Betting on hockey: how to make accurate predictions

Hockey is considered the most brutal team sport: fighting is quite common, especially if an opponent threatens your team’s goalkeeper. In many southern countries, this sport is completely absent, and in some it exists only nominally, but the NHL attracts millions of viewers around the world. You can place bets on all the leading hockey tournaments on the SpinBetter website.

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Features of hockey for betting

Hockey is characterised by high game dynamics: athletes move across the ice very quickly, and no matter how small the goal is, the puck will fly into it quite often, developing a scenario of confrontation. At the same time, the score does not usually change every minute, which makes the price of each puck higher and allows bettors to place bets on “who will score next”. When planning your prediction, consider the team line-ups and the current form of their leaders, paying particular attention to the main goalkeeper.

Popular bet types

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As in other sports, SpinBetter users primarily try to predict the outcome of a hockey match by predicting the winner. In live betting, there is also high demand for predicting the outcome of a single period; the same bet can be made pre-match if statistics show that your favourite traditionally starts matches strongly or, conversely, consistently improves at the end of the game. The total number of goals (more or less than the selected number) allows you to find intrigue where the winner is known in advance, or to take advantage of a reliable betting option when the outcome is unpredictable, because in this case you simply bet on a high-scoring or low-scoring match. Finally, you can always predict the performance of individual players: you will win if your favourite scores a goal in the opponent's net.

Tips for successful betting

To avoid making a mistake with your bet, be sure to study both teams’ current form and their head-to-head history: this will help you assess the current condition of the players and find out whether the theoretically weaker team is traditionally a difficult opponent for the stronger one. Players who prefer not just to predict the winner but to bet on the statistics should pay particular attention to studying the statistics: this is the only way you can understand when a particular team is improving and how likely it is that your favourite hockey player will score another goal today. Don’t forget to pay attention to the workload: players can get tired when playing a large number of matches in a short period of time, especially if this is accompanied by long trips.

Hockey is always exciting, but SpinBetter recommends avoiding impulsive bets: bet with a cool head, as this is the only sure way to success. Also, try not to bet all your money at once: divide your bankroll into parts so that you can recover after an unsuccessful prediction without having to replenish your balance.