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Philadelphia —Pittsburgh: NHL match forecast
The next Pennsylvania State Derby will be held on the Wells Fargo Center ice on February 26. The teams are in neighboring places in the Eastern Conference table and have not yet lost their chances of reaching the playoffs. Most recently, the rivals had already met each other, and then the "pilots" turned out to be better than the "penguins", but they won with a minimal difference in goals scored. Will the Pence be able to take revenge? Read our forecast for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Philadelphia Flyers
USACurrent form
Philadelphia is in 14th position in the conference table and is gradually falling behind the top eight in the East. The team from Pennsylvania failed the first month of the new year, although in mid-January the hosts had a good stretch. The Flyers scored only 57 points in 58 attempts and, after five consecutive defeats, won two victories. Before returning home, John Tortorella's team lost in Denver (0:2) and Salt Lake (2:3, OT), and already on the Wells Fargo Center ice they lost to Washington (3:4), although they twice led the score during the confrontation. Before the break, the Flyers beat Pittsburgh on home ice (3:2), and in the first match after the Four Nations Tournament, the hosts defeated Edmonton (6:3).
Philadelphia began to increase in attack after a weak stretch at the end of January. Travis Konecny remains the Philae's offensive leader with 62 points (22+40) in the goal+pass system. Matvey Michkov left the top 100 scorers in the league due to the club's poor results. The young forward made 39 assists (17+22) in his first season in the league and scored three points against the Oilers.
Samuel Ersson returned to the last line of Philadelphia's defense after a break. The goalkeeper blocked 89.48% of shots and made two shutouts in 32 starts. Ivan Fedotov remains the second goalkeeper, but with his performance, it is hard to believe that the Russian will be able to capture the role of the first number in the team. Alexey Kolosov has not appeared in the squad for a long time and does not even get into the application.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ryan Ellis will not play in the next match.
Interesting betting trends
- Philadelphia gets 7.78 minutes of penalty time
A team is usually eliminated at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has 79% neutralization of the majority of the opponent
According to this indicator, the club is currently ranked 16th in the league.
Pittsburgh Penguins
USACurrent form
Pittsburgh is in 15th place in the conference and is unlikely to rise higher in the near future. The Penguins have scored 55 points in 59 games and continue to compete for the playoff spot, but are gradually moving away from the top eight. The Pence looked pretty weak in early February, but they managed to score points in four matches, while the Penn State team won in three of them. Now Mike Sullivan's team has three defeats in regular time. They lost to Philadelphia (2:3) on the road, and after the break they were defeated by Washington (3:8) and the Rangers (3:5) on the ice of the PPG Paints Arena.
The Pitas lost some ground in terms of implementation and immediately began to lose points. In their last five starts, they scored only 13 times, which was often not enough to win. Sidney Crosby, the guest captain, is still very good and continues to help his teammates excel, even though he was in the infirmary until recently. In this regular season, the legend and the best player of the 21st century in the league scored 60 (18+42) scoring points.
The Penguins remain the highest-scoring team in the East with 3.63 goals per game. At the same time, Pittsburgh is not so often eliminated, but regularly fails defensively. In addition, the goalkeepers of the guests still look very bad. Alex Nedelkovic remains the main goalkeeper of the guests, and Joel Blomqvist appeared on the ice in the last game, having reflected only 88.59% of shots this season.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the guest leaders will play in the match. The participation of Matt Grizzlick, Bokonji Imama and Brian Rust is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
- Pittsburgh won only 52.1% of the face-offs.
The Penguins do well on the dot and win the puck from their opponents more often.
- The Pitas make 28 shots on target per match.
The guests don't throw too much and spend more time in the defense zone.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last four out of six games with the Flyers, the first period was not productive.
1.93Bet 2nd period: Philadelphia will score
The Flyers have scored in the second period in the last four games.
1.43Tip and bets
Philadelphia can move closer to the top eight in the East if John Tortorella's team continues to win. The Flyers had a great first game after the break and deservedly beat Edmonton. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, lacks reliability on its half of the ice, and the veterans of the guests are not always able to achieve the desired result only with abandoned pucks. We think that the "pilots" will be able to repeat their recent success and outplay their main opponent on the home court again. We offer a bet on the victory of the hosts with a zero handicap.
Our forecast is that Philadelphia will win with an Asian handicap (0) in 1.73
Bet on the total
Pittsburgh is playing extremely well this season and is missing a lot, so Mike Sullivan's team is constantly having to open up. Philadelphia has improved in terms of chances, but the hosts have a rather weak goaltending team, so the Penguins will definitely score their couple of goals. We are waiting for a bright match and at least six goals for two.
Forecast - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.80
Betting on an individual total
The Flyers added offense and scored ten accurate shots in the last three games. The Pit's defense remains the worst in the East and regularly concedes more than three goals per game. In our opinion, the Flyers will control the course of the confrontation and will easily score at least three or four goals into the opponent's goal. Let's bet on the individual total first.
Forecast - Philadelphia's individual total is more than three goals in 2.00
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