Each team’s second game of the season, the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames collide at the Scotiabank Saddledome for a Pacific Division tilt. The match gets underway at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 6, and you can see it live on CBC Sports.
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames Odds
Calgary enters the contest as the heavy favorite with a -215 moneyline. The line for Vancouver sits at +180 and the Over/Under (O/U) has been set at an even 6 goals. The line for betting the total stands at -105 for the over and -115 on the under.
Neither team had a successful 2017-18 campaign. The Vancouver Canucks were just 31-51 straight up (SU) last season, while the Calgary Flames finished 37-45.
The visiting Canucks managed to score 2.66 goals per game on offense (30.0 shot attempts per game), while the defense gave up 3.22 goals per contest. Opponents attempted 32.2 shots per game against the Canucks last year.
Fueled by an offense that managed 33.6 shot attempts per matchup, the Flames also were able to tally 2.66 goals/game. They yielded 31.1 shots and 3.02 goals per game on defense.
The Canucks hit paydirt on 21.5 percent of their power play opportunities during the 2017-18 season. They successfully killed off 78.6 percent of all opposition power plays.
The Flames converted on 16.0 percent of their extra-man advantages and killed off 81.9 percent of the power plays encountered by the defense.
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Notes
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Vancouver was 0-5 in games that went to a shootout last season while Calgary was 2-5 in shootouts.
Vancouver skaters recorded 21.3 hits per game last season, while the Flames logged 20.0 hits per contest.
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