The Pelicans surprised KooKoo in the first game of the quarterfinals.
Ville Meskanen will return to KooKoo’s lineup on Monday. Tero Wester / AOP
The most interesting game of the day
The KooKoo–Pelicans quarterfinal series got added tension from the result of the opening game. The Pelicans stole the opening game with a 1–0 overtime victory Johannes Johannesen with a goal, although KooKoo took the shots of the match 69–38 and the expected goal 2.3–1.8.
The people of Lahti were able to keep the picture of the game reasonably compact and with few goals, and the rest was taken care of in the playoffs with statistics of 97.48% / 0.71 / -9.29 (!!) Patrik Bartosak.
KooKoo was not necessarily at his best in the opening game because of the match break below. For the second match, KooKoon can basically be expected to improve and get his speed mill going.
In addition, on the lineup front, the people of Kouvola are getting significantly stronger when the team’s best scorer in the regular season Ville Meskanen will join the playing crew. Meskanen replaces the one who is completely absent in the first chain Tomas Mazuran.
The number one thing today is form Veeti Miettinen–Miska Siikonen– Meskanen. In defense Ville Puhakka replace Kalle Loponen and Joona Riekkinen by Joseph Berger. Jiri Pärssinen rises to standstill.
The Pelicans get to continue their playoff games with exactly the same lineup as they played on Saturday in Kouvola. However, the optimistic Lahti people lack strikers Joona Kumpula, Lukas Zetterberg and Patrik Carlsson and defender Daniel Nieminen.
Even though the Pelicans’ defense has so far worked perfectly against both JYP and KooKoo, there is still some deduction to be made from those absences.
Pelicans–KooKoo starts at 18:30.
The best betting tip of the day
In terms of betting, I myself lean towards KooKoo. I think the team will be better able to crush the Pelicans’ defense during the game.
In addition, Meskanen, who hit 23+26=49 in the regular season, certainly brings additional power to KooKoo’s attack compared to the opening game.
The 2.25 multiplier of Veikkaus’ actual game time win for KooKoo is by far the highest on the market and as such, with an estimate of 45%, even a meager multiplier.
Games of the day: Pelicans–KooKoo 2 (odds 2.25).
The total balance of the day’s games for the year: 46/73/116%
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