The Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames are coming off a victory and a defeat, respectively, heading into their meeting at Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET. The Flames are slight underdogs, at -102, and the Penguins are -118.
Pittsburgh grabbed a 6-3 victory on the road its last time out on Jan. 19 against the Seattle Kraken. The Penguins got two points apiece out of four players, including Connor Dewar (two goals) and Sidney Crosby (two assists).
Calgary’s last game was a home overtime loss, 2-1, against the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 19. The Flames got one point apiece out of three players in that matchup, including Nazem Kadri (one goal) and Kevin Bahl (one assist).
Ahead of this matchup, here’s who we expect to secure the win in Wednesday’s hockey action.
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For predictions on the upcoming game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, based on data from Dunkel Index.
Prediction:
Flames 4 – Penguins 3
Pick OU:
Over 5.5
(Dunkel projecting 6.99 goals)
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Penguins vs. Flames Moneylines
Take a look below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Penguins-Flames matchup.
Favorite: Penguins (-118)Underdog: Flames (-102)Penguins Betting InsightsThe Penguins have been victorious in nine of their 20 games when they were listed as a moneyline favorite this season (45.0%).Pittsburgh is 7-10 (victorious in 41.2% of its games) when playing with moneyline odds of -118 or shorter.The Penguins’ implied moneyline win probability is 54.1% in this game.Pittsburgh and its opponent have combined to score more than 5.5 goals in 30 of 48 games this season.Flames Betting InsightsThe Flames have been an underdog in 36 games this season, and won 13 (36.1%).Calgary has a record of 13-20 in games when bookmakers have them as underdogs of at least -102 on the moneyline.The implied probability of a win by the Flames, based on the moneyline, is 50.5%.Calgary’s games this season have had more than 5.5 goals 29 of 49 times.Penguins Key StatsPittsburgh’s 155 total goals (3.2 per game) make it the 15th-ranked scoring team in the league.The Penguins have conceded 140 total goals (2.9 per game), the seventh-fewest in NHL play.Its goal differential (+15) makes the team ninth-best in the league.The 37 power-play goals the Penguins have scored this season (on 132 power-play chances) are the seventh-most in the NHL.Pittsburgh’s 28.03% power-play conversion rate is the third-best in the league.The Penguins have recorded two shorthanded goals this season (25th among NHL teams).Pittsburgh’s 83.1% penalty-kill success rate is the fourth-best in the league.Pittsburgh wins the 10th-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 50.7%.The Penguins shoot 11.2% as a team (13th in the league).Flames Key StatsCalgary’s 125 goals on the season (2.6 per game) rank 30th in the NHL.The Flames have one of the top defenses in the league, allowing 143 total goals (2.9 per game), ninth in the NHL.With a goal differential of -18, the team is 24th in the league.With 23 power-play goals (on 154 chances), the Flames are 25th in the NHL.Calgary’s power-play percentage (14.94) ranks the team 31st in the league.The Flames have a league-leading seven shorthanded goals.At 82.99%, Calgary has the sixth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.Calgary wins 48.9% of faceoffs, 22nd-ranked in the NHL.With a shooting percentage of 8.8%, the Flames are 31st in the league.
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