Dallas Stars vs Calgary Flames Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/05/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Thursday, May 5, 2022

Venue:  Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB

Where to Watch:  TBS

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Stars +190, Flames -240; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Stars +195, Flames -235; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Stars +200, Flames -250; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

 

Dallas Stars:  46-30-6 (4th place, Central Division)

Calgary Flames:  50-21-11 (1st place, Pacific Division)

 

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Dallas Stars:  4-4-2 last 10

Calgary Flames:  6-2-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Stars are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 98 points, a 46-30-6 record overall, and they were 19-20-2 in their road games this 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 Anaheim Ducks in their last game of the regular season while their 2 losses in that span have come against the Arizona Coyotes and the Calgary Flames in game 1 of this series. They lost that game on the road 1-0. No one scored a goal for them in that one as they were shut out. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin led the team in shots on net in that game with 3 each. Jake Oettinger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 26 shots with 25 saves and a .962 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 238 goals this season averaging 2.9 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 246 goals against them allowing 3 goals per game. 

 

 

The Flames are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 111 points, a 50-21-11 record overall, and they were 25-9-7 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 2 game losing streak that they were on. Their 2 losses in that span were against the Minnesota Wild and the Winnipeg Jets in their last 2 games of the regular season while their win came against the Stars in their last game. They won that game at home 1-0. Elias Lindholm scored the only goal for them in that one while Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk both assisted. Noah Hanifin led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Jacob Markström was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 0 goals on 16 shots with 16 saves and a 1.000 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 248 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 254 goals against them allowing 3.1 goals per game. 

 

 

The Flames are coming into this game as a big favorite with the current betting odds. The Flames were playing great coming into the playoffs, heating up a lot in their recent games but they ended up playing a great game defensively in game 1, winning that one 1-0 at home. They have been great all season and they have played even better at home but after a defensive game like the last one, they will likely try to open up the scoring more with their potent attack as it takes a lot of energy to win a game 1-0 like that. The coach of the Stars was not unhappy with his group in that game as he thought they would be in for more but his team did not play that great either as they did not even have 20 shots in that game. The Flames will get their scoring offense going sooner or later in this series and with how good the Flames are defensively as well, the Stars are going to need to pour on a lot more shots than 16 to win their games. The Flames will win this game and send this series to Dallas up 2-0. The best bet here is on the Flames to win this game on the puckline.

 

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Dallas Stars: 58-47 (+5.9 Units) ML revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite. 11-8 (+3.1 Units) ML avenging a loss where the team got shut out. 18-11 UNDER in a road game where the total is 5.5.

Calgary Flames: 118-101 (-17.1 Units) ML in all games. 20-18 (-7.7 Units) ML in a home game where the total is 5.5. 36-25 UNDER off a home win where they shut out their opponent.

 

 

Dallas Stars:  B. Holtby (G) Early May - Lower Body injury.

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

 

 

 

“I thought they were going to run us out of the rink, and they didn’t. We put up a good fight.” - Rick Bowness after his team’s loss against the Flames in game 1 of this series.

 

 

“From our side, I think we can play better. It was a tight game. Both teams played good defensively, so there was not a lot going on out there, but we found a way.” - Elias Lindholm after their win against the Stars in game 1.

 

 

 

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 Tkachuk, Matthew

LD Hanifin, Noah

RD Andersson, Rasmus

G Markström, Jacob

 

 

Points: J. Pavelski (81)

Goals: J. Robertson (41)

Assists: J. Pavelski (54)

GAA: J. Oettinger (2.53)

 

Points: J. Gaudreau (115)

Goals: M. Tkachuk (42)

Assists: J. Gaudreau (75)

GAA: J. Markstrom (2.22)

 

Coaches:

Dallas Stars: Rick Bowness (3rd season)

Calgary Flames: Darryl Sutter (2nd season)