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Is it worth betting on Next Goal in the NHL?
The next goal betting option on an NHL game is as simple as it sounds. You are placing a wager on betting apps for which team will score the next goal in the game. It’s a basic 50-50 proposition, although there are most certainly variables that come into play when making your decision which way to play this wager.
Momentum tends to make a significant impact on a hockey and nothing swings the momentum one way than when a big goal is scored. Let’s say the Chicago Blackhawks are playing the Philadelphia Flyers and Patrick Kane has just given Chicago a 2-1 lead. Moments later, Flyers defenseman Ratko Gudas is sent to the penalty box for a slashing infraction and the Blackhawks are going on the power play. They have the momentum on their side and they also have the man advantage. Sounds like an opportune time to play a next goal wager on the Blackhawks.
Losing teams are also prone to push back at certain points in the game.
What if the Florida Panthers are playing the Detroit Red Wings and the Wings go to the dressing room having taking advantage of a sluggish
Panthers team to grab a quick 3-0 advantage on the scoreboard.
You know the Panthers will be getting a tongue lashing their dressing room, while the Wings will probably be feeling fat and happy sitting there with such a decisive advantage in goals. Human nature tells us that Detroit isn’t going to come out on the ice for the second period with the same intensity level that the Wings had when it was 0-0. Meanwhile, the Panthers will tear out for the second period like fire-breathing dragons.
There’s a long-held theory that the most dangerous lead in hockey is a three-goal lead, because it gives off the false impression of being insurmountable. This would a wise scenario in which to place a next goal wager on Florida.
