Calgary Flames vs St Louis Blues Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 16 (12/16): NHL

Calgary Flames vs St Louis Blues Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 16 (12/16): NHL

 

Odds

Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Flames money line +120
Flames spread +1.5 (-220)
Blues  money line -140
Blues spread -1.5 (+180)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

  Calgary Flames St Louis Blues
Record 5-4-2 9-3
Home / road record 1-0-1 4-2
Streak L5 W6
Goals per game 3.18 3.60
Goals allowed per game 3.36 2.58
Shots per game 37.5 39.0
Shots allowed per game 28.5 23.2
PP % 20.6% 20.10%
PK % 25.22% 20.80%
Over / under record 5-4-1 7-4-1
 

Preview

The St Louis Blues return home and will host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center. These teams just met last Saturday in Calgary where the Blues stole the win 4-3 in overtime.

 

Calgary Flames

The Flames have lost their last 5 games and are 1-0-1 on the road so far ranking 5th in the Pacific Division. They're coming from a tough loss against the Islanders on the road as they lost the game 4-3 in overtime. Mikael Backlund had two goals and Elias Lindholm also scored as Calgary lost its fifth straight game and the second straight in overtime. Jacob Markstrom had 28 saves in the opener of the Flames' three-game northeast road trip after playing eight straight at home.

Nazem Kadri has scored 6 goals with 5 assists  and 11 points for the Flames. Rasmus Andersson leads the team with seven assists over the past 5 games.

In their last 10 games the Flames are 4-6, averaging 3 goals, 4.9 assists, 6.5 penalties and 17.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game

St Louis Blues

The Blues have won 8 of their first 9 games and are 12-0 at home so far this season. St Louis has a 18-3 record overall and a 4-3 record in Atlantic Division games. The Blues are seventh in league play serving 12.1 penalty minutes per game.

David Pastrnak has 14 goals and 17 assists for the Blues. Brad Marchand has three goals and 10 assists over the past 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Blues are 8-2-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.4 assists, 4.9 penalties and 11.7 penalty minutes while giving up 1.8 goals per game.

 

BETTING TRENDS

Calgary are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games.

Calgary are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games against St Louis.

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

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

The total has gone OVER in 5 of St Louis's last 7 games.

St Louis are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of St Louis's last 5 games against Calgary.

 

Prediction

The Blues have been great so far this season and have won 6 games in a row scoring an average of 5 goals per game while allowing an average of only 1.8 goals on that strecht. On the other hand, the Flames have been struggling to get a win as they have lost 5 straight games including the loss at home against the Blues. Calgary is a great team but it's hard to go against the Blues at this moment as they're playing great defense. I'm going with the Blues to win at home.

PICK: Blues ML (-140) 

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