 91.39% of saves.
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
Nashville Predators
USACurrent form
The Predators started the season very poorly, although many believed that Nashville would be one of the playoff participants from the Western Conference. However, the visitors do not give up and try to get out of the current situation, although they still occupy only 14th place in the standings with 31 points after 39 games. After a disastrous start to the winter, the Predators played several good games, but then lost three times at the start of the away series. The club from Tennessee was first routed in Missouri by St. Louis (4:7), and then lost to Winnipeg (0:3) and Minnesota (3:5). Having two days to rest, Roman Josi team made the right conclusions and achieved success in the game against Vancouver (3:0) the day before.
Nashville remains the conference lowest scoring team, although the Predators have not been too bad in the lead lately. They have scored 15 goals in their last five games, but failed to score in Winnipeg. Filip Forsberg has been a regular point scorer this season and has been a bright spot for the visitors. The Swedish forward has 31 points (9+22) this regular season.
Andrew Brunette hasn't been able to establish a solid defensive game, which is why the Predators regularly concede a lot of goals. In the last five games, the red light behind their net has come on 17 times. Juuse Saros was incomparable last night and stopped all 27 shots on his own territory. This season, the Finn has not conceded a single goal in four games.
Disqualifications and injuries
Jeremy Lauzon, Zachary Elhoirew, Tomas Novak, Cole Smith and Adam Wilsby will not play in the upcoming matchup due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Nashville gets 9.15 penalty minutes per game.
The club is not known for its good discipline and usually gets sent off at least four times per game
- Nashville averages 26 hits
Preds not shying away from physical, contact hockey this season
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the teams, the first period was productive
1.75Bet 2nd period: Nashville will score
The Predators have scored in the second period in six of their seven games.
1.45Tip and bets
Calgary played very well at home at the beginning of the season, but now the hosts have five losses in eight games on the ice of Scotiabank Saddledome Arena. The Canadians played poorly in defense in the last match, falling at the end and literally handing over the victory to the newcomers. Nashville played the day before and was good on their half of the ice. The Predators took advantage of the few moments and played extremely disciplined. In our opinion, the team from Tennessee is capable of taking revenge on the "fires" in the province of Alberta. We offer a bet on a victory of the second with a zero handicap.
Forecast - Nashville win with handicap (0) for 1.85
Bet on individual total
Calgary played very well defensively in the fall, but with the onset of winter, they began to make more defensive mistakes. Nashville still scores less than other teams in the conference, but now the visitors are in good shape and are capable of upsetting their opponents at least three times. They managed to do this in a duel against the Flames on home ice.
We bet on Nashville individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.62
Total Bet
The last meetings with the participation of the home team were rather "low-scoring" and often took place with less than six goals scored. The teams play attackingly among themselves and in the five previous meetings only once did they not score at least six goals between them. We think that with joint efforts the opponents will be able to break the required total.
We take the total under 6.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.52
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