Anaheim Ducks vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction: Expect a lot of pucks

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on November 8. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Anaheim is one of the weakest teams in the league in recent years, which did not even think about making the playoffs. Moreover, at the end of the last regular season, the Ducks went on a 12-game losing streak, demonstrating their terrible form. That attitude carried over to the new season, where the Californians scored only two points in five starts, beating Carolina 6:3. It looked like they would continue to flounder in the underdog group. Still, the Black and Orange beat Columbus 3:2, Boston 4:3, Philadelphia 7:4, Pittsburgh 4:3, Arizona 4:3, and Vegas 4:2 the day before. That run put Anaheim in sixth place in the Western Conference standings.

Pittsburgh still has a lot of game problems, which will be extremely difficult to cope with as the season progresses. We can hardly expect global progress from the age leaders playing at a decent level, but that is not enough to solve big problems. At the same time, they started the current regular season not so badly, winning two victories in three initial meetings. Still, then there was a bad stretch, during which they scored only two points in six games, being stronger than Colorado - 4:0. The series of failures managed to interrupt the previous day when the Black-and-Yellow destroyed on the road San Jose - 10:2. Still, they remain last in the Eastern Conference standings.

More recently, the entire California trio has been living in the basement of the Western Conference standings with no cup prospects. The Kings were the first to decide to get rid of their status as the league's underdogs, and now the Ducks intend to do the same. The team had a mediocre debut in the regular season, but then they started winning, believed in themselves, and now they haven't lost points in six straight games.

Anaheim and Pittsburgh are playing fun and open hockey in the debut of the current regular season. It doesn't always produce results, but they rarely have trouble scoring. The Ducks have already had 69 shots on goal in 11 games (6.27 average per game), while the Penguins have scored and conceded 67 goals in 10 games (6.70 average per game). Moreover, in the last three head-to-head meetings, the rivals have scored three times each.