Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings Prediction: Betting on the home team

Prediction for the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings match, which will take place on December 29. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

From time to time, the Penguins have a bright and productive streak, and sometimes they suddenly fall apart, allowing a long series of losses. Now theн are doing quite well as in the last ten games; they lost only once to Carolina - 2:3, once they lost to the same Hurricanes but in overtime - 3:4, and in eight cases, they celebrated victories. Such a quality run allowed the Black and Yellow to reach fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Detroit was an outsider of the NHL, going through a complex rebuilding process with several other clubs in the league. This season, they should be one of the first to finally be able to step in again for the playoffs, as the young roster has already had time to play and gain experience. They had an excellent start to the regular season and claimed a spot in the top 8, but suddenly had a crisis in December that left them without a win in seven straight games. Their losing streak was interrupted the day before by a 7:4 victory over Tampa Bay, and now Detroit is only tenth in the East.

Pittsburgh and Detroit have been principled opponents since the final series from the decade before last, but lately, this rivalry is not so tense, as Red Wings noticeably slowed down, going through times of rebuilding. However, Malkin, Crosby, and Letang are still in the line. Last season the Penguins showed the real difference in a class by beating their last two opponents 11:2 and 7:2 in their previous two head-to-head meetings. Now the Black and Yellow are the favorites, so we need to bet on the victory of Pittsburgh with the odds about 1.78.

We have already noted that Pittsburgh has recently been scoring against Detroit a lot. In the four previous personal meetings, the Penguins scored 25 pucks (6.25 average per game). In the upcoming battle, they will have a chance to maintain this statistic, as the opponents have conceded 18 pucks (4.50 average per game). On this basis, the optimal variant for the prediction seems to be an individual total of Pittsburgh over 3.5 pucks at odds close to 2.00, and separately we should bet on the total over 0.5 points of Jason Zaker for 1.95.

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