Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen has continued his point production that started in Tampere also behind the bat.
Mikko Rantanen is in top form. PDO
The most interesting game of the day
Colorado, which beat Columbus twice in Tampere, has continued its success on the other side of the Atlantic as well and is now on a streak of four straight wins after a lackluster start to the season. The undisputed architect of Colorado’s rise has been the Finnish striker of the first chain Mikko Rantanen.
The ex-Turku native has conjured almost unimaginable 6+6=12 powers in his previous four matches. Rykäisy has already raised Rantanen to fourth in the points market of the entire series with 10+13=23 catches in 13 matches. They have played only three more matches before Connor McDavid (15+17), Leon Draisaitl (9+19) and David Pastrnak (9+16).
For Colorado, the number one offensive chain (Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen) has come to the point where the game falls into place, because of the team’s scoring lines and Gabriel Landeskog that Valery Nichushkin are currently out of games due to injuries. They are also good at defending and can support attacking play Bowen Byram and Samuel Girard are missing from the lineup. Quite a few teams would be in trouble without such a strong foursome.
Colorado and coaching the team for the seventh year by Jared Bednar the absolute strength in recent seasons has been the fact that the style of play can be varied effectively from a winning attack to a winning defense. Especially in these situations, where the team clearly lacks attacking power due to injuries and also Nazem Kadri and by André Burakovsky because of the departures, then the variation of the playing style enables continued success.
The team doesn’t go into a long-term panic when the roster of power players narrows down, but then they just kick their own ass more. For Colorado’s third Finnish forward Sampo Ranta the number of injuries in the team has meant the opportunity to play at the top. Next night’s home game against St.Louis will be Ranta’s third game this season. Will Ranta manage to open his NHL points account in the 13th game of his career?
The most significant observation about St.Louis is that the team is one of the biggest losers in the early season of the NHL. The team that was predicted to be in the upper middle class before the season has clearly scored the fewest goals in the entire series; 31 hits in 13 games (2.4 per game). When at the same time neither of the goalkeepers (Jordan Binnington 89.5% / 3.19 and Thomas Greiss 89.9% / 3.78) has not really excelled, the ranking as second last in the Western Conference is no wonder.
Potential Craig Beruben coached team has much better. A little attention should also be paid to the fact that St.Louis now has two consecutive victories under his belt; San Jose 5–3 and Vegas 3–2; upswing in the air? According to Moneypuck.com’s statistics, the St.Louis Blues have also underperformed by more than ten goals at the level of the entire season.
Colorado’s injury situation should be taken into account when evaluating the strength of the match. The first chain cannot carry the team to victory alone in every game. When the St.Louis Blues have also shown signs of awakening in their last couple of games, I consider Veikkaus’ odds scale of 1.80/4.45/3.50 for this game to be too Colorado-friendly. Colorado–St.Louis Blues starts at 4:00.
The best betting tip of the day
In terms of betting, it doesn’t seem particularly attractive to bet against the Stanley Cup champion who is on a winning streak, but the best betting options for the Colorado–St.Louis Blues match can still be found on the underdog side. The best line this time is Blues+0.75, a bit unorthodox for hockey, with a coefficient of 1.85. Here, half of the bet is returned if Colorado wins the match in regular time by only one goal.
From early bets on the games, it is worth taking the double of the goers from the World Cup of football. Both Denmark (1.36) and Uruguay (1.46) receive from Veikkaus the highest odds in the world for advancing from their groups in a very competitive market. When both countries also taste sporty, it’s worth taking the offer. I also see some kind of fall risk with both coefficients. Individual searches would be a bit boring, but as a double (several brokers do not allow these to be played as doubles) it’s nice to have a multiplier of almost two. My estimate for Denmark’s progression is about 75% and Uruguay’s is about 70%, and the double limit factor is thus something like 1.90.
Today’s games: World Cup 2022 – Group D – Advance, Denmark (1.36) x World Cup 2022 – Group H – Advance, Uruguay (1.46). (Total coefficient 1.99)
Total balance of the day’s games for the year: 64/107/108%
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