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St. Louis - Anaheim: NHL match betting tip
As part of the NHL championship, a meeting between St. Louis and Anaheim will take place on March 17. Bookmakers prefer the owners of the site in this confrontation, although recently they have looked no better than their counterpart. The teams met with each other just a week ago, and then the match was held in an intense struggle and ended with the victory of the Blues with a minimal advantage. Will the Ducks take revenge? What should I bet on? Look for answers in our betting tip
Command Analysis
St. Louis Blues
USACurrent form
St. Louis is very close to returning to the playoff zone. The team currently sits on the tenth line of the Western Conference and is separated from the top eight by just a couple of points. However, she is hampered by instability throughout the season. She is able to beat a powerful opponent, but literally in the next match she may lose to a clear outsider of the championship.
That is why, as a rule, the notes do without long winning streaks and alternate successful matches with defeats. Recall that after defeating Anaheim (4:3), they lost on the road to Los Angeles (1:2) and Pittsburgh (3:5), but in the final confrontation with Minnesota the day before, they still celebrated success with a score of 5:1. Jordan Kairu showed an incredibly cool game in that meeting, who scored a hat-trick, greatly interrupting his two-match streak without effective actions.
We emphasize that if the Blues play more or less well in attack and skillfully use their moments, then, for example, they miss out in the minority on a regular basis. So, today the club has 71.3% neutralization of the majority of the opponent and ranks 29th in the league according to this indicator.
Disqualifications and injuries
Krug and Pareiko will not be able to participate in the upcoming meeting due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
- St. Louis gets an average of 6.93 minutes of penalty time per match.
- On average, 27 shots are scored on the opponent's goal.
Anaheim Ducks
USACurrent form
Anaheim is one of the outsiders of the Western Conference, but it is now in the 12th position of the standings and is literally eight points behind the playoff zone, so with proper efforts it can qualify for the top eight. However, it is difficult to imagine such a development in the current situation, since before that the ducks were completely unstable and managed to get by with rare, single victories.
Not so long ago, the team defeated the Islanders (4:1) on its ice, after which it lost to Washington (4:7) and went to visit Utah, which it lost with a score of 2:3. Despite this, in the final confrontation with Nashville, the Ducks celebrated Victoria with a score of 2:1 and We got off with just one missed puck. By the way, they scored only 15 shots in the match against the Predators, but that was enough for them to score two goals and bring the matter to a victorious end.
Greg Cronin's squad plays in this style throughout the season. In many meetings, she has performance problems and expects to miss as little as possible, so she gets most of the victories with minimal advantage in the score.
Disqualifications and injuries
Suhanek, McGinn, Gibson, Colangelo, Johnston and Fabbri will not participate in the upcoming match.
Interesting betting trends
- Anaheim wins according to statistics 44.3% of face-offs
- On average, Anaheim gets 8.29 minutes of penalty time per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period turned out to be productive.
1.85Bet 2nd period: the guests will score
In three out of five matches against the Blues, the guests scored goals in the second period.
1.57Tip and bets
Anaheim is capable of claiming points in this confrontation. The Ducks had previously looked no worse than their counterpart and scored wins with exactly the same frequency as the Blues did. In addition, the last meeting between the clubs was held in a tense struggle and ended with a minimal advantage of the home team, so there is a high probability that this time the Ducks will still be able to bring the matter to overtime.
Prediction - Anaheim wins with Asian handicap (+1) on goals in 1.75
Betting on an individual total
Anaheim often relies on indoor hockey and tries to miss as little as possible. In the previous three meetings out of four, the Ducks also conceded no more than three goals. St. Louis, by the way, has also failed to score four times in three out of five matches. Ducks, on the whole, neutralize threats at their gates quite well, and notes often have difficulty realizing moments in matches with similar opponents.
We're betting on St. Louis' individual total of less than 3.5 goals for 1.60
Bet on the total total
Previous matches involving Anaheim were not particularly spectacular and often ended with five or fewer goals scored. It's far from a fact that the Blues, after a long away series, will also want to play hockey on opposite courses. Most likely, the teams will act with an eye on their own goal and not allow each other to create a large number of dangerous moments.
We take a total of less than 5.5 pucks for 2.00
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