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Islanders - Montreal: NHL match betting tip
The Islanders and Montreal will play in New York on March 21. Both teams have won their last matches and intend to continue winning. The Habs are trying to gain a foothold in the top eight in the East, and the Islanders are only trying to get close to the Canadian positions. The meeting on the UBS Arena ice will be extremely important from the point of view of the tournament position. This season, the teams met with each other twice and exchanged home quizzes. How will it be this time? Read the betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
New York Islanders
USACurrent form
Isles returned to the fight for the playoffs and rose to the tenth position in the East. The New York team is only three points away from the top eight, with 70 points after 67 starts. The islanders played very poorly in February, but they managed to improve their position in March. Before returning home, Patrick Roy's team beat Pittsburgh (4:2), and before that they won an important victory from the point of view of psychology over Florida (4:2).
The hosts had big problems in terms of implementing the moments throughout the regular season. The Islanders remain the least-scoring team in the conference, but they're doing much better on the other side of the ice right now. In the last two games, the Orange scored eight goals, and Anders Lee remains the club's top scorer. The American scored 46 points (25+21) in the goal+pass system and is the only home player among the hundred most productive hockey players in the league.
Disqualifications and injuries
Matt Barzal, Adam Boqvist and Semyon Varlamov will not be able to participate in the upcoming meeting. Alexander Romanov's condition is in question.
Interesting betting trends
- Islanders win 54.7% of face-offs
- The hosts earn only 5.49 minutes of penalty time per match.
Montreal Canadiens
CanadaCurrent form
Montreal is serious about making the playoffs this season and is doing everything necessary to do so. The team from the province of Quebec is in eighth place in the conference, having scored 73 points in 67 starts. The guests should not relax, because they are only one point ahead of the Rangers, but the cops have played two more matches. The Habs returned in great shape after the break and have lost only one game in regular time since the beginning of February. The Canadiens beat Florida (3-1) and Ottawa (6) at home.:3) before going to New York.
The team under the mentorship of Martin Saint-Louis is playing great on offense at this stage of the season. In the last four games, Montreal scored 17 goals, while scoring at least four times in each of the matches. Nick Suzuki is very good and is the captain of the team for a reason. The forward has earned 70 points in the current regular season (21+49) and is constantly involved in scoring attacks.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kirby Dakh, Kayden Gule and Corey Price will not come with the team to New York.
Interesting betting trends
- Montreal gets 8.88 minutes of penalty time per match
- The Habs throw only 26 times on average per game.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 goals
In three of the four matches involving Montreal, the first period was productive.
1.823rd periodbet: Islanders will score
The Islas have scored in the third period in the last three games.
1.45Tip and bets
New York is considered the favorite of the upcoming confrontation, but we cannot agree with this point of view. The Islanders literally saved themselves in the last two games, scoring four goals each in the third period. In general, the current form of Patrick Roy's team can be called quite average. Montreal, on the other hand, lost only one game in regular time after the break and was very good in all aspects. We think that the Canadians will be stronger than their opponent and score two important points. Let's play a bet on winning the second one with a zero handicap.
Our prediction is that Montreal willwinwith an Asian handicap (0) in 2.12
Betting on an individual total
The Islanders are the worst offensively in the East and are scoring a modest 2.73 goals this season. Montreal is not bad on its half of the ice and rarely fails defensively, even in the absence of Corey Price. On average, the visitors miss more than three times per match, but now they should not allow more than two accurate shots on their possessions.
The betting tip is the Islanders' individual total of less than three goals in 1.70
Bet on the total
The islanders try to play defensively, and very rarely do matches involving Patrick Roy's team turn out to be really spectacular. Montreal will have to adjust to an opponent who will impose his game. We believe that the meeting will not be bright and will not please the stands with a large number of goals. We're betting on a total of fewer goals.
Betting Tip - total less than 5.5 goals in 1.90
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