Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 22 (5/22): NHL

Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 22 (5/22): NHL

Credit: photo by  Sergei Belsk-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 8:00 p.m. EST
Oilers money line +100
Oilers spread +1.5 (-240)
Flames money line -120
Flames spread -1.5 (+200)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

  Edmonton Oilers Calgary Flames
Record 54-37 55-36
Home / road record 30-15 26-18
Streak W1 L1
Goals per game 3.48 3.55
Goals allowed per game 3.06 2.51
Shots per game 34.0 35.5
Shots allowed per game 32.3 29.0
PP % 26.0% 22.9%
PK % 21.10% 17.07%
Over / under record 47-40-4 45-39-8
 

Preview

The Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames will meet again at the Rogers Place in Emonton to play the Game 3 of the playoffs 2nd round in the West. The Oilers beat the Flames 5-3 in game 2 to tie the series.

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton have won 3 of their last 4 games and are 30-15 at home this season. They have 54-37 overall record ranking 2nd in the Pacific. Edmonton is 26-9 against the Pacific Division. The Oilers are 18-7-2 in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.

Leon Draisaitl has 55 goals and 55 assists for the Oilers. Evander Kane has seven goals and two assists over the past 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Oilers are 6-4,  averaging four goals, 6.5 assists, 4.4 penalties and 11.4 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.

Calgary Flames

The Flames have won 4 of their last 6 games and are 26-18 on the road this season with a 55-24-11 record overall, ranking 1st in the Pacific. The Flames are 35-17-6 in Western Conference play. Calgary has scored 302 goals and ranks sixth in the NHL averaging 3.6 goals per game. Matthew Tkachuk leads the team with 42.

Johnny Gaudreau has scored 40 goals with 75 assists for the Flames. Tkachuk has five goals and six assists over the past 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Flames are 5-5, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.5 assists, 5.3 penalties and 13.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.

BETTING TRENDS

Calgary are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road.

Calgary are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games against Calgary.

Edmonton are 16-3 SU in their last 19 games at home.

Prediction

The Oilers continue to be explosive offensively on this series as they have scored 11 goals so far and now they'll play at home where they win the 66% of the time and have dominated the Flames winning 6 of the last 7 games against them. Take the Oilers to win.

PICK: Oilers ML (+100)

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