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San Jose vs Vegas: NHL Match Prediction
In the final game of the NHL game day on January 8, San Jose will host Vegas on its ice. The Sharks broke a losing streak and won their last two games at home. Vegas is very good and stable and retains its role as the leader of the Western Conference. This season, the teams have already met twice and both times the Knights celebrated success. What will the third game be like? Read about it in the betting tip for it
Command Analysis
San Jose Sharks
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The Sharks have dropped to 15th place in the West and have let Nashville move up in the conference standings. San Jose currently has 32 points after 42 games, and the Sharks have played more than their competitors. Ryan Warfovsky's men are gradually falling behind the leaders and are now 13 points behind Vancouver, who are in eighth place. The hosts completely failed in December and have won only three games during the month. In the current home series, they have played Vegas (3:6), Calgary (1:3), Philadelphia (0:4), Tampa (2:1) and New Jersey (3:2). Few believed in the hosts, but they showed a good level of hockey and unexpectedly beat the Lightning and Devils.
San Jose remains the conference's most conceding team. On average, the red light behind the hosts' goal comes on 3.55 times per game, but the Californians are slightly better at home - 3.38. Alexander Georgiev was unable to help his partners after the trade from Colorado, so Yaroslav Askarov got his chance. The young goalie was very good in the last two matches and will now be the sharks' main goalie.
Mikael Grunlund remains the Sharks' offensive leader. The Finn has 35 points (11+24) in the goal+assist system and is constantly leading his teammates to the finishing shots. The first draft pick MacLean Celebrini also had a good debut. The talented Canadian scored 28 points (13+15).
Disqualifications and injuries
Logan Couture, Nico Sturm, Vitek Vanecek and Jake Wallman will be out of the upcoming bout due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- San Jose receives 8.38 penalty minutes per game.
On average, sharks are eliminated at least four times per game.
- San Jose averages 24 hits
The Sharks play a pretty tough brand of hockey and commit a lot of physical attacks.
Vegas Golden Knights
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Vegas has taken the lead in the conference and division and continues to increase its advantage. The team from Nevada has earned 57 points in 39 starts and is one point ahead of Winnipeg, which is behind, and has two games in hand. The Golden Knights have been consistently strong over a long period of time and have lost only three games since the beginning of December. The Golden Knights finished the calendar year with home games against Calgary (3:0) and Montreal (2:3), and at the beginning of January they confidently won against Philadelphia (5:2) and Buffalo (3:1). The game against the Blades went completely according to the script of Bruce Cassidy's charges. The hosts scored three goals by the middle of the third period and calmly brought the matter to victory.
The Knights have been consistently strong on offense since captain Mark Stone returned to the lineup. They have scored at least two goals in a game since Dec. 4 and have 19 shots in their last five games. Jack Eichel continues to lead the way for Vegas with 52 points (11 goals, 41 assists). The forward has five points in his last two starts.
Adin Hill remains the home team's No. 1. The Canadian goalie has saved 90.47% of shots this season and has two shutouts in 25 games. Ilya Samsonov has had his fair share of chances, although his time with his new team has been off to a rocky start. The Russian remains the home team's No. 2, but he could well be in contention for more.
Disqualifications and injuries
Robin Lehner and Victor Olofsson will not travel to California with the team.
Interesting trends for betting
- Vegas has an 85.7% power play neutralization rate
According to this indicator, the team ranks eighth in the league.
- Vegas averages 3.56 goals per game
The visitors play well in attack and on average score more than three times per game.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the last three matches between the teams, at least two goals were scored in the first period.
1.67Bet 2nd period: Vegas will score
The Golden Knights have scored against the Sharks in the second period in four of their five games.
1.30Tip and bets
San Jose broke a long losing streak and won unexpected victories over the leaders of the East. Now the strongest team of the Western Conference and the Pacific Division will come to visit the sharks. Vegas can confidently be called one of the most stable clubs in the league at the moment, because since the beginning of winter the knights have suffered only three defeats. In the last two matches between the teams, the gold easily passed the defense of the sharks and won big. We believe in another victory of the goal knights.
Prediction - Vegas win for 1.65
Bet on individual total
San Jose is very weak in defense, so the sharks always have to open up and go forward. Vegas always plays strong in attack and has scored 13 goals in the Sharks' goal in the last two games. Despite the strong play of Yaroslav Askarov in recent games, we believe in at least four accurate shots from the club from Nevada.
We bet on Vegas individual total over 3.5 goals with odds of 1.85
Total Bet
The teams have played each other twice this season and both were extremely productive. San Jose still remains the team with the most goals conceded in the West, although the Sharks played reliably at the start of the home series. We believe that the gold will set the tone for the match and force the hosts to go forward. We expect at least seven accurate shots between the teams.
We take the total over six goals with a coefficient of 1.85
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