The long-awaited NHL season has begun. In the battle of two powerful teams, we are waiting for an interesting confrontation between Tampa Bay and Colorado. The meeting of these teams will take place on October 24 at 02:00 Moscow time at the Amali Arena. Our portal offers you its forecast for the outcome of this meeting.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Many important players lost the Lightning in the offseason, which significantly weakened the depth of the squad, and undermined reliability and safety margin. But we managed to keep all our leaders and rejuvenate a little. Nevertheless, Tampa Bay will once again be one of the main favorites of the season, as shown by the opening games of the championship, where they have already managed to get two wins. However, in the last match, the Lightning lost to Florida on their site with a score of 1:4.
Colorado Avalanche
"Colorado" did not strengthen in the offseason, lost its main goalkeeper and a number of strong defensive players. It will be hard for the avalanches to surpass the success of last year, although they started quite cheerfully, beating Chicago in the first match, but after that there was a protracted series of defeats. In their last match, the Avalanches lost 4-1 to Florida without a chance on the road, showing a weak defensive game.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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Tampa Bay -Bogosian (back injury), Seabrook (shoulder injury), Foote (finger injury).
Colorado - French (upper body injury), Taves (shoulder injury), Nichushkin (lower body injury), Matto (leg injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with a 3-4 victory for Tampa Bay.
- Tampa Bay has lost only twice in its last five meetings.
- Colorado has a bad streak of three consecutive defeats.
Forecast
It is difficult to single out a favorite in this game, because both teams have strong lineups. Tampa Bay is not always reliable in defense, but it is extremely confident and stable in attack, which we have seen in all the matches since the start of the season. Carolina also has a powerful attack, the team throws a lot, but at the start of the season it looks uncertain. I think the hosts will win.
