Albert
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4d
My Prediction
Spartak Moscow by 3Talking about hockey in the way only I can, let's take a dive into the upcoming contest between the Kunlun Red Star and Spartak Moscow. It's not about the glamour, folks, it's about the grit.
Between the pipes, we've got a mystery novel on our hands for the Red Star. Their goalies Patrik Rybar and Shimisi Jieruimi haven't managed to make a single save in the last month and the cold winter air seems to have frozen their season stats, stuck at zero as well. Velvet mittens could do a better job stopping a puck.
For Spartak, Dmitri Nikolayev looks like the Iron Curtain reincarnated, blocking 28 shots in the season so far while Artyom Zagidulin must be playing hide and seek with an invisible puck.
Shifting gears to the ice wizards, Kunlun's scoring maven Jiang Fu terrorized the net last month, netting 5 goals and adding 3 apples for good measure. His buddy Shuai Fu pitched in with a couple of twine crunchers and 4 assists of his own. An honorable mention to the always entertaining Tomas Jurco who trails only slightly with his 1 goal and 3 assists.
On the Moscow side, the red army has mounted their offensive assault led by Adam Ruzicka who’s been lit like a Christmas tree scoring 5 goals and dishing out 2 assists, with Nikolai Goldobin trailing close behind netting 3 goals and 5 assists in the previous month. Watching these guys on the puck is like sipping on a smooth Russian vodka, always smooth and packs a punch.
Looking back at the previous encounters between the Kunlun Red Star and Spartak Moscow, they’ve been exchanging blows like its a boxing match. The scorecard looks evenly matched with both sides taking victories, making this a head scratcher. But hey, nobody said this was gonna be a walk in the park.
Neither teams have really been lighting up the league with their records. The Red Star with a modest 20-21 while Spartak sits a bit more comfortably at 26-15. But in the game of hockey, it's about who shows up on the rink.
In their recent games, Red Star seem to be mounting a defense as effective as a wet paper bag, but at least they managed to pick up a few wins. Spartak, meanwhile, have been having a rough go of it, a couple of losses that hit harder than a Siberian winter.
After my signature "no frills" analysis, the dark comedy of hockey affairs, I see Spartak Moscow applying some pressure and pushing the Red Star off balance.
Albert’s Prediction: Spartak Moscow by 3