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Carolina - Buffalo: NHL match betting tip
Carolina will host Buffalo on February 28. Rod Brindamore's men have dropped back to fifth place in the conference, but are only a few points away from second place. The Sabres are closing the Eastern table and are gradually losing their real chances of making the playoffs this season. In mid-January, the bison sensationally beat the hurricanes on their ice, and they did it quite confidently. Will the Hurricanes take revenge? This is stated in the betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Carolina Hurricanes
USACurrent form
Carolina was recently in second place in the conference, but now it has seriously slowed down and dropped to fifth place in the East. Rod Brindamore's team scored 70 points after 58 matches and caught a slump again after a strong January. The hosts have lost five out of six games this month, with Kanes suffering two away defeats after a break. They were defeated in Toronto (3:5), and two days later they lost dry to Montreal (0:4). The Hurricanes didn't create much on their own against the Canadiens, but their defensive play let them down. After returning home, the situation should change, because it is in Raleigh that the Hurricanes show their best hockey.
Frederik Andersen takes the ice at the start every other match and has 90.34% 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 held 35 meetings this season, but the Russian was able to repel a modest 90.29% of attacks on his possessions.
Mikko Rantanen scored only three points after transferring from Colorado and hasn't been pleasing fans with a bright game for a long time. The Finnish forward scored 67 goals (26+41) and beat Sebastian Aho (20+36) by 11 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, hurricanes carry out 18 power techniques
Karolina doesn't play hardball, so you rarely see a lot of strength in her performance.
Buffalo Sabres
USACurrent form
Buffalo is trying to get out of last place in the conference table. The Blades have a modest 53 points after 56 starts, and they are two points behind even the 15th-ranked Pittsburgh, but they have as many as four meetings in reserve. The situation for the guests looks bad and it seems that the chances of getting into the playoffs are extremely low. The Sabres had a long losing streak, which ended only closer to the new year. Since the beginning of February, the bison have seriously improved and now the blades have six wins in seven starts. After the break, they played at home and confidently beat the Rangers (8:2), and a few days later they turned out to be better than the Ducks from Anaheim (3:2).
The guests can't seem to get things right on the defensive. Buffalo had conceded 15 goals in the previous five games, with the last time the red light outside the visitors' goal turned on less than twice since January 10. James Reimer only recently joined the new team, but it didn't help the blades. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen remains the main goalkeeper of the guests, but now he is not showing his best game. The Finn scored only 89.57% of his deflected shots.
Teige Thompson (28+23) and Rasmus Dahlin (9+37) remain the leaders of the visitors' attack. Alex Tuck (20+24), Jason Peterka (16+27) and Jason Zucker (18+26) scored 40 points and, in general, Buffalo's attack does not depend on the actions of one player or another. The blades enjoy playing team hockey and are always ready to back each other up in case of unexpected injuries.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the guest leaders will arrive in Raleigh this Friday.
Interesting betting trends
- Buffalo gets 9.38 minutes of penalty time per match
The team is not very disciplined this season and is often eliminated more than five times.
- Blades allow opponents to throw 28 times on average per game.
The guests play as the second number and rarely throw their opponents over.
Trends
Bet1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In 7 of the last 13 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 six of their last nine games.
1.33Tip and bets
The Hurricanes lost the first two matches after the break with a total score of 3:10. Rod Brindamore's men didn't play well in their own half of the court and didn't score too many goals, and they didn't score at all in the last game in Canada. At home, Carolina plays a completely different hockey game and rarely allows opponents to freely enter the zone. Buffalo got in good shape and scored two solid wins on home ice. However, it will be very difficult for the bison to win or at least earn points in the Role. We think Jordan Staal's squad will take revenge for their defeat in January. We offer a bet on winning first with a negative handicap.
Our prediction is that Carolina will win with an Asian handicap (-1) in 1.87
Betting on an individual total
Karolina misses a lot in February, but it can't go on indefinitely. Frederik Andersen returned to the ranks quite a long time ago, and Pyotr Kochetkov has been added since the beginning of the year. Buffalo implements its chances well, but it will be incredibly difficult for the guests to score at least three times in the Role. We believe that the hosts will not concede more than two goals.
The betting tip is that Buffalo's individual total is less than 2.5 goals per 1.75
Bet on the total
In mid-January, the rivals scored six times between the two and generally did not try to restrain each other. In the Role, everything should be different, because the Hurricanes play on their ice with an eye on their own goal. Buffalo is not so good ahead on the road and this month the Blades have added in terms of reliability. In our opinion, the duel between the teams will not be too bright. Let's place a bet on the total less.
Betting Tip - total less than six goals in 1.77
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