Anaheim Ducks at Calgary Flames Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Ducks +115 / Flames -135 O/U 5.5 goals
Time: 10 PM EST Saturday February 13, 2010 on CBC
Tonight in a Western Conference match up of a couple of teams fighting just to make the playoffs the Calgary Flames host the Anaheim Ducks. The Flames currently hold the 8th and last playoff spot in the West, while the Ducks are on the outside looking in being in the 11th position, but they only trail Calgary by 2 games.
The Flames are trying their hardest to fall out of the playoff picture lately, as they have lost 3 in a row and are only 3-4-3 in their last 10 games. On the other hand the Ducks are making a push to make the top 8 in the West, as they have won 2 in a row and are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
This season Calgary is 14-14-3 at home and Anaheim is 10-16-5 on the road.
In their last games the Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Wednesday night while the Flames lost to the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Thursday night.
This game is a match up of two struggling goalies, as Anaheim's Jonas Hiller has been stellar lately and Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff has been far from.
Hiller (25 wins 2.69 GAA save percentage 91.9%) has not allowed more than two goals in 6 of his last 7 starts and he made a combined 72 saves in the last 2 wins. Since the beginning of January he has a GAA of only 2.34.
Kiprusoff (26 wins 2.20 GAA save percentage 92.4%) has only gone 4-9-4 since the beginning of January, but his offense has let him down since his GAA is a solid 2.36.
The Calgary offense, which only ranks 27th in the league averaging 2.46 goals per game, has been really hurting only scoring an average of 1.8 goals in their last 19 games. In the Flames last 3 losses they have only scored a total of 4 goals.
The Flames have lost 4 in a row and 7 of 8 to the Ducks, including 2 meetings this season.
Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf are tied with a Ducks team high 57 points and Perry has played well against the Flames recently with 2 goals and 5 assists in a 7-game point streak against Calgary.
Anaheim has lost 20 of their last 28 road games (dating back to last season), have an Under record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 road games, and has an Under record of 5-2-1 in their last 8 games.
Calgary is 2-8 in their last 10 home games and has an Under record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games against teams with a road winning percentage of less than 40%.
In 5 of the last 7 meetings between these 2 teams the total has gone Under.
Our Selection : Anaheim as been brutal on the road losing 20 of their last 28 games on the road. Calgary have lost 3 in a row. Both teams have been struggling to score lately. Anaheim has an Under record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 road games. Calgary has an Under record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games against teams with a road winning percentage of less than 40%. Both teams have been getting solid goaltending. Take Under 5.5 goals
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