"Pittsburgh" will meet on its site with "Vegas" in the next match of the regular season of the National Hockey League. LiveResult.Ru evaluates the teams' chances of success.
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pennsylvania club is ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference table. Mike Sullivan's team played 23 regular season games this season and scored 26 points. However, the last two games have been unsuccessful for the Penguins. First they lost to Toronto (1:4), and then they failed to cope with Carolina (2:3 FROM). In the meeting with the Hurricanes, the hosts opened the scoring already in the 5th minute (Sidney Crosby scored), and then went away from defeat in regular time thanks to Jake Guentzel's goal in the last minute. But in overtime, luck was still on the opponent's side.
Vegas Golden Knights
The Knights played the previous regular season match on November 29. On this day, Bruce Cassidy's team defeated Columbus on the road (3:2 B). The guests scored two goals in the first period — William Karlsson and William Carrie scored. After that, the opponent seized the initiative and walked away from defeat in regular time, but in the shootout, luck was on the side of Vegas. This season, the Knights played 24 games in the regular season and scored 35 points. They are ranked first in the West and are four points ahead of their nearest rival.
Statistics and figures:
- Bookmakers consider Pittsburgh the favorite of the match.
- In the last face—to-face meetings, the Penguins have won five, the Knights three.
- The previous game ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of Pittsburgh.
Forecast
In my opinion, the game will not please the fans with a large number of goals. This was the case in two of the three matches involving teams in Pennsylvania.
