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Florida - Montreal: NHL match betting tip
Florida and Montreal will begin a new game day on March 30 on the Amerant Bank Arena ice. Paul Maurice's team continues to fight for first place in the Atlantic Division and currently tops the table. The Canadians have left the playoff zone in the East and intend to return to the top eight in the conference. The Habs haven't been showing strong results lately and they've been losing a lot. Will they be able to beat the cats? This is stated in the betting tip for the match
Command Analysis
Florida Panthers
USACurrent form
Florida regained the first place in the division and now intends to retain its leadership in the Atlantic Eight table. Paul Maurice's men occupy the third place in the conference, with 91 points after 72 games. The team from the state of the same name is only two points ahead of competitors from Tampa and Toronto, so the hosts cannot relax. The Cats can bypass Carolina to finish the regular season in second position in the East. In the second half of March, the Panthers are not doing everything right, but they started their home series with wins over Pittsburgh (4:3, B) and Utah (2:1, OT).
Alexander Barkov's squad is experiencing some problems in attack and has scored only ten accurate hits in the last six matches. Florida manages to win scoring games confidently on its own half of the ice, and Sergey Bobrovsky continues to be the undisputed number one in the Panthers. The Russian blocked 90.73% of shots and made five shutouts in 48 starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Aaron Ekblad, Dmitry Kulikov and Matthew Tkachuk will not play against Montreal.
Interesting betting trends
- Panthers win 49.1% of face-offs
- The team gets an average of 9.58 minutes of penalty time.
Montreal Canadiens
CanadaCurrent form
Montreal was very good after the break and quickly took off up the conference table. The team ended up in the top eight in the East, but now it has lost its former form and suffered five defeats in a row. The Habs dropped to ninth place, earning 75 points in 72 matches. The team from the province of Quebec has the same number of points as Columbus, but the jackets played one less match. The Canadiens are still very weak on the road and lost to St. Louis (1-6), Philadelphia (4-6) and Carolina (1-4).
Protecting the guests is more like a sieve at this point in the season. In the last five games alone, the red light outside the Montreal gate has been turned on 23 times, and both of the team's goalkeepers are in bad shape. Samuel Montembo appears on the court more often than others from the first minutes, but he does not manage to help out his partners. The Canadian has made only 89.79% of saves this season, having played four matches to zero.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kirby Dakh and Keri Price will not be able to help their partners on Sunday.
Interesting betting trends
- Montreal throws 26 times per game on average.
- The guests earn 9.14 minutes of penalty time per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In three out of four matches between the teams, the first period was productive.
1.77Bet 2nd period: "Florida" will score
The Panthers have scored in the second period in six of their last seven games.
1.32Tip and bets
Florida returned home and won both matches on its own ice. Yes, it was very difficult for the Panthers to get these victories, but they are still playing pretty well defensively at this stage of the season, although not everything works out in attack. Brad Marchand has now joined the hosts, who has already scored an assist in the match against Utah. Montreal is clearly on the decline and the hosts should take advantage of the opponent's poor form. We believe in the victory of cats and suggest betting on their victory in regular time.
Our betting tip is a Florida victory in 1.60
Betting on an individual total
Montreal plays terrible defense in the second half of March and consistently concedes in large numbers. The team from Canada is unlikely to be able to hold off the Florida attack, which is currently not playing so well offensively, but it still looks great ahead of the regular season. We believe that the hosts will be able to score at least four goals.
Betting Tip - Florida's individual total is more than 3.5 goals in 1.98
Bet on the total
We think that neither side will sit on the defensive. It will be very difficult for Montreal, but the Canadians need to move forward and earn points, because there is not much time left after the end of the regular season. Florida will be able to take advantage of its chances, but the hosts may make mistakes themselves a couple of times. We are waiting for a bright hockey game and suggest betting on a total of more goals.
Betting Tip - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.80
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