Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Calgary +145 / Vancouver -165 O/U 5.5 goals
Time: 10 PM EST Sunday March 14, 2010
Tonight in a Western Conference match up the Vancouver Canucks host the streaking Calgary Flames. Vancouver will make the playoffs this season, as they are currently in the 3rd position in the West while the Flames are currently on the outside looking in being in the 9th position. However, the Flames have won 4 straight and they only trail 8th place Detroit by one point.
The Canucks are coming off a win and are 7-2-1 in their last 10 game and the Flames have won 4 straight and are 6-3-1 in their last 10.
This season the Canucks are 24-7-1 at home and the Flames are 17-9-6 on the road.
In their last games the Canucks crushed the Ottawa Senators 5-1 last night and the Flames also beat Ottawa 2-0 on Thursday night.
Tonight the Canucks will be playing in their first game at home in 6 weeks after the Olympic break and a road trip following it. That is not good news for the Flames, as the Canucks have the 3rd best home record in the league. However, the Fames have been a solid road team this season.
Calgary has gone 3-1-0 this season against Vancouver.
The Flames have to play solid defense tonight, as the Canucks have the league's 3rd highest scoring team (3.24 goals per game). Calgary G Miikka Kiprusoff (30 wins 2.18 GAA save percentage 92.4%) has to be solid between the pipes tonight against the dynamic Vancouver offense. He has not played well against Vancouver, as in his last 11 starts against them he has a GAA of 3.80.
Calgary's D has to not only key on the Sedin twins, but also on red hot Mikael Samuelsson, who has scored at least 1 goal in 6 straight games and has 6 goals and 3 assists in his last 3 games.
The Flames only rank 26th in the league in scoring (2.52 goals per game), but they have shown signs of life recently led by star Jarome Iginla, who leads the team in goals (31), assists (33), and points (64).
Gold medal winning Vancouver G Roberto Luongo (35 wins 2.44 GAA save percentage 91.6%) has played well this season between the pipes this season, but has a GAA of 3.21 in his last 4 games against Calgary.
Wagering Trends
Calgary is 2-8 in their last 10 vs. a team with a winning record and has an Over record of 5-2-4 in their last 11 road games.
Vancouver is 4-0 in their last 4 home games against teams with a winning road record and has an Over record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 home games.
Our Selection : Pass
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