The playoffs for the biggest winners of the Stanley Cup will start next night.
What is the mood of Mikko Rantanen and his partners in the opening match of the playoffs? AOP / USA TODAY Sports
The most interesting game of the day
This season’s biggest Stanley Cup favorites will start their own playoffs next night as Colorado faces Nashville and Florida Washington at home in the first quarterfinals.
What makes the NHL spring Finnish is super interesting is that in the ranks of the most potential champion candidates in the key roles Mikko Rantanen and Alexander Barkov.
In Colorado, Rantanen won his team’s Regular Series internal points exchange and Barkov was the second most powerful player in Florida. If and when Colorado and Florida succeed this spring, then the Finns will almost be in the headlines.
The most noteworthy points in the Colorado – Nashville match are Colorado’s readiness to play in the opening game and Nashville’s goalkeeper problems.
Colorado, who had already secured a regular season victory in the Western Conference, downhill the final games of the regular season with a real bump; the team lost as many as six of their last seven matches.
When it is known from the NHL, for example, that teams returning from longer match breaks are, on average, struggling in their first return match, the first real game in Colorado deserves some question mark in this situation. Personally, I don’t really believe in any start-up difficulties, but that opportunity is worth considering, especially in terms of betting.
In several of his matches, Nashville has lived to a very large extent as his Finnish goalkeeper Juuse Saroksen depends on. At least at the moment, Saros is injured and at least unable to play in the opening game of the series.
David Rittich or From Connor Ingram is by no means a substitute for Saros. If and when Saros is missing, it’s up to this to vaccinate well over Nashville’s chances of success.
The likelihood of a generous match will also increase significantly if a second or third goalkeeper plays for a Nashville goal.
The most significant assembly question mark in Colorado is Gabriel Landeskogin playing condition.
Nashville won 3-1 in the regular season (17-16). While the result is usually underestimated in the playoffs, at least I don’t expect any underpayment from this opening match.
The encounter between Florida and Washington in the regular season was also marked by abundance. Florida won two of the three games and the average goal of the matches in terms of actual playing times was as high as 8.0 goals per game.
Florida may have a defensive deficit, at least in the opening game, as it is marked on the sick list Aaron Ekblad, Radko Gudas than Markus Nutivaarakin.
Washington’s biggest assembly question mark is Alexander Ovethkin playing condition.
Colorado – Nashville starts at 4:37 a.m. and Florida – Washington starts at 2:37 p.m.
The biggest champion favorites measured by Veikkaus’ odds
1. Colorado 4.25
2. Florida 6.50
3. Calgary 8.00
4. Toronto 8.00
5. Carolina 8.25
6. Tampa Bay 16.00
7. NY Rangers 17.00
The best bet of the day
Betting on both Colorado – Nashville and Florida – Washington, the goal line has been drawn so much that the weaker one is horrible. In the Colorado match, the baseline for actual playing time is 6.5 goals and in the Florida match, 6.25 goals.
In last night’s first four quarterfinals, goals were scored at regular times of 5.5 per game, so there was no significant under-scoring compared to the regular season – a small one, of course. Not for these matches either undereita make up your mind to apply, even mutu so to speak.
In terms of winning bets, in both the Colorado – Nashville and Florida – Washington matches at current odds, I’m on the ranks of favorites rather than underdog.
In addition, Veikkaus’ offers for favorites are quite competitive compared to the rest of the market. The best game selections are Colorado -1.5 1.77 in Colorado – Nashville and a direct Florida regular time win of 1.74 in Florida – Washington.
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The total balance of the year’s games for the year: 30/50/112%
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