Ovechkin is slowly but surely climbing the all-time NHL scorer list. In this regard, questions to the leader of this rating, the legendary striker Wayne Gretzky, have become more frequent.

So, recently the Russian forward "Washington Capitals" in a match with "Ottawa Senators" issued a double and went to a clean eighth place in the list of the best NHL snipers.

Gretsky stated: “We all see how it opens in its place. Everyone knows the puck will be there. And so it happens. And he doesn't miss."

The legendary ex-hockey player also noted teamwork: “They work great together. Beckström knows he's the point guard and Ovi is the finisher."

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Sibir hosts Avtomobilist at home in this KHL match in the Eastern Conference. These clubs are located in neighboring places in the middle of the standings. Although the difference between them is six points. Sibir is in fifth position with 63 points. And Avtomobilist with 69 points in the asset is on the fourth line. These teams also have the same statistics of the last five meetings. So, both of them first won, then lost twice and won again twice.

Due to almost equal positions in the table of the East, BC Fonbet gives absolutely the same odds for the victory of both teams in this meeting - 2.53. But on their draw in regular time, you can bet with a quote of 3.75. The bookmaker's analysts consider 1:1 and 2:2 to be the most probable score in regular time. On them, they give odds of 12.00 and 9.00, respectively.

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Teams from two different KHL conferences will meet today. CSKA, which is in the lead in the table of the West, will play away to Kunlun from the East. Muscovites have 82 points in their assets and are five points ahead of SKA from second place. And "Kunlun" with 57 points in the asset is located on the seventh line in its table. CSKA had a winning streak of six matches, until it lost to Amur in the last round of the KHL. And "Kunlun" of the last five matches had first two victories, and then three defeats.

Bookmakers obviously believe that the CSKA will win this match. The coefficient for winning CSKA from Fonbet is 1.28. But the success of the hosts in this match is estimated by analysts at 9.10. You can bet on a draw with a quote of 6.05. Also, the bookmaker gives a coefficient of 13.00 to the account 1:2 or 0:3 in this meeting. And at the expense of 1:3, the quote is even lower - 11.00.

Pittsburgh is back on horseback. The infirmary is almost empty and the Penguins have won 10 of their last 11 matches. Only Chicago was underestimated at home and lost 3-5 in a shootout. Such agility allowed the team to rise to 4th place in the Eastern Conference.

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles survived. Having a pretty decent, but completely unbalanced composition, the “kings” are already in last place in the overall renulary table. In the last match, even Ottawa managed to lose at home, which had only 5 wins in 20 away matches before the match against L-A. Lose "Kings" in 5 of the last 7 matches.

Forecast

Xom Pittsburgh will not be superfluous to insure in this match, especially since the proposed odds allow you to do this painlessly. As for tb 4.5. The current Pittsburgh required to pass the rate of 5 goals able to score on their own. In the last match he scored 7 goals. In the previous Florida, he scored 5 goals. Before that, although Chicago lost, it scored 3 goals. A little earlier, Winnepeg scored 4, and before that Detroit 5, St. Louis 6, and the Rangers scored 7 pieces. And all this in the last 8 matches, “Pigvins” have done. In 43 games, Pittsburgh scored 159 goals. only 3 teams in the league have more. But at the same time, Crosby, Malkin and company pass into their own net regularly. In the last round, even the weak Anaheim, losing the last 10 matches in a row, scored 4 goals for him. The same Chicago 5. For sure, without 1-2 goals, Los Angeles will not leave the ice. And all together, this will lead to Pittsburgh not losing in a scoring match.

Let's move on to the National Hockey League, here we are waiting for not the most interesting match in terms of teams, but one of the most interesting in terms of profitability. At 06:30 Moscow time, January 13, 2019, a duel will take place between the Los Angeles Kings and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Venue: Staples Arena.

A few words about the visiting team

Pittsburgh clearly perked up, a month ago, “Penguins” floundered at the bottom of the table, losing to everyone: Philadelphia, Ottawa, tied with the same Los Angeles, but won in overtime.

In general, the month has changed everything dramatically. If we count from December 13 last year, then Pittsburgh played 15 matches, 11 of which won in regular time, in 1 of them the victory was obtained following the results of overtime, and 3 of them ended in favor of the enemy. Only the other “birds” of the league managed to defeat the “Penguins” – the Ducks team from Anaheim and the Blackhawks team from Chicago twice.

It is worth noting that Pittsburgh scored 3 or more goals in each of the last 9 matches, the maximum figure is 7 goals in one match. The attacking line worked quite well.

Let's discuss the game of the hosts

“You can’t look without tears” is how I would describe the situation in Los Angeles at the moment. At first glance, everything is there to win, but in reality everything is very bad. Especially strange is the fact that Los Angeles manages to win, albeit with difficulty, but it turns out.

There are not enough fresh ideas, and playing the same game from match to match, hoping to pick up the key to the goal of at least one of the teams, is not an option. In the last 5 matches - only 2 points scored, due to a clean home victory over the fallen Edmonton Oilers (4:0). After all, they can fight, but as they were at the bottom of the table, they remain.

The most interesting thing is that the “Kings” do not concede much, but they score too little, complete impotence in attack. 100 goals scored is the absolute worst in the league.

The missed goals rate is 134, for comparison, the first places in each of the conferences, Calgary and Tampa Bay have 132 and 125 goals, respectively. This fact suggests that the problem lies precisely in the attack.

Summarize

The “Penguins” have gained altitude and are demolishing everyone on their way. Los Angeles - as it was terrible, it remains. I'm surprised they can even win. But, once a year, the stick shoots, as we know. There are two betting options for today's match - a bet on the team's individual total to win. Let me give you two predictions. First :

Pittsburgh's victory in regular time - with a coefficient of 2.04.

I think that the “Penguins” will deal with the “Kings” without any problems in regular time, and the previous meeting was just an unfortunate coincidence.

Second prediction:

Pittsburgh individual total - over (3.5) - at odds of 2.28

Whatever one may say, Pittsburgh's attack is represented by hockey's mastodons - Malkin, Crosby and Kessel. They know exactly what to do if the puck gets under their control. With all due respect to the defense of Los Angeles, she will not be able to stop the played masters.

As part of the NHL regular season on December 16, 2018, the Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Los Angeles Kings. The match starts at 03:00 Moscow time. Forecast for "Pittsburgh" - "Los Angeles".

"Pittsburgh"

Last match "Pittsburgh" on the road, he managed to concede to the main loser of the Chicago season (3:6). And before that, the Penguins scored four games in a row, winning three of them. Pittsburgh is currently fourth in the Capital Division with 32 points, but the third-placed Islanders have the same number of points.

Goaltender Casey DeSmit played poorly against Chicago, conceding four goals from 29 shots (two more flew into an empty net). But striker Brian Rust fired a hat-trick, but it did not help Pittsburgh. Among the leaders, we also note defender Chris Letang, forwards Sidney Crosby and our Evgeni Malkin. Injured and will not help the team in the next match defender Justin Schultz, forwards Patrick Hornqvist and Dominic Simon.

Pittsburgh has a strong offensive line, averaging 3.33 goals per game and converting a 22.6% majority. In the minority, the Penguins are also good (83% reliability). But defense and goalkeepers are a real disaster for the team for the second season in a row.

"Los Angeles"

In the last fight "Los Angeles" lost on the road to Columbus (1:4), having suffered his third defeat in a row and fifth in the last six matches. And thanks to Chicago's victory over Pittsburgh, the Kings have now sunk to the very bottom of the NHL standings.

In the game against Columbus, forward Dustin Brown scored the only goal, who opened the scoring, but the Kings failed to keep the lead. Goalkeeper Jonathan Quick did not help either, on whose gate the opponent inflicted 41 shots, and the team's top scorer Anze Kopitar. Among the leaders, we also note forward Jeff Carter. Russian striker Nikita Shcherbak did not score any points in the game.

Los Angeles has a lot of problems, and one of the main ones is an overcrowded infirmary, including our forward Ilya Kovalchuk, as well as a number of leaders - goaltender Jack Campbell, defensemen Drew Doughty, Alex Martinez and Dion Phaneuf, forwards Johnny Brodzinski, Kyle Clifford , Trevor Lewis and Carl Hagelin.

Los Angeles has only one statistic in the NHL's top 20 - it's a defensive game with an average of 3.09 goals per game. But the attack of the Kings is absolutely the worst in the League - only 2.15 goals per game on average. The special brigades are also among the worst.

Forecast

Pittsburgh is the favorite of the match, but before the meeting with Los Angeles, the Penguins will still need to take Boston, and this is a waste of energy. So it is unlikely that Pittsburgh will be very active, and the Kings, in principle, play badly in attack. You can risk with a forecast for a total under 5.5 with a coefficient of 2.13.

* This forecast is only one of options developments; it does not guarantee a win.

On January 13, 2019 at 06:30 Moscow time, the National Hockey League match between Los Angeles and Pittsburgh teams will take place. In this review you will find our free prediction and bet on this match.

Los Angeles has only won one of their last 5 games, against Edmonton when the Kings scored four unanswered goals. As a result of this game, Los Angeles is currently in the last 15th line of the Western Conference standings with 37 points after 45 games.

Pittsburgh is fourth in the Eastern Conference with 54 points after 43 games. Of the last eleven matches, Pittsburgh lost only once, losing to Chicago 3:5. The last 2 matches the team won against Florida 5:1 and Pittsburgh 7:4

Forecast for the match Los Angeles - Pittsburgh

The penguins play this game without rest, but I still don't see why they lost today. Pittsburgh has won 10 of their last 11 games, and the Kings are the worst team in the league. The Penguins have averaged 4.50 goals per game in their last 10 games, while Los Angeles has only 1.75 goals in their last eight games. Our prediction is Pittsburgh win