Avangard has a good chance to finish the regular season in 1st place in the Eastern Conference. At the moment the team is in 2nd place, 2 points behind Metallurg, but Avangard has played 2 games less. The team is in great shape, and in their last game they made a real mess of it, defeating SKA 9-5 in Omsk.
But Spartak is also in great shape right now, with 4 wins in their last 5 games, losing only to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. So we shouldn't write off the Moscow club.
We expect a lot of pucks in this game, as Avangard is on a roll and needs to score points. We don't think that Spartak will play defense.
Prediction: at least 6 goals to be scored. We recommend the "Over 5.5" bet, odds 2
