Waltteri Merelä has taken a place in Tampa Bay’s quality attack.
Waltteri Merela (in the middle) has performed well in the Tampa knot. PDO
The most interesting game of the day
Among the Finnish rookies in the NHL this season, the one who moved to Tampa Bay from Tappara got off to the best start Walter Merelä.
Merelä has immediately established his playing place in his team’s brake chain together Luke Glendening and By Tanner Jeannot with. There have been no power points for the foursome in Tampa’s opening two games yet, but overall Merelä’s strong moves have garnered praise.
On the night before Monday, Finnish time, Tampa will face Ottawa away, whose defense, based on the first two games, is at least not the strongest in the series. This could be a place for the opening power point of Merelä’s NHL career.
A small improvement in Merelä’s responsibility can be seen in the fact that the playing time increased from 10 minutes to 12 minutes in the last opening match against Detroit.
The beginning of Tampa’s season is overshadowed by the number one goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky injury. Second defender Jonas Johansson is far from Vasilevskiy at his best. Johansson’s save percentage against Nashville and Detroit has so far been a modest 88.9% and the goals have slipped behind an average of 4.09. Tampa can expect a challenging early season and matches with plenty of goals.
Out of Ottawa’s abundant Finnish guard, only the goalkeeper is playing at the top at the moment Joonas Korpisalo. Keeper Leevi Meriläinen is on the farm’s farm with the ECHL’s Allen Americans and defensemen Nikolas Matipalo and Lassi Thomson as well as the attacker Roby Järventie In Ottawa’s farm team, AHL’s Belleville Senators.
Ottawa’s season has started pretty much as expected; in the opener Carolina was stronger 5–3 and last time the team beat Philadelphia 5–2 at home.
Based on the first games, Ottawa is probably quite a small team, at least from the beginning of the season. In its attack, there is enough speed and hands for several chains, but the defense allowed even Philadelphia to attack with superiority very often.
Korpisalo played in Ottawa’s opening game against Carolina and most recently guarded the goal a little over a day before the Tampa game against Philadelphia Anton Forsberg. As of this writing, it is still unknown which guard will start against Tampa.
In terms of power relations, Ottawa is the favorite at home against Tampa, which is playing without Vasilevskiy.
In terms of betting, the Ottawa–Tampa Bay match has a strong smell of generosity. The strengths of both teams are currently found in the attacking game. And correspondingly, the defense/goalkeeping hasn’t really convinced yet.
A total of 15 goals have been scored in Ottawa’s first two games (expected 13.5 goals) and no less than 18 goals in Tampa’s opening games (expected 15 goals).
Even though the realized number of goals in the matches of both teams is somewhat more than the events on the field, the best bet for this is the 1.83 offered over 6.5 goals in the actual game time.
Ottawa–Tampa starts at 2:00.
The best betting tip of the day
The best betting ideas for Sunday can be found in the NFL.
The Miami Dolphins have been the second highest scoring team in the series right after the super weak defensive team Denver Broncos. In Miami’s five matches, a total of 315 points have been scored, or 63 per game.
The team’s offense is absolutely the league’s elite, but the defense showed its vulnerability, especially in the top game of the conference against the Buffalo Bills (20–48).
Now Miami will have the opportunity to spoil their fans with a high-scoring match at home again, when the Carolina Panthers, the bottom team of the National conference, will meet.
The Panthers have lost all five of their games this season and have already allowed 144 points (29 per game) against their defense. However, the team’s attack is quite competent and capable of scoring. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the Miami–Carolina match turned out to be quite a point celebration.
There are many possible game selections for the match (e.g. Miami’s points, the entire match touchdowns), but I conservatively end up with the points of the entire match in the tip. The offered line of 47.5 points seems a bit low and you can try this over with a factor of 1.87.
Miami Dolphins–Carolina Panthers starts at 20:00.
Games of the day: Miami Dolphins – Carolina Panthers over 47.5 (odds 1.87).
The total balance of the day’s games for the year: 100/178/97%
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