The Calgary Flames will look to snap a two-game losing skid with the reeling Washington Capitals visiting the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday, January 23.<\/p>\n
With Washington needing to tighten up defensively, and Calgary a stringy first-period team on home ice, my top NHL picks<\/a> and Capitals vs. Flames predictions are calling for a low-scoring first 20 minutes tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames prediction<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames best bet: First period Under 1.5 (+105)<\/p>\n The Calgary Flames<\/a> have allowed the second-fewest goals per home game (2.42) while sporting the seventh-highest team save percentage at five-on-five.<\/p>\n Calgary has also been particularly strong defensively in the first period with just 12 goals allowed across 24 home games.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a huge reason the first-period Under has cashed in 16 of the last 25 games at the Saddledome dating back to last season.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also expecting to see the Washington Capitals<\/a> attempt to batten down the hatches tonight.<\/p>\n The Caps have allowed 17 goals during their four-game losing streak, so with the Flames scoring the eighth-fewest first period goals (0.76 per game), look for the first 20 minutes to fly by with limited high-danger scoring chances for either tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames same-game parlay<\/p>\n The Caps have allowed the third-most shots per game while ranking 28th in Corsi for percentage at 5-on-5 out of the holiday break, and wingers Yegor Sharangovich<\/a> and Connor Zary<\/a> have both been consistent shooters of late.<\/p>\n Sharangovich has two or more shots in each of his past four games for 11 total on 22 attempts, and Zary has at least a pair of shots in six of his past eight with a team-high 22 shots on 31 attempts.<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames SGP<\/p>\n Yegor Sharangovich Over 1.5 shots on goal<\/p>\n Connor Zary Over 1.5 shots on goal<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Washington -135 | Calgary +110<\/p>\n Puck Line: Washington -1.5 (+180) | Calgary +1.5 (-220)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6 (-110) | Under 6 (-110)<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames trend<\/p>\n The first-period total has gone Under the number in 16 of the past 25 games at the Scotiabank Saddledome (+6.50 Units \/ 24% ROI). Find more NHL betting trends<\/a> for Capitals vs. Flames.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n How to watch Capitals vs Flames<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Friday, January 23, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n SN1, MNMT<\/p>\n Capitals vs Flames 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 will look to snap a two-game losing skid with the reeling Washington Capitals visiting the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[26,191,5669,5,4,4198,190,109,5222,8155],"class_list":{"0":"post-423868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-calgary-flames","9":"tag-capitals","10":"tag-connor-zary","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-scotiabank-saddledome","14":"tag-washington","15":"tag-washington-capitals","16":"tag-washingtoncapitals","17":"tag-yegor-sharangovich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115945392361712694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423868","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=423868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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