Dallas Stars vs Calgary Flames Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/21/2022

Game Time: 9:00 pm ET, Thursday, April 21, 2022

Venue:  Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB 

Where to Watch:  SNW

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Stars +165, Flames -195; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Stars +180, Flames -225; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Stars +180, Flames -225; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

 

Dallas Stars:  43-28-5 (5th place, Central Division)

Calgary Flames:  47-20-10 (1st place, Pacific Division)

 

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Dallas Stars:  5-3-2 last 10

Calgary Flames:  7-2-1 last 10

 

 

 

The Stars are coming into this game with 91 points, a 43-28-5 record overall, and they are 19-18-2 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the San Jose Sharks while their 2 losses in that span came against the Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks in their last game. They lost that game on the road 6-2. They still have a game against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night that needs to be played first so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Thursday night. In their game against the Canucks, Roope Hintz scored the only 2 goals for them in that one. Tyler Seguin led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Jake Oettinger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 19 shots with 15 saves and a .789 sv percentage. He was replaced by Scott Wedgewood who allowed 1 goal on 11 shots with 10 saves and a .909 save percentage. Their offense has scored 221 goals this season averaging 2.9 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 227 goals against them allowing 3 goals per game. 

 

 

The Flames are coming into this game with 104 points, a 47-20-10 record overall, and they are 23-9-7 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Arizona Coyotes and the Chicago Blackhawks while their loss came against the Nashville Predators in their last game. They lost that game on the road in a shootout 3-2. Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg each scored 1 goal in that one. Filip Forsberg led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Juuse Saros was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 21 shots with 19 saves and a .905 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 275 goals this season averaging 3.6 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 193 goals against them allowing 2.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Stars have not been playing well coming into this game as they have lost 2 of their last 3 games and their only win in that span came against the Sharks. The last 3 games that they have lost have all been against teams that have already clinched or are still in playoff contention and they are going up against the Flames in this game who currently lead the Pacific Division in points this season. The Stars are also coming off of a back-to-back here while the Flames will have a day of rest and are coming off of a loss in their last game that they will be hungry to bounce back from. They have been winning a lot of games recently and they seem to be heating up as they get into playoff form. The Stars have started to slump at the worst possible time of the year and it might just cost them a trip to the playoffs in the end. The best bet in this game is on the Flames to win here and keep on rolling through teams.

 

Stars Flames Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, April 21, 2022 (9:00 pm ET start time) is Flames 3 Stars 1.

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Dallas Stars: 56-44 (+10.6 Units) ML revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite. 30-23 (+7 Units) ML revenging a loss where opponent scored 4 or more goals. 17-11 UNDER in a road game where where the total is 5.5.

Calgary Flames: 114-99 (-18.6 Units) ML in all games. 53-49 (-11.3 Units) ML after playing a road game. 26-18 UNDER off a road loss.

 

 

Dallas Stars:  E. Lindell (D) Ques Wed - Illness. B. Holtby (G) Early May - Lower Body injury. V. Namestnikov (C) Early May - Lower Body injury.

Calgary Flames:  S. Monahan (C) out for season - Hip injury.

 

 

 

“It’s up to the rest of the guys to battle back and give them some run support and we didn’t do that. A power-play goal, a short-handed goal and that’s all we got. Your goalie gives up a bad goal, try to bail him out.” - Rick Bowness on his team’s loss against the Canucks on Monday night.

 

 

“The guys battled to the end, the whole third period.” - Jacob Markstrom after their win against the Blackhawks on Monday night.

 

 

 

LW Robertson, Jason

C Hintz, Roope

RW Pavelski, Joe

LD Suter, Ryan

RD Heiskanen, Miro

G Oettinger, Jake

 

LW Gaudreau, Johnny

C Lindholm, Elias

RW Mangiapane, Andrew

LD Hanifin, Noah

RD Andersson, Rasmus

G Markström, Jacob

 

 

Points: J. Pavelski (75)

Goals: J. Robertson (36)

Assists: J. Pavelski (48)

GAA: J. Oettinger (2.56)

 

Points: J. Gaudreau (107)

Goals: M. Tkachuk (39)

Assists: J. Gaudreau (69)

GAA: J. Markstrom (2.21)

 

Coaches:

Dallas Stars: Rick Bowness (3rd season)

Calgary Flames: Darryl Sutter (2nd season)