Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals Prediction: Don't expect a productive game

Prediction for the NHL Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals match, which will take place on November 4. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Detroit's performance in recent years has been very modest as the team has been rebuilding. Still, the Red Wings have gradually developed a renewed core of players with whom they can deliver solid performances. Nevertheless, the opening game of the current regular season has been challenging for them. They beat Montreal and New Jersey 3:0 and 5:2 in their opening two games, but they suffered five losses in the next seven games, dropping the Red and White to 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

In contrast, Washington has become older in recent years, with key players increasingly prone to injury. These factors have made it difficult for the Capitals to produce consistently good results, but they have no intention of entering a global rebuild. The team suffered a disappointing regular season debut with losses to Boston and Toronto, 2:5 and 2:3, respectively. Still, the Red and Blue have picked up five wins over the next nine games, moving into seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Detroit and Washington approach their encounter in different forms. If the Red Wings had an excellent start to the regular season but gradually began to slow down, the Capitals had problems at the beginning of the season, but now they are clinging to points steadily. Moreover, they won the four previous head-to-head encounters, including two in the preseason, so the bet on Washington's victory in this game with odds of 1.76 is in order.

We should not expect a high-scoring activity from the upcoming battle. In the last five head-to-head encounters between Detroit and Washington, only 18 goals (3.60 per game average) have been scored. With this in mind, we suggest betting on a total under 6.5 for 1.85 and Anthony Mantha's total over 0.5 for 1.76.

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