The Calgary Flames take a three-game losing streak into TD Garden to face the Boston Bruins tonight, and neither team has been lighting up the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
My top Flames vs. Bruins predictions and NHL picks<\/a> are calling for a low-scoring bout between Calgary and Boston tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins prediction<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins best bet: Under 5.5 (+110)<\/p>\n The Calgary Flames<\/a> head south following a 4-1 loss to the Canadiens on Wednesday, and they\u2019ve now been limited to a single goal in consecutive games and also rank last in the NHL in goals per road game (2.18).<\/p>\n Calgary also sits 32nd in the league in power-play percentage and 31st in team shooting percentage at 5-on-5.<\/p>\n Offense hasn\u2019t consistently been the calling card for the Boston Bruins, either.<\/p>\n The Boston Bruins<\/a> are reeling along a 2-5-2 stretch with an average of just 2.67 goals per game, and Boston also ranks 24th in expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 for the season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins same-game parlay<\/p>\n With the Bruins ranking 22nd in Corsi For percentage and shot share at 5-on-5 while also allowing the fourth-most shots per game (30.0), I\u2019m eyeing a pair of Flames in the shots market.<\/p>\n Calgary captain Mikael Backlund<\/a> has recorded 2+ shots in 11 of his past 13 games for a team-high 43 total on 67 attempts, and he\u2019s also posted a solid 53.8 CF% and 52.4% shot share at 5-on-5 during the stretch.<\/p>\n Defenseman Rasmus Andersson<\/a> has also been a consistent shooter while logging huge minutes (24:10) for the Flames. The 29-year-old Swede has hit the net two or more times in 10 of his past 15 games, and Andersson is second on the club in attempts for the campaign.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins SGP<\/p>\n Mikael Backlund Over 1.5 shots<\/p>\n Rasmus Andersson Over 1.5 shots<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Flames +125 | Bruins -150<\/p>\n Puck Line: Flames +1.5 (-200) | Bruins -1.5 (+170)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 5.5 | Under 5.5<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins trend<\/p>\n The Flames have played to the Under in four of their past six road games. Find more\u00a0NHL betting trends<\/a> for Flames vs. Bruins.<\/p>\n How to watch Flames vs Bruins<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n TD Garden, Boston, MA<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Thursday, January 8, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n Sportsnet 1, NESN<\/p>\n Flames vs Bruins latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Flames take a three-game losing streak into TD Garden to face the Boston Bruins tonight, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[154,95,5132,530,26,265,5,1740,4,3327],"class_list":{"0":"post-397829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-bruins","8":"tag-boston","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-bostonbruins","11":"tag-bruins","12":"tag-calgary-flames","13":"tag-canadiens","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-mikael-backlund","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-rasmus-andersson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115860465494104705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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