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NHL Hockey Handicapping – Predators vs. Calgary
(40-31-8) Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames (37-27-16)
Date: Monday April 10th – Predators vs. Calgary
Time: 9:30 PM ET
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary
Hockey NHL Moneyline Odds: Predators +145 Flames -200 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Predators +1.5 -167 Flames -1.5 +120
Today’s NHL Betting Total: O/U 5.5
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As we inch closer to the playoffs, this matchup couldn’t be more important for the western race. For substance, these squads are neck in neck behind Winnipeg for the final wild card spot, as Winnipeg is sitting at 91 points, while Calgary is at 90, and Nashville at 88.
Nashville Predators
Luckily for the preds, they’ve decimated Calgary in 6 out of their last 7 trips to Alberta. The aforementioned point should give them a lot of confidence coming into a must win game for themselves.
Important to note, Nashville is dealing with a flurry of injuries to their entire roster, leaving them quite empty handed against a tough Flames squad.
Offense
Lamentably, The Predators are scoring just 2.7 goals, on 29.6 shots per game played. These unfortunate stats are ranked 28th for the former, and 24th for the latter.
Moreover, Nashville’s capitalizing on only 18.0% of their powerplays, which in return ranks 27th.
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Defense
Impressively, The Predators are ranked 12th for goals against, with a worrisome 27th ranked shot offense. They’ve brought these to fruition by permitting only 2.9 goals, on 33.3 shots against per outing.
Penalty killing wise, Nashville’s ranked 10th in the NHL, by posting a respectable 82.0 PK%.
Goaltending
Starter Juuse Saros(30-22-7) is expected to play against Calgary on the road. Stats wise, Saros is boasting a dumbfounding 2.76 GAA, combined with an elite 0.916 SV% to boot.
Injury Report
- Cole Smith – IR – Upper Body
- Roman Josi – IR – Upper Body
- Filip Forsberg – IR – Upper Body
- Alexandre Carrier – IR – Upper Body
- Mark Borowiecki – IR – Upper Body
- Matt Duchene – IR – Hand
- Ryan Johansen – IR – Leg
Calgary Flames
After their post season hopes looked bleak for a few months, they now have several ways to make the playoffs. For example, if Winnipeg loses out, they’re in no matter what, but if Winnipeg wins out, they’re out.
Additionally, there’s several different combinations of wins and losses by these teams that results in either or making the post season.
Offense
Shockingly, Calgary is currently ranked 2nd for shots, but poorly at 18th for goals per game. The aforementioned stats are from scoring just 3.2 goals, on a monstrous 35.7 shots on average.
Continuing on, The Flames unfortunately own the 19th ranked powerplay in the league, as they’re scoring on just 20.2% of their chances.
Defense
Both ranking top 15, is Calgary’s shot’s and goal’s against per game totals. To elaborate, they’re permitting 3.1 goals(13th), on a puny 27.3 shots against(3rd) on any given night.
To add to the former defensive rankings, Calgary’s extravagantly ranked 9th on penalty killing efficiency’s. They’ve made this possible by only allowing opposing teams to score on 17.9% of their powerplays.
Goaltending
Happily for Flames bettors, Jacob Markstrom(22-21-10) is poised to defend the home net for Calgary. He’s posting a 3.00 GAA, backed by a 0.889 SV% as well.
Injury Report
- Chris Tanev – Questionable – Upper Body
- Oliver Kylington – IR – Personal
Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames NHL Betting Trends:
- At this point, Nashville is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when their opponent scored 2 goals or less in previous game.
- So far, the total has gone UNDER in 3 out of Nashville’s last 4 games. (One push)
- Also, Calgary is 4-0 SU in their last 4 games after scoring 2 goals or less in previous game.
- Additionally, the total has gone OVER in Calgary’s last 6 Monday games.
- Lastly, Nashville is 6-1 SU in their last 7 trips to Scotiabank Saddledome.
Free Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames NHL Prediction
To conclude, these teams are in desperation mode and will pull out all the stops to win on Monday night. With that being said, the less injury riddled Calgary Flames team possesses more ways to win at this current time, and should indeed do so.
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