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Tampa Bay vs. Ottawa: NHL match forecast
Tampa Bay will continue to perform at home on February, where they will try to rehabilitate themselves in front of the fans for the lost points. In the upcoming match, the team will host Ottawa, which has gained excellent form and is consistently coping with any competitors in its path. What kind of bets should I choose? You will find the answer in our forecast
Command Analysis
Tampa Bay Lightning
USACurrent form
Tampa Bay has not been able to recover from the recession and has already lost a huge number of points. The team struggles to achieve the desired result, and is often inferior even to obvious outsiders. The Lightning unsuccessfully completed the away series, suffering a "dry" defeat from Detroit (0:2). The attacking line showed an insufficiently active game in attack, and in three periods scored 28 shots on the opponent's goal. It seemed that by returning to the home arena, the club would be able to easily rehabilitate itself in front of the fans, as it met with the main outsider of the Western Conference, Chicago. Few people could have expected that the Lightning would not even give a decent rebuff to such a weak competitor and would be defeated with a score of 1:4. Goalkeeper Johansson showed his worst side, reflecting only 84% of shots.
Continuing to perform on the home arena, the team was still able to succeed in a duel with a much more serious opponent in the face of Los Angeles. It cannot be said that the team played much more reliably in defense, but due to the efforts of goalkeeper Vasilevsky, they managed to avoid missed goals and win a landslide victory (3-0). It is impossible not to mention the striker Hagel, who participated in all the goals scored. However, the lightning was unable to continue performing in the same spirit. Tampa hosted the Islanders and was supposed to lose in regular time, but equalized the score just 40 seconds before the final whistle. However, this did not help, and as a result, they had to be defeated in overtime (2:3). Indeed, the club's decline has already dragged on quite a bit, which is why it even left the playoff zone, dropping to ninth place in the table.
Disqualifications and injuries
Moser remains in the Tampa infirmary. All other players are in formation.
Interesting betting trends
- Tampa gets an average of 8.52 minutes of penalty time per game.
The Lightning bolts are not well disciplined and are often removed.
- Tampa has 26.7% of the majority sales
With the realization of numerical superiority, the Lightning is in full order.
Ottawa Senators
CanadaCurrent form
Ottawa has recently gained excellent form and has not lost for five matches in a row. What is especially noteworthy is that almost all of them ended in regular time. A series of successes began on the home arena, where they managed to beat the clear favorite in the face of Toronto (2:1). Goalkeeper Forsberg made a huge contribution to the success, reflecting 96% of shots. The team was able to consolidate its success in a duel with a less serious competitor, beating Utah with a two-goal difference (3:1). This time, the goal was defended by goalkeeper Meriliner, who played even better than his teammate, which allowed him to avoid additional problems and prevented the former Arizona from catching on to the comeback. It seemed that the Senators' string of successes had come to an end, as the current leader of the Eastern Conference, Washington, stood in the way. But due to an amazing game in unequal squads, we managed to snatch the hardest victory in overtime (5:4).
In the final match of the home series, the Senators faced off against Minnesota and left no chance for the next favorite, defeating it dry with a score of 6:0. It is worth noting that in three periods the club made as many as 52 shots at the Savages' goal, and the most productive player was defenseman Sanderson, who scored the puck and gave away three assists. Next, the club went to play on the road, where they also confidently coped with Nashville (5:2). Once again, the attacking line showed the most active game and it is difficult even to single out any of their players. Thanks to such successful performances, Ottawa was able to seriously strengthen in the playoff zone and is currently in sixth place in the Eastern Conference table, with 62 points.
Disqualifications and injuries
It is worth noting that Ottawa is showing such successful results, having huge problems with the squad. There are currently six players in the infirmary: Bernard-Docker, Cousins, Gregor, Jensen, McEwen and Norris.
Interesting betting trends
- The "legionnaires" received 8.77 minutes of penalty time in previous matches.
Ottawa is not very disciplined and often violates the rules.
- Ottawa blocks 16 shots per game
The Senators rarely block a large number of shots.
Trends
Bet First Goal: Ottawa
In five face-to-face matches in a row, the teams scored a goal in each period.
2.15The goalratein each period is yes
In four face-to-face matches out of five, the teams scored a goal in each period.
1.50Tip and bets
Oddly enough, the bookmakers single out Tampa Bay as the clear favorite in the upcoming match, despite all the team's problems. Ottawa, in turn, is in great shape, consistently beating any opponents in its path, both at home and away. But Lightning, even at home, does not always manage to show its best side. We suggest taking advantage of an unreasonably high coefficient and betting on the victory of the guests.
Our forecast is that Ottawa will win the match in 2.46
Bet on the total
Also, in the upcoming match, it is quite possible to expect a large number of abandoned goals. Ottawa has recently been very effective in attacking and consistently creates a huge number of dangerous moments in the opponent's zone. Tampa Bay, in turn, is also not used to holing up on the defensive, which means that we choose the total more as the second bet.
Forecast - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.82
Betting on the outcome of the first period
Tampa Bay may not be ready for such a powerful pressure from Ottawa. Indeed, the Lightning are unlikely to be able to earn an advantage after the start, so we suggest betting on a double chance for the guests.
The forecast is that Ottawa will not lose in the first period for 1.50
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