The next game day of the NHL season starts with an interesting match between New Jersey and Arizona. The start of the game of these teams is scheduled for January 20 at 03:00 Moscow time. Our portal has prepared its forecast for this confrontation for you.
New Jersey Devils
New Jersey continues to believe in the progress of its youth, which is noticeably gaining momentum and is already bringing the team a good result. After a good start, the Devils gave out a disastrous series of defeats, and recently the Devils began to fail often in defense again. On the road, New Jersey gave out a failed series, losing in a hard struggle to Columbus and the Islanders.
Arizona Coyotes
"Arizona" failed the preseason and the start of the season, losing in almost all matches. At the same time, the level of play of the Coyotes is extremely weak, and now injuries do not allow them to show the proper level. Several seasons must pass for the Coyotes to regain a high level of play. While the team alternates wins and losses, and in the last match beat Montreal at home with a score of 5:2.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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New Jersey - Wood (upper body injury), Schmid (illness), Thompson (arm injury), Hisher (upper body injury), Bernier (neck injury), Kuokkanen (illness).
Arizona - Timmins (knee injury), Hutton (lower body injury), Yashkin (upper body injury), Dzingel (lower body injury), Capobianco (illness), Chichran (lower body injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with a 1:2 victory for New Jersey.
- New Jersey has a bad streak of two consecutive defeats.
- Arizona has won only twice in its last five matches.
Forecast
It is difficult to single out a favorite in this match, because both teams do not have stability. New Jersey has a stronger squad, but is in bad shape right now. The leaders of New Jersey are failing now, and the team has a lot of injuries. "Arizona" is the main outsider of the league in this, so I believe in the victory of the hosts.