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Carolina vs. Utah: NHL match forecast
On January 8, the local Carolina will play their last game in Raleigh before the break. The Hurricanes blurred the beginning of February and lost three matches in a row, weakening their positions in the conference and division tables. Utah did not play well at the end of January, but began to gain form and achieved success in the last two games. In November, the newcomers defeated their opponent in Salt Lake, putting the first touch in the history of the confrontations. What will be the match on the Lenovo Center ice? We tell you about this in the forecast for the meeting
Command Analysis
Carolina Hurricanes
USACurrent form
Carolina dropped to fourth place in the conference table, but it does not intend to give up and will continue to pursue Washington, which leads in the Metropolitan Division. Rod Brindamore's team played great in the second half of January and won six out of seven games at the end of the first month of the calendar year. After a 3-2 home win over Chicago, Jordan Staal's squad unexpectedly lost to Los Angeles (2-4). The Hurricanes had a rather weak exit and scored only one goal in the matches against Winnipeg (0:3) and Minnesota (1:2). The Hurricanes couldn't break through the Wild goalkeeper for a long time and scored a goal only a few minutes before the end of regular time.
Frederik Andersen takes the ice at the start after one match and has 91.36% of his saves so far. The Dane is not always good at the last turn, but he has only recently returned to action after an injury and has already managed to make one shutout. Pyotr Kochetkov has already played 33 matches this season, but the Russian was able to repel a modest 90.31% of attacks on his possessions.
Mikko Rantanen scored only two points after transferring from Colorado and has not pleased fans with his bright game for three matches in a row. The Finnish forward scored 66 goals (26+40) and beat Sebastian Aho (18+34) by a margin of 14 points, who has not scored too many goals so far. The rest of the Hurricanes' hockey players don't look so good and so far they can't compete with the club's leaders.
Disqualifications and injuries
William Carrier and Jesper Fast will not participate in the upcoming bout due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, Carolina makes 32 shots on target.
The Hurricanes play powerfully offensively and spend a lot of time in someone else's zone, hitting the opponent's goal with a lot of shots.
- According to statistics, the hurricanes carry out 18 power techniques.
Karolina doesn't play hardball, so you rarely see a lot of strength in her performance.
Utah Hockey Club
USACurrent form
Utah is gradually moving up to the top eight in the West, but so far it occupies only the tenth place in the conference. The newcomers do not lose hope of reaching the finals of the tournament in their first season, but the hosts have only 55 points after 54 matches. The team led by Andre Turigny was bad at the end of January and lost five matches in a row, although in two home matches the debutants still clung to the scoring points. In the final match of the last home series, the debutants beat Philadelphia (3:2, OT), and at the start of the current guest tour they managed to beat Columbus in Ohio (3:2, OT).
Connor Ingram returned to action after injury only at the beginning of January, but the Canadian can become the first number in the guests' squad. The goalkeeper was good in the February matches and conceded only three goals in the last two games. He currently has only 88.55% of his shots deflected and has not made a single shutout this season. Karel Veymelka plays a little more reliably and copes with 91.05% of attacks.
The captain of "Utah" remains its top scorer at the moment. Clayton Keller scored 57 points (18+39) in the goal+pass system and is 14 points ahead of Logan Cooley (15+28), who is currently in the infirmary. Dylan Gunter returned to action after injury and is on the fourth line in the list of the most productive players of the club (19+19), while in the first two matches he earned four points and was very good. Nick Schmaltz (11+30) is also among the league's hundred leaders.
Disqualifications and injuries
Robert Bortuzzo, Logan Cooley and Sean Durzy will not be able to participate in the upcoming match.
Interesting betting trends
- Utah is averaging 2.78 goals per game this season.
Beginners don't always play poorly offensively, but their performance is only getting worse.
- The Salt Lake club throws 27 times per game on average.
The debutants don't shoot that many goals, but they managed to realize 10% of the chances.
Trends
Bet1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In seven of the last ten games against Carolina, fewer than two goals were scored in the first period.
2.00Bet2nd period: "Carolina" will score
Kanes have scored in the second period in the last five out of eight games.
1.33Tip and bets
Carolina had a good run at the end of January, but slowed down again with the start of the new month and did not score a single point in the last three matches. Rod Brindamore's men looked very weak offensively and scored only three goals in three meetings in February. Utah, on the other hand, is slowly coming out of the recession and has won two important victories in a row from the point of view of psychology. The rookies still intend to fight for the playoffs, but they need to keep winning to do that. In November, the Hurricanes defeated their opponent at home. We think that at least the guests won't lose big this time. We offer a bet on the victory of the second with a plus handicap.
Our forecast is that Utah will win with an Asian handicap (+1.5) in 1.80
Betting on an individual total
Carolina is playing quite poorly offensively at this stage of the season. The Hurricanes scored more than three goals in only one out of six matches, while the situation in attack did not improve after the exchange of the Kanes' top scorer for Mikko Rantanen. Utah lost mainly due to poor execution of chances, but Andre Turigny's players held the shot well.
Forecast - Carolina's individual total is less than 3.5 goals in 1.75
Bet on the total
The debutants spent the end of January ineffectively and tried to miss as little as possible. It's hard to call Carolina an open team, and the Hurricanes mostly win thanks to their reliability on their half of the court. In November, the opponents scored only five goals between them, with most of them coming in the final 20 minutes. Let's bet on a total of fewer goals in this match as well.
Forecast - total less than six goals in 1.75
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