It's time for interesting matches in the regular season of the NHL. Arizona and Los Angeles will play in the Western Conference. The meeting of these teams will take place on May 6 at 05: 00 Moscow time at the Gila River Arena. Our portal has prepared its forecast for this confrontation for you.
Arizona Coyotes»
Now the team is on the fourth line of the Western division and continues to fight for getting into the playoffs with "St. Louis". In previous matches, the team began to fail, they lost to Vegas on the road twice in a row, and before that they could not beat Los Angeles. After a fairly successful home meeting with Vegas, the Coyotes lost in overtime to the Knights in the second game, after which they could not do anything at home with Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Kings.
The Kings have not been at their best this season, failing defensively over and over again. They were able to give out a segment of victories and even jumped into the playoff zone, but they did not stay there too long, the team lacks stability, it alternates between wins and losses. Now the team is in seventh place in the division and does not qualify for the playoffs. In previous matches, they exchanged defeats on the road with Anaheim ,but were able to defeat Arizona after that.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
- Arizona - Gross (knee injury), Pitlick (lower body injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended in a 2-3 victory for Los Angeles.
- In their last five meetings, Los Angeles has lost just twice.
- Arizona has a poor two-game losing streak.
Forecast
The clear favorite in this confrontation looks like "Arizona", which continues to fight for getting into the playoffs, but fail in recent meetings. In turn, "Los Angeles" has been looking quite cheerful lately and often wins. I think that the players of "Arizona" will be able to work on the mistakes and take revenge.