Utah – Boston. Forecast and bets for the NHL match (October 20, 2024)

Current Form

Andre Tourigny’s wards retained the core of Arizona in their composition and, together with the leaders of the Coyotes, began preparations for their first ever season. Utah looked good in the preparatory games and won five of seven matches before the regular season. The hosts won the debut meeting, beating Chicago (5:2) in Salt Lake. The newcomers took four points from New York, quite sensationally beating the Islanders (5:4, OT) and the Rangers (6:5, OT). Then the club from the USA started having problems. Clayton Keller‘s team lost to the local Devils in Newark (0:3), and then lost to the Ducks in Anaheim (4:5, OT). Now the “black and blue” occupy fourth place in the West, gaining seven points in five starts.

So far, Utah has been performing well offensively and is averaging four goals per game. The team’s current leading scorer is Clayton Keller, who made seven assists (4+3). As for defense, the debutants do not look the best in defense. Starting goalkeeper Connor Ingram saved just 86.78% of shots. Now he has a reliability coefficient of 3.88 goals per game.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nick Bjugstad, Sean Durzi and John Marino will not help their teammates against Boston. Perhaps Robert Bortuzzo will take part in the game.

Interesting betting trends

• Utah’s opponents block more than 19 shots per game on average.

The hosts try to shoot from any position and the opposing defenders regularly block the newcomers’ attempts to hit the target

• Debutants win 52.6% of face-offs

The centers of Andre Tourigny’s team are performing well at the point so far and winning most of the face-offs.