The long-awaited NHL season has begun. In the battle of two teams with opposite tasks for the season, Tampa Bay and Arizona will meet. The duel of these teams will take place on October 29 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, despite the failure in the opening games of the championship. In the last match, although without Kucherov, we managed to defeat Pittsburgh 1:5 on the road.
Arizona Coyotes
After a disastrous season, the team had a very controversial offseason. The Coyotes managed to sign a few good performers, besides, the goalie line was completely updated, but this would rather be a big minus for the team, given the level of newcomers. "Arizona" failed the start of the season, losing in all matches, and in the last game on the road they could not do anything with "Florida", losing 5-3.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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Tampa Bay -Bogosian (back injury), Seabrook (shoulder injury), Kucherov (upper body injury).
Arizona - Galchenyuk (lower body injury), Hutton (upper body injury), Timmins (upper body injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with a 7-3 victory for Arizona.
- Tampa Bay has won only twice in its last five meetings.
- Arizona has a bad streak of six consecutive defeats.
Forecast
Tampa Bay looks like a clear favorite in this confrontation, which has a stronger squad and plays extremely confidently and consistently in attack, which we have seen in all matches since the start of the season. Arizona has problems in all lines, especially in defense, the Coyotes miss the most, so the hosts should take the victory here.