The NHL semi-finals start next night with a real treat.
Connor McDavid has it all for the Edmonton Oilers. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
The most interesting game of the day
The final matches of the NHL Western Conference are allowed to await a staggering puck celebration as the very offensive strongholds of Colorado and Edmonton collide.
Hardly even big bets prevent the joy of scoring in these matches. There are five Colorado or Edmonton players in the top ten of the current NHL playoffs. Edmonton is by far the number one Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitlwho have both broken into 12 matches powers 7 + 19 = 26!
Colorado’s powers are much more evenly distributed than Edmonton, with as many as five players at least a point per game pace.
Although the teams are both very offensive, the solutions to the match series may still be found in the defense sectors.
The goalkeepers on either team don’t actually garner much confidence, though of course as well as Colorado Darcy Kuemper that Edmonton Mike Smith have done quite well in the playoffs in the light of statistics (Kuemper 92.1% and Smith 91.5%).
However, Smith, on the other hand, repeatedly gets a lot of harsh suits, and the movement does not quite meet the qualification requirements of a first-class goalkeeper. The team of the less successful goalkeeper will take advantage here.
In addition, Colorado must have a clear advantage over Edmonton in the offensive power of the defenders. The oil men have no equivalent to the best puck defender in the entire series Cale Makarille. Makar is Nathan MacKinnonin in addition to a player worth watching from the Colorado team. On Edmonton’s internal playoff point exchange, Leon Draisaitl is tied with Connor McDavid. Without underestimating any German, McDavid is everything to Edmonton – a player who, if successful, can keep his team in the game on his own.
A very delicious observer is also the uproar who moved to Edmonton in the spring Evander Kane. Kane has – less surprisingly – succeeded almost completely as a sniper in Edmonton, leading the entire NHL playoffs with an overwhelming 12 goals. If anything, Kane’s role in Edmonton is matched by the classic phrase Keep it simple.
The Finnish vibration in the series is increased by the fact that Artturi Lehkonen has risen to Mikko Rantanen in addition to a significant role in the Colorado business units. With his four goals, Lehkonen is already the fourth best scorer in his team in the playoffs this spring. Rantanen, on the other hand, is 1 + 10 on his team’s internal playoff exchange Nelonen.
In Edmonton Mikko Koskinen has fallen to second place behind Mike Smith in the pecking order of the goalkeepers – it remains to be seen how much Smith will keep Koskinen from having a chance. Also Jesse in Puljujärvi has had difficulty finding his role on a slightly uneven team.
In terms of lineups, the only significant missing in some way is Colorado Samuel Girard. In addition, Colorado goalkeeper Kuemper and Edmonton’s Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse.
In terms of power relations, Edmonton’s good grip on Calgary causes some turbulence to make estimates. Before the playoffs, this pair would have been a clear oatmeal for Colorado, but now Edmonton has to leave some sort of realistic surprise role.
The team’s game has balanced and improved a lot on the scale of the season Jay Woodcroft under the authority of the If Smith has found some secret source of youth and is able to beat Kuemper in a goalie battle, then Edmonton is a dangerous opponent for Colorado.
Before the opening game, the match series should be approached as a series of quite high variance. The opening encounter between Colorado and Edmonton will start next night at 3.07.
The best bet of the day
Bet on the Colorado – Edmonton series, and especially its opening match is as slippery as a bar of soap. In terms of goals, in fact, all the factors refer to a rich goal match or matches. The absolute strengths of the teams can be found in offensive play and the defenses and goalkeepers, respectively, are at least question marks.
Still, it is worth noting that, for example, two of the three mutual encounters in the regular season were minor (Denver 2–2 March and Edmonton 1–1 April). Normally, the psyche goes so that as the importance of matches increases, so do the number of goals.
In Colorado and Edmonton matches, this may not be the case, as it is not really advantageous for both to build on a defensive defense, but on the contrary, the threat of attack is what both are likely to imagine to be ringing.
A goal line of 6.5 goals for the actual game time of the opening match would “normally” be worth the hint below the option with a odds of 1.85, but for this Colorado and Edmonton game it is not a hint.
For example, the goals for Edmonton’s away matches in the playoffs this spring have so far been 10, 4, 6, 15, 8 and 8 goals. In addition, the average of 8.5 wild goals per match has matched the goals expected by those games (8.2 goals per match).
In Colorado’s home games, an average of 5.0 goals have been scored in the playoffs, with a goal expectation of 6.3 goals. Now, those readings have reason to wait even because of the weak goalkeeper of the rising opponent and probably the fast-paced nature of the matches.
As whimsical as it sounds in the semi-finals, abundance is more of a hint than insignificance. For the winner, a 1.75 odds of Colorado’s actual playing time feels like the best choice.
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