Albert
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My Prediction
Dynamo Moscow by 2Can't say I was expecting a good old fashioned game of chess on ice today, but Novgorod and Dynamo are known to keep us on our toes. Looking at goalkeepers, we have Ivan Kulbakov and Ivan Bocharov from Torpedo, whose records are as blank as my ex's sympathy card. Meanwhile, Dynamo seems to have misplaced all their pucks when shooting at Maxim Motorygin, but Vladislav Podyapolsky remembers how to save something at least.
Spinning the spotlight on Novgorod's mighty warriors on ice, we see Kirill Voronin and Vasily Atanasov leading the charge. Bobby Lynch isn't trailing too far behind; though his goals are a notch lower than Atanasov's, his assists are practically shadowing him.
For Dynamo, they've got Dmitri Rashevsky and Cedric Paquette, who has had a pretty even last month and season with equal goals and assists. But the real star seems to be Nikita Gusev. The man's got more assists than a helpful octopus, frankly, it's impressive.
Past meetings between these two teams give me déjà vu; it's like rewatching the Rocky movies with Dynamo winning most of the bouts. Novgorod managed to win that Mon Nov 04 2024 match, but that's a fair bit of water under the bridge.
Regular season record numbers don't lie either. Moscow's 30-19 record makes Novgorod's 23-23 look like someone's been playing checkers instead of chess.
Eyeballing the recent results, both teams seem to be on something of a roll, although Novgorod's date with Dynamo last time didn't quite end in a moonlit skate.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for when I gaze into my crystal ball and pull out a prediction. You might want to get a fresh piece of paper and pen for this.
Albert’s Prediction: Dynamo Moscow by 2