It's time for interesting matches in the regular season of the NHL. Ottawa and Carolina will meet in a modest duel. The game of these teams will take place on January 28 at 03:00 Moscow time at the Canadian Thayer Center Arena. Our portal has prepared its forecast for this confrontation for you.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators started in the championship quite confidently, exchanging home victories with Toronto, although recently a series of defeats has gone. "Ottawa" shows itself poorly in defense, misses a lot and plays with a clear bias in attack. In the last recent one, the Senators managed to break a series of failures by beating Columbus on the road, after which there was a home victory against Buffalo 5-0.
Carolina Hurricanes
A good game of the Hurricanes at the start was promoted by an updated defensive line, which became more reliable, well, it was not without a great game of the attacking leaders, Anderson also looked good. "Carolina" has recently given out an excellent series of victories, showing bright attacking hockey, and in the last match it was possible to beat Vegas at home in overtime in a hard fight.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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Ottawa - White (shoulder injury), Pinto (lower body injury), Zaitsev (heel injury), Saburin (illness), Baterson (ankle injury).
"Karolina" - Martinuk (illness).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with the victory of "Ottawa" with a score of 2:3.
- Ottawa has a good streak of two consecutive wins.
- In their last five matches, Carolina has lost only once.
Forecast
The clear favorite in this confrontation looks like "Carolina", which has a more stellar composition and is now in good shape. On the side of "Ottawa" there will be an advantage of the home court, which will give motivation, but there are a lot of injured people in the team, which can negatively affect the game. I think the victory will still go to the guests.